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Weekly Current Events
Students examine current events every week. Using the internet, they complete searches about specific events. In groups, they gather information to share with the class and discuss any opposing viewpoints.
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Voices of History: Relating Historic Events to Current Events
Students discuss the current events affecting the country today. In groups, they relate a historical event to a current event. They research and present the point of view of a historical figure in an interesting way. They compare and...
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Current Events Activity
Students investigate world news and create a performance from their research. In this current events instructional activity, students identify major political or news stories in the media and create a performance based on a...
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5 Themes Awareness of Current Event Issues
Learners identify the 5 themes of geography as being location, place, human-environmental interaction, movement and region. They explain a current event from the perspective of each theme and their interrelationship..
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Current Events and Prices
Students read a recent article about the likelihood of a decrease or increase in prices of a specific consumer good. Using the Internet, they examine current events and make predictions about their effect on the economy. They write an...
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Current Events Research
Young scholars look for news stories on the Web that highlight some of the prominent issues in modern American history they outlined in Lesson One. They see the connection between historical issues and current events.
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Weekly Current Events Podcasts
Students create a weekly current event podcast. In this podcast instructional activity, students find current events for the week and write out a script to explain this event. They add in music and sound effects and record their final...
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Current Events Research
Students monitor current events using on-line and traditional resources. They explore issues such as what trends they see developing in specific news issues over time and how different news stories might be interrelated.
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Mr. Yamada’s Tips for Success on Current Events Commentary: Macroeconomics
In this economic systems worksheet, students read and follow the provided 5 tips to locate, analyze, and discuss macroeconomics current event issues.
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Culture, Climate, and Current Events
Students decide on a country to research as a class, keeping a list of the countries already being researched. Using the internet, they research the culture, climate and current events of the country. They end the instructional...
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Current Events Research
Learners use one newspaper article and the internet to research their current event. Using the information, they write a summary and create a PowerPoint presention. To end the lesson plan, they share their research with the class and...
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Current Issues Lesson 3: Immigration Enforcement Raids
High schoolers explore the purpose of immigration enforcement raids. In this current events lesson plan, students read "Immigration Enforcement Raids" and participate in an activity that requires them to deem the ICE practices as...
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Teaching a Current Event
Students discuss current events. In this decision making instructional activity, students work to solve how an issue in their classroom should be solved by using a six-step discussion procedure. They work as a class to come up with a...
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Current Events
In this current events worksheet, students find an article in a newspaper, magazine, TV or Internet. Students write a summary and an opinion about this article.
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Newspapers: A Connection to Our Past
Students research the historical context for a currents event. They create an iMovie that explains why it is important to explain the history behind a current event.
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Writing as a group activity
Did you know that 50% of all Americans can trace a relative who traveled through Ellis Island? Relive these journeys with your class and then provide sentence strategy templates for them to use to compose their own informative...
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Concerns of Elder Adults
Learners collect current events that are important at the local and state level that relate to older adults. They question older persons in regard to issues that are important to them. They listen to a guest speaker discuss current...
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Idea-Noun Definition: Source Searching
A great idea for showing language arts pupils the universality of themes, even in the real world! Have class members choose an idea-noun (peace, justice, war, love, etc.) at the beginning of the year or semester. They complete weekly...
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Weekly Current Events Summary
In this current events instructional activity, learners read a news article of their choice and then respond to 9 short answer questions about the article.
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Geography/Current Events Project
Using the Balkan region as an example, fourth graders review the five themes of geography as a class. They identify the physical and human characteristics of a region before labeling the countries and landforms on a map. They then...
News For Kids
News For Kids.net
Media lovers read articles on a variety of current events with a website made especially for kids. The website is easy to navigate and includes sections about everything from science to sports.
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News Quiz | Sept. 30, 2011
World affairs and current events are the name of the game. Today your class can read the Times, published on September 30, 2011 and then take a five question quiz to test their recall abilities.
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News Quiz | June 7, 2011
Kids catch up on world affairs. They read an online copy of the New York Times from June 7, 2011. They then take a five question quiz related to that day's top stories.
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News Quiz | May 23, 2011
Reading the daily newspaper is a wonderful way to stay informed on current events and world happenings. After scanning the May 23, 2011 edition of the New York Times, kids can take a fun quiz. A great way to stay on top of hot topics.
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