Why Teach Current Events?

Why bother teaching current events? This article explains some reasons why students should know current events because they deal directly to the student. They use different methods and explain why they are efficient.

NY Times gives 50 ways to teach with current events that can be used in classrooms around the world. This article includes tips and creative ways a child can learn more efficiently by knowing the current events.

John De Gree informs the benefits of children learning current events. In his video he goes more in depth and addresses the key elements that contribute to the teaching of school children through the use of current events and news.

How can busy history teachers incorporate current events into their lesson planning? Our new Future of History bloggers share their 4-part approach. The article continues to show the different approaches to use the techniques.

They show how students learn through school based projects to inform them over the current events happening in the world. They also show how it's not just students from the U.S but globally so they can learn not just about their countries but globally.

The more exposure students have to newspapers and current events the more likely they are to be aware and interested in learning and reading more about them. They then have more things to talk about as well as a broader approach as to what is happening around their surroundings.

Has a wide selection of different links to be used to teach kids in to learning about current events. They show appropriate links and have a small description on what the websites for the links have to offer.

10 fun teaching strategies to help raise students’ interest, awareness about current events. Shows the strategies and how to help students focus on the certain event by having a fun way of teaching them.

A set of flash cards found to teach kids to learn about current events by causing them to think critically. This system can be a fun activity to do in a group or alone to test their skills as well as to indicate how much they were paying attention.

A list of apps you can use on your phone or tablet to be able to be updated with current events and apply the skills your teacher has taught you to be able to communicate these means and try to understand a deeper meaning of what is being taught/ what is happening.

Make your classroom relevant and engaging by tying skills and content to current events. In this tutorial they demonstrate how easy it is to have a quick and easy lesson over current events and how to teach it to show a broader understanding.

It's just as important to teach current events to young children as it is to teach young adults. This article offers suggestions for how to approach current events with elementary students. The article includes tips and other supplementary methods.

Current Events lesson plans for elementary school teachers in grades K-6 including newspaper, magazine activities, programs and thematic units, geography and information gathering skills curriculum, classroom and teaching ideas. Also includes many links and attachments to navigate easier.

This article shows an engaging approach by showing examples of teaching in a classroom and even has printable for teaching current events! The way the author of the article is clear and has a good approach to her methods.

This video shows a presenter explaining the idea of the current events and shows and explains to teachers how they should teach students among their grade levels. He goes into detail and has good experience in the subject.

Teaching current events doesn’t have to be boring. Engage and challenge your students in local and world events by using choice boards, which are perfect for the classroom because they allow for creativity and differentiation. Shows the reasons students love "choice boards" and explains the details of them and teaching them with current events.

Has a short article in it that students are supposed to read up on current events and then they have the debates in a basket in which they can then debate on the current events, if they agree with them or not and have a good discussion.

A small article in which they demonstrate a basket of magazines in a classroom that shows current events and other events happening globally and has kid friendly magazines and child appropriate content.

Help your kids become responsible citizens by raising their awareness of world events. Informative to get a child motivated to want to learn about current events, not a traditional approach to teaching.

Explains the plan in action to take in order to try to manage time to watch videos on current events and the things they can do with them. Shows links available on kid friendly websites to get news from to do these projects with.

A bulletin board that not only focuses on the current events but also how they are applied to science in a way that shows the newest things scientists have seen and their new methods. This bulletin board gives a quick insight on how the news works.

Suzie Boss shares ways teachers can use current events and news in the classroom, and helpful links to get you started. Her article is clear and well formatted so you can pick up and learn the tips she provides.

Helps explain and indicate why students should really take an interest in learning current events and the outcomes and activities a teacher could teach with learning about current events.

Elevating student awareness of global issues is increasingly important as the countries of the world become more interdependent. Today’s students need an understanding of the world’s economy, politics, social structures, and environment.

When teaching social justice through current events, consider who the students are, explore opinions and perspective, clarify social justice themes, use interactive technology, and encourage activism. Article explains a concise idea of why teaching current events is so important.