Need a current events worksheet for your classroom? Use this free Current Events Report handout!
This Differentiated Current Events Choice Menu with Depth and Complexity Icons can be used with lessons on Current events in the classroom and for use in Interactive Student Notebooks. Students can also read current events at home and complete the activities as evidence of understanding in their ISN...
Seeking a way to have your upper elementary students practice current events? This blog post shares a freebie and a strategy for exploring current events.
For relevant, accurate, and appropriate current events to share with your students, try watching CNN Student News. With new content daily, the ten minute segments are an easy way to incorporate nonfiction into your classroom and engage your students with real world issues.
One thing I remember about Elementary School is having to bring in a Current Event article from the newspaper and present it to the class. While I remember that to be a truly nerve-racking experience
Download these free printable current events worksheets to help children record their learning in the classroom. Free pages from The Curriculum Corner.
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Students are bombarded with the news constantly. Sometimes it is difficult to make sense of it all. We approach current events in multiple ways in my classroom. Here's my top 3 for engaging student
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Current events PDF lesson plan and long reading passage of recent news stories for middle & high school students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Reading comprehension practice and literacy strategies for standardized testing preparation. Great for enrichment of gifted learners, substitute teachers, and differentiated instruction. For middle and high school students. Akira Toriyama, creator of the popular Dragon Ball manga series, died Friday March 8th. The Dragon Ball series was about a boy named Son Goku who was on a quest to collect magical dragon balls to protect Earth from alien humanoids called Saiyans.Updated March 13, 2024
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Seeking a way to have your upper elementary students practice current events? This blog post shares a freebie and a strategy for exploring current events.
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This product is designed to have students think critically about current events. Each task card contains a critical thinking question that will encourage students to use higher order thinking. These can be used for any current event and can be utilized throughout the year. They are extremely versati...
Unfortunately, George Orwell knew what he was talking about. His novella is not just a condemnation of what happened during the Russian Revolution; it’s a cautionary tale that can be applied to many events that happened since it was written, from political revolutions to student council elections. Unfortunately, it’s always relevant. So when I walked […]
Are you like me and don’t watch the news? I don’t watch the news because it’s depressing. But it’s also not a good thing because sometimes I don’t know what’s going on in the world.I wish growing up in school that I had learned an appreciation for learning what’s going on in the world around […]
The work matching current events to content is not as difficult as it used to be. Here are eight ways to help bring current events to life for students.
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A worksheet containing questions that can accompany any current events news article. Students may select their own article, or teachers can print the article they wish to have the students evaluate. I developed this worksheet for use in my own 8th grade Social Studies class. This exercise helps stu...
There's so much going on in the world right now. We could spend entire class periods going over current events and relating news stories to students' lives. However, most upper elementary teachers don't have a
I have used this worksheet as a guide to follow along with major plot points, and science behind an outbreak. With current events and COVID-19 Pandemic, this may be a good teachable movie opportunity. I would recommend for 8th grade and up. Movie Background: The film, Outbreak (1995), portrays the efforts of an army virologist, Sam Daniels, to prevent a global biological disaster. A rare virus from the African jungle has started an epidemic in a small northern California community. The virus has a high mortality rate. The film follows the scientists and army officers as they trace the epidemic and seek to contain it. The story in the film is fictional. Link to make a copy of this file to your Google Drive is included, so you can edit as you see fit. Please also find links to the CDC site for more information and Teaching background, as well as a link to my Kahoot! Review Game that accompanies this resource. Instructions for free signup and Kahoot! general use included as well. Links to the chunked movie files are also INCLUDED!! The movie is edited for content, language, I have used this worksheet as a guide to follow along with major plot points, and science behind an outbreak. Movie Background: The film, Outbreak (1995), portrays the efforts of an army virologist, Sam Daniels, to prevent a global biological disaster. A rare virus from the African jungle has started an epidemic in a small northern California community. The virus has a high mortality rate. The film follows the scientists and army officers as they trace the epidemic and seek to contain it. The story in the film is fictional. Could something like this really happen? Please also find links to the CDC site for more information and Teaching background, as well as a link to my Kahoot Review Game that accompanies this resource. Instructions for free signup and Kahoot general use included as well. Links to the chunked movie files are also INCLUDED!! The movie is edited for content, language, and has about a PG-13 rating, I would suggest 8th grade or higher.
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Students in 8th grade will be asked questions about science, geography, history, and current events, among other things.
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One part of my Social Studies curriculum was to incorporate current events into our classroom. However, I wanted my students to have the opportunity to think about and research topics that truly interested them. We incorporated Article of the Week. For homework, students would find an article in their local newspaper or from a reputable […]
This individual student current event research project and guided discussion strategies in the classroom can be adapted for each quarter, term, or semester, as well as to support and explore the themes throughout your curriculum. This choice-based research project, presentation, and interactive discussion strategies come with step-by-step directions. Students will do their own research on a given topic, focused note-taking, write an informative essay using in-text citations, prepare and deliver a class presentation, and, most importantly, lead their peers in a larger, interactive whole-class discussion with higher-order thinking questions they will have developed themselves using the question-and-discussion-techniques provided in this resource. Put students at the center of their own learning and exploration by having them lead the rest of their class in a discussion on current issues and controversies! Each student will: Choose a topic for which they will become the class expert Independently research to find current(within the last two years) and relevant news sources Read at least two current articles (or videos) on the issue of their choosing using critical reading skills Write an informative essay that summarizes and analyzes their findings Prepare and deliver a presentation to their class that presents and explains the key issues as well as reviews the relevant news Develop their own discussion questions Facilitate an interactive whole-group discussion using their unique higher order thinking questions and newly acquired expert knowledge This resource includes all student materials, instructions, rubrics, and student feedback forms you will need to set up and assess this entire unit, plus you can give them this guide for taking outline notes to help them along as they research their assigned topic! Related Resources: TED Talk note-taking guide for "The Urgency of Intersectionality" Community Service as Civic Engagement full unit MANKIND: Story of All of Us viewing and note-taking guides Systemic Oppression: Growing Resource Bundle that includes: "What does it mean to be oppressed?" Critical reading lesson and discussion guide Review activity: I have/who has Academic Vocabulary Study: Frayer Model- Elements of Oppression Word Wall Posters for 16 Elements of Oppression Could Art Change the World? TED Talk Lesson Plan LGBT Civil Rights Timeline: A History Lesson Terrorism in the Modern World: Growing Bundle Historical Document Analysis: Close Reading of "The Personal is Political" Structured Academic Controversy: Cancel Culture From the Blog: Promoting social justice in the classroom with open-access digital artwork downloads Why Student Protests Are the Future of Activism Empowerment Through Activism: How Teachers Can Support Student Activism Let's connect! teachingdissent.com DID YOU KNOW? You can get TPT credit to use on future purchases! Here's how: • Go to your My Purchases page. Beside each purchase, you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it, and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. I sincerely value your feedback! Be the first to know about my new discounts, free resources, and NEW products! Look for the star near the top of any page within my store, and click it to become a follower. You will be the first to know about any new products from me!
