current-events

= Current Events =

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CNN Student News
10 minute, commercial-free, daily news from CNN. Find free teacher materials with daily discussions & questions of the day.

DoodleBuzz
A typographic news explorer. Draw a line, & watch the results show with DoodleBuzz, a typographic news explorer. DoodleBuzz is a new way to read the news through an interface that allows you to create maps of current news stories. Just drag a new line from a result to see new topics about that result.

Newsela
Newsela is a current events website that teachers can have a free account & sign up their classes as well. The articles in this site are set at different reading levels so one article can be used for all grade levels as well as reading levels. There are also several different subject areas for the articles. Once you have an account the site will email you daily updates & feature articles.

If you set up classes you can assign articles for your students to read & answer questions about the article.

TIME for Kids
TIME for Kids is a weekly subscription news magazine, but without an subscription you can still use their website, which is full of news, events around the world, homework help, photos & videos, links to sites, & extras for lessons.

Youngzine
An online source of news, sports, & entertainment. There are stories to read, videos to watch, & a U Write section for students to become a reporter & write. Plus a Google Map with latest news from around the world.

//Last Updated - January 2014//