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Grade Range: 4 - 11
The CNN Student News WEB site is the companion to the daily CNN Student News show and is offered free of charge with no subscription. These ten-minute programs and commercial-free streamed videos produced by journalists and educators at CNN provide a great alternative to YouTube. A wealth of teacher materials accompanies each video, such as transcripts for each show, discussion questions, the Media Literacy Question of the Day, detailed learning activities, downloadable maps, and additional support materials to help students understand the news. A selection of documentaries is also accessible, with discussion guides for educators. You can sign up for emails to receive Daily Education Alerts to see what information and major stories are being covered that day or choose from previous dates and news stories from the archives. Remember to preview the program before showing it to your class.
In the Classroom
Choose whatever fits your curriculum or as a daily warm-up for current events. This provides a great alternative to reading news articles and is especially motivating for visual learners and students who struggle with reading comprehension. After your class views the video, use the daily discussion activities designed to promote critical thinking. You are also able to print the learning activities to assign as group work or for homework. There is even a news quiz. You may want to distribute copies of the transcripts for ESL students to refer to, for use as a research source, or to use for practicing reading comprehension for state exams and other assessments. Enhance learning by challenging cooperative learning groups to research one topic at this site and share their findings with the class by creating an interactive online poster (infographic) using Canva Infographic Maker, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17570">reviewed here</a>.
At Home
Eliminate excuses and dread for current event assignments. <i>CNN Student News</i> is a quick, motivating opportunity for middle and high school students to see what is happening all around them in the world today. Help make it a habit of sitting down together for just ten minutes a few times a week. You may record the program, which is featured Monday through Friday on TV on HLN from 4:00-4:10 a.m. ET, or visit the Web site to watch it as a streamed video, or download it as a free podcast.
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American History, Current Events, English, History & Culture: World, Language Arts, Social Studies, Social Studies,