Current Events: 25 Great Ideas for Teaching Current Events

Click here to see 25 ways to teach current events!

Current Events: CNN Student News & Flocabulary

Here is the student news quiz for the week from CNN Student News.

This week's Flocabulary Week in Rap! See if you can use the CNN Student News above to create your own current events rap!

Current Events: Daily Local News

The Daily Local News can be an excellent source for local current events!

Current Events: CNN student news

CNN Student News has a video news clip from each day that is about 10 minutes long. There are discussion questions and quizzes for each video. I would preview the clip before showing it since it is based on real-world news. This is an outstanding current events resource!

Current Events: worldbook online

Did you know that you have access through our school to worldbookonline.com? The student section has current events, quizzes, research sources, and most popular articles. If you want to learn more about what is going on in the world, I've sent the username and password to your email!

Science News For Kids: Current Events

Click here to check out all the latest science current events for kids!

Current Events: Student News Daily

Studentnewsdaily.com is an incredible current events website designed for middle school to high school students. They feature the following:

• Daily news article
• Daily best of the web
• Tuesday's news issue
• Wednesday's biased item
• Thursday's commentary
• Friday's news quiz
• World's quick takes
• Quote of the week
• Cartoon
  

On this day in History: (not so) current events

Want to discuss events that were current hundreds of years ago, fifty years ago, or even ten years ago? Check out This Day in History.

Who's Who & What's What Quiz: Current Events

See what you know about the events that made the news of the past week from The New York Times. Take this quiz to test yourself and your students.

NPR: Current Events Multimedia

NPR has great current even resources here. They also have an incredible multimedia page that has video and podcast articles about what is going on in the world today as well as in the arts. You can even listen to podcasts of the news on an hourly basis.

A Decade in Magazine Covers: Current Events

Current Events: News Game

Click here to play the game.

A new type of news reporting: Illustrated Columns (Current Events)

Maria Kalman is an artist and a journalist. She has started a new form of news media called, "Illustrated Columns". Click here to read "Back to the Land". This illustrated column should spark conversation about the way the information is spread as well as the message about using organic food. It is a great tie in to our organic garden at school!

Use these questions for discussion:

1. Is there anything surprising or humorous about this post?
2. What does Kalman think has changed as America evolved from its original, agrarian society?
3. What are the goals of the Edible Schoolyard project?
4. Which is your favorite image in the post? Why? Why do you think she chose not to include any paintings or drawings in this post?
5. How would you characterize Kalman’s style?

Want to have students create their own illustrated columns? Use this template to help them. You can easily post their illustrated columns on a wiki or a blog.

Or have them illustrate a news article that is already written by using this story board template.

Current Events: worldpress

Click here to read news and views from around the world. Our version of the news is not necessarily THE version of the news. Always double check to see what people around the world are saying about a specific "hot topic".

Current Events: online news hour extra

Check out the online newshour extra for news specifically written for kids!

Current Events: Flash Mobs in Philadelphia

We've all seen them...we've seen the most famous ones on youtube and even on the Oprah Winfrey Show! Flash mobs began as a large creative outlet organized by social media. In Philadelphia, police have begun arresting a group of teenagers for violent flash mob behaviors. Click here to read the article.

Here are some guiding discussion questions about flash mobs.

These are some videos showing creative uses of flash mobs:

current events discussions

izzit.org provides a different daily news article with a series of discussion questions every weekday throughout the school year. These questions are designed to encourage critical thinking, challenge assumptions, and provoke lively classroom discussion.

Current Events: Chile Earthquake 2010

Here is an extensive resource list from blogger Larry Ferlazzo to teach students about the earthquake in Chile.

Also, here is the latest week in rap:

Current Events: opinion

Did you follow the story yesterday about the boy who was thought to be aloft in a balloon for two hours, only to be found hiding at home? What questions does it raise for you?

Click the picture to read the full story.

News Summaries from the New York Times: Current Events

Designed specifically for students, click here to read this week's latest news summaries.