Current Events

"Current Events" happens every Friday in 4M. Three students report on the

different categories of news: International (outside of the U.S. - for our

purposes in 4M), National (something that takes place "inside" of the U.S.,

but not MA), and Local (something that takes place in MA). Students will need

assistance choosing appropriate news items, particularly the International

News. They may also need help reviewing the article so they are ready to share

it on Friday. Students choose an article, read it, cut or print it out, write

up a pre-organized sheet about the article, rehearse their sharing, and bring

in the article with the write up on Friday. Students have all week to work on

these events and they are hung on the board for others to read. The Current

Event gets passed back the following week. Each student reports on Current

Events approximately 6 times during the year (2 International News items, 2

National News items, 2 Local News items). Below are some links to help you if

you can't find anything in the newspaper. The first link is a "pretend" link

so that I could add this "explanation information". The four links after that

- White House for Kids, NGS, Time for Kids, and Social Studies for Kids will be

useful. Feel free to email me other useful websites you find. (Reminder: Make

sure to print out the article if you choose a web article.) Thanks so much.

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White House for Kids

National Geographic for Kids

Time for Kids - TFK

Social Studies for kids. Has current events ideas.

Social Studies for Kids