Current Events :: Part 1

A few years ago we studied current events. I found I need to open my eyes to current events just as much as the kids do. I get buried with various events in "My Snarled Little Corner of the World" and forget others. I want to get back into checking out current events, so I thought I would revisit and update this post I did in 2005.

I asked my always-on-top-of-the-news husband why he felt it was important to keep up with current events. His answer: "God is all knowing. We should seek to follow his example by know what's going on around us." Ouch, but indeed, God does set that example.

I spent an hour Googling for kids' news sites. I thought I would share the links with you. Disclaimer: I haven't dug deeply into any of these links to know if they are liberal, conservative, Christian, heathen or otherwise. Caveat Emptor.


I found a couple lesson plans, suggestions & idea sites as well.

http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies/Current_Events
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/current_events/
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson072.shtml

Various Kid Specific News Sites

I have these sites sorted loosely by the dates I noticed on their articles. Some didn't have any and others, without pulling out my calculator & calendar, I couldn't tell. So I stuck them in the random update category. As we use them daily, I'm sure I'll get a better handle on updates.

Daily Updates
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/index.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/news/index.asp
http://www.studentnewsnet.com/

Weekly Updates
http://www.worldmag.com/
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/

Unsure or Random
http://www.gwnews.com/
http://www.timeforkids.com/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/
http://www.pitara.com/news/news_world.asp
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/kidspost/orbit/kidspost.html
http://www.kindnews.org/
http://www2.townonline.com/parentsandkids/

Misc, But Having Some News Topics
http://www.weeklyreader.com/