Current Events Toolkit
The aim of this Current Events Toolkit is to provide teachers with materials to help their students think through and understand complex and sometimes controversial current events.
The aim of this Current Events Toolkit is to provide teachers with materials to help their students think through and understand complex and sometimes controversial current events.
Three Main Considerations:
Three Main Considerations:
SENSITIVE TOPICS: What kinds of current events/news stories are we talking about? How do we get from particular events to the big picture background issues?
GUIDE FOR GENERAL DISCUSSIONS: How can teachers run sensitive, respectful discussions of controversial topics? This is especially important when students may intensely disagree on particular sensitive issues.
HOW TO LEARN MORE: How can students learn more about these issues? How can students critically evaluate what they are reading and seeing in media?
