Current Event Websites for middle schoolers?

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Permalink Reply by Anne Pemberton on September 7, 2010 at 9:01am

Here's a site that provides links to many news resources. http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/mrsp/index-News.html

Permalink Reply by Anne Pemberton on September 7, 2010 at 9:02am

Check out these resources for ones you feel are appropriate: http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/mrsp/index-News.html

Permalink Reply by Marty Smith on September 8, 2010 at 7:17pm

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/studentnews/11/04/sn.how.to/index.html# I have been using CNN student news for my middle school class. Sometimes I cut it short because we only have 45 minute periods. My students seem to be learning current events from it.

Permalink Reply by Anthony Locricchio on September 13, 2010 at 7:39am

Thanks for the infomation!

Permalink Reply by Carol Ann ODonnell on September 20, 2010 at 2:42am

I use a site called TweenTribune (http://tweentribune.com/) that was created by the father of a middle school student specifically because his tween age daughter had trouble finding age and content appropriate articles for her current events assignments. Your students can actually sign up and blog online at this site. I've been using it for two years now and my kids love it.

Permalink Reply by Terry Fonseca on October 27, 2010 at 10:22am

I visited Tween Tribune and at first thought it only had "enquirer-type news". I was wrong, and after checking out the different categories agree that this site is great! I can see how it gets kids interested in what's going on around them. Some of the news stories would be great classroom discussion topics and perfect for stimulating writing project ideas. Are there any other sites like this?

Permalink Reply by Marty Smith on April 11, 2011 at 4:32pm

I use this for my students as well.  I make them do one a week and apply it to the quarter grade.  They love doing it.  They ask if there are a few minutes left in class, "Can I work on my TweenTribune?"  Of course!

Permalink Reply by Judy Blake on March 12, 2011 at 7:46am

http://www.thebeehive.org/school/k-12-students/homework-help/middle...

This site has selected news stories and options to take interactive quizzes.

Permalink Reply by Jessica Pilgreen on April 11, 2011 at 4:07pm

Your students might also enjoy The Week in Rap by Flocabulary.  It provides an overview of the week's events in the form of a rap.

 

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Permalink Reply by Candace Townsley on April 11, 2011 at 4:40pm

A few sites I've used:

www.teentribune.com (already mentioned)

www.studentnewsdaily.com

and

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com

Hope those can help get you started!