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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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- 6th - 12th
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Students read an online article about blogging and its culture especially in the workplace. They create their own blogs based on current events. 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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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students in a preschool classroom discuss potentially fearful current events in a way they can understand. They write or draw about a current event, discussing the 5 W's of news reporting. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate current events. They conduct research on a selected current event, read and analyze opinion pages from different newspapers, and write an article in a newspaper-style column format. 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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- 4th - 6th
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Students, assessing a sense of world events, issues, and the media's influence on student's attitudes and perceptions about developing nations and issues, participate in a current events scavenger hunt. Emphasis is placed on the Millennium Development Goals and Canada's involvement with other countries. Students write their reflections on each day's activities in their journals. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students investigate the current events and how the media reports them. They interpret information and determine the likelihood of its accuracy. Sections strengthen geography skills while investigating portions of the world experiencing the most hardship. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students begin to become aware of issues from around the world. Using various types of media, they discover how the same issue is showing in different countries. In groups, they focus on how Canada is shown differently through the media and what they can do to solve the problem. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the 5 W's in relation to current events. Using a newspaper, they read and find important world events that have occured other than sporting events. They discover the importance of keeping up on current events and answer the 5 W questions for the article they chose. Full Review »
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