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- 6th - 12th
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Students collect and convey information about a current event. By focusing on who, what, when, where, why, and how questions, students study to thoroughly analyze and report on important world events. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students read their current event newsweekly with the purpose of highlighting possible questions and answers for the Jeopardy game. They develop study skills for finding the most important information in an article. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students get acquainted with other towns and countries around the world by using the local newspaper. History is being made everyday, but many students do not read the paper to find out what things did happen. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students analyze newspaper articles for the 5 themes of geography. They create a colorful portfolio explaining how each theme: location, place, etc. is relevant in a chosen current event. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students investigate the feelings of Iranian immigrants in California by reading an online article. They write an article on immigrants' thoughts on current events in their home countries. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students conduct weekly research on three to five current events. As a ball is tossed around the room, the student holding the ball presents to the class the who, what, where, when, why, and how details of their selected current event. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students, in committee's, analyze the process of democracy by attempting to pass a Bill into law. Different roles are taken on by different group members. In addition, many students present their current event articles to their peers. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students give their current events presentations to the class today. After completing the "T" exercise on classifying certain individuals as Democrats or Republicans, they pair up to figure out where the political parties fit into the Political Beliefs Matrix Poster. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students will see that that the science they are studying is real and relevant in their world. They will learn to communicate more effectively about science. The research method is relevant to scientific inquiry, yet this lesson is a good cross curricular use of Language Arts.
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss current events and importance of understanding historical context for events today. They research current event and its historical context, and plan, shoot, and edit iMovie video essay using AppleWorks storyboard. Full Review »

