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Meteorite strike captured on Canadian home’s doorbell camera
Discussion prompts & video archive.
Common Core Standard L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
Students lead massive protests in Serbia
Common Core Standard RH.CCS.7 Grades 6-12: Students are asked to locate a country or geographical area on a map, connecting information with a specific location. Then, students answer a series of quiz questions based on a current news event happening in that location. Students must combine their prior knowledge with information presented in the question to determine the correct answers.
Breakthrough: Fighting stops and prisoner releases start as Israel and Hamas accept Gaza ceasefire
Common Core Standard SL.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: An essay of current a news event is provided for discussion to encourage participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the article. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event within the news, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
This week's lesson: Are we bound for fact-free speech?
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Common Core Standard RL.CSS.2/4 Grades 6-12: Students determine the meaning of political cartoons through the analysis of their literal, symbolic and figurative meanings of the elements the artist used and their effect. Students are asked to describe the overall effect of the cartoon, and how the artist’s choices combine to create that effect.
Finally, students determine the purpose of the cartoon and how it relates to current issues through discussion questions. A blank cartoon is provided to assist students in writing their own caption based on their understanding of the cartoons meaning.
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Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
Create your own Vocabulary Quiz at elementary, middle or high school levels.
Take the Words in The News Quiz
(Sample quiz question)
Define "OLIGARCHY"
Without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled. The understanding and awareness of the external world which is gained through the senses and interpreted by a person's mind. To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death.
Government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes.
Common Core Standard LS.CCS.4/5/6 Grades 3-12: Students are asked to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words through multiple choice vocabulary quizzes. Quizzes are designed to help students demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in words, acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words, and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to it's overall meaning or function in a sentence.
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
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