{"id":1069,"date":"2008-12-20T15:35:35","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T19:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoua\/?page_id=1069"},"modified":"2008-12-20T15:35:35","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T19:35:35","slug":"current-events-main","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/current-events-main\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1074 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2008\/12\/breaking20news.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"140\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1077\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2008\/12\/fyi.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"152\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><big><big><big><big>CURRENT EVENTS<\/big><\/big><\/big><\/big><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong><big><strong><big>Current Events Around the Globe<\/big><\/strong><\/big><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click on the different spots on the globe to read and hear audio of a current event from NPR<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><big><big><big><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/big><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studentnewsdaily.com\/\">Student News Daily<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provides comprehension and critical thinking questions along with published news articles and other current events items from established news organizations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linktv.org\/knowthenews\/challenge\">Know the News TV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The games and tools at knowthenews.tv will let you know TV news in a new way. Compare news coverage from around the world, test your knowledge of how news is shaped, and shape some yourself.<\/p>\n<p><big><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/studentnews\/\" target=\"_blank\"><big><strong>CNN Student News<\/strong><\/big><\/a><\/big><br \/>\n<big>Features news videos, transcripts, maps, learning activities, questions and newsquiz.<\/big><\/p>\n<p><big><big><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlcurrentevents.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dougal Littell Current Events<\/strong> <\/a><br \/>\n<\/big><\/big><big>Provides links to news stories as well as World History, Economics, and Geography throughout the world.\u00a0 No videos. A good, but short weekly current events quiz is provided<\/big><big><big>.<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p><big><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/learning\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><big>The New York Times Learning Network<\/big><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThis site includes news summaries, articles, lesson plans, crosswords and other activities.<\/big><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><big><big><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/learning\/students\/quiz\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times Daily News Quiz<\/a><\/big><\/big><\/strong><br \/>\n<big>A quiz on news events with links to the articles.<\/big><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><big><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parade.com\/paradeclassroom\/\"><big>Parade Classroom <\/big><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nA wide variety of student activities and sheets are provided to be used with teaching students newspaper and reading skills.\u00a0 Lesson plans are also posted along with an archive.\u00a0 This site also has a weekly news quiz which can be taken online or printed.<br \/>\n<strong><big><br \/>\n<\/big><\/strong><big><strong><\/strong><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p><big><a href=\"https:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/quotes\/?cnn=yes\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><big>Quotes of the Day by Time and CNN<\/big><\/strong><\/a><\/big><br \/>\n<big> A slide show of daily quotes and photos from people in the news<\/big><\/p>\n<p><strong><big><big><big>Photos<\/big><\/big><\/big><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><big><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3842331\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><big>The Week in Pictures by MSNBC<\/big><\/strong><\/a><\/big><br \/>\n<big> Pictures in slide shows featuring news events throughout the world.<\/big><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><big><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/picturesoftheweek\" target=\"_blank\"><big>Pictures of the Week by Time and CNN<\/big><\/a><\/strong><\/big><br \/>\n<big>Photos in a slide show featuring weekly news events throughout the world<\/big><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><big><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/photo\/special\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><big>The Day in Photos by The Washington Post<\/big><\/strong><\/a><\/big><br \/>\n<big>A daily slide show featuring photos taken each day from throughout the world.<\/big><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><big><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/gallery\/day\/flash.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><big>The Day in Pictures by the USA Today<\/big><\/strong><\/a><\/big><br \/>\n<big>Features photojournalism from around the world.<\/big><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><big><a href=\"https:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/today-in-pictures\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><big>Today in Pictures by Time and CNN<\/big><\/strong><\/a><\/big><br \/>\n<big>Daily photos placed in a monthly slide show<\/big><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><big><big><big><strong>Cartoons<\/strong><\/big><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><big><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/15654769\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><big>The Week in Political Cartoons by MSNBC<\/big><\/strong><\/a><\/big><br \/>\n<big>Political cartoons and slide shows are featured.<\/big><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><big><a href=\"https:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/cartoonsoftheweek\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><big>Cartoons of the Week by Time and CNN<\/big><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nCartoons of weekly current events are provided.<\/big><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"5\" \/>\n<p><big><big><big><strong>Activity Sheets<\/strong><\/big><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2010\/10\/New-currenteventsarticle-Summary.doc\">Current Events Article Summary<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2010\/10\/CURERENT-EVENT-PHOTO-SUMMARY.doc\">CURRENT EVENT PHOTO SUMMARY<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2010\/10\/political-cartoons.pdf\">Political Cartoon Summary<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; CURRENT EVENTS Current Events Around the Globe Click on the different spots on the globe to read and hear audio of a current event from NPR Student News Daily Provides comprehension and critical thinking questions along with published news articles and other current events items from established news organizations. 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