Current Events Guidelines

Keeping up with current events is a wonderful way to learn whats happening in our own local
community (Chicago), state (Illinois), and nation (USA) as well as other countries around the
world (international).
Each week a different student will be responsible for presenting a current event to the class.
To help with preparation and planning, students will be assigned a specific date.
All the expectations and guidelines are written below. Please read and follow them
carefully.
Select a current event article from one of the following websites or any current
magazine or newspaper (you may need some help from an adult). Select anything in
the news that interests you.
Read the article and discuss it with an adult.
Cut/Print it out.

20 size) a 1-2 paragraph summary of the article. Think about

Write or type (18-

answering the who, what, where, why and how questions to help you get started.

Make sure you fully proofread your work.

Next, on a separate sheet of paper, type 1-2 open-ended interpretive questions

22).

(size

i.e What do you think about? How would you feel if ? How is

this article important to us? What type of Social Scientist would be be

interested in this article? How do you know?

Bring in the article, typed summary, and the interpretive questions for our Current
Events board.

Prepare for your Current Events Presentation

1. First, share with the class whether your current event is of local, national or
international significance.
2. Tell us where you found your article; what source did you use (specific website or
newspaper)
3. Without reading directly from your written summary, give the class a brief
summary of what the article was about. You should know it well
4. Then, ask the class if they have any questions about the article or your summary
when you are finished. Be prepared to answer factual questions about the article.
5. We will then post your article and interpretive questions to the Current Events
board for your classmates to respond.

My day/date to present is:

Website suggestions:
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews
http://www.ourlittleearth.com

____________________________________

Current Events Schedule

Name

Week of...

Noah. G

October 24, 2016

Maddy. F

October 31, 2016

Sam. A

November 7, 2016

Simona. A

November 14, 2016

Jonathan. C

November 28, 2016

Jesus. O

December 5, 2016

Sara. N

December 12, 2016

Adan. G

Decemeber 19, 2016

Eli. F

January 9, 2017

Brianna. F

January 17, 2017

Julian. R

January 23, 2017

Elly. S

January 30, 2017

Aramis. A

February 6, 2017

Addie. S

February 13, 2017

Aidan. D

February 20, 2017

Freja. B

February 27, 2017

Antonio. Y

March 6, 2017

Ava. B

March 13, 2017

Isabela. U

March 19, 2017

Hugo. A

March 27, 2017

Jailee. A

April 3, 2017

Olivia. A

April 17, 2017

Thommy. C

April 24, 2017

Jane. B

May 1, 2017

Yulissa. S

May 8, 2017

Rohan. H

May 15, 2017

Ryo. N

May 22, 2017