Tips for Current Events Homework Assignments:

Be sure that the article you select is news. News is something that is happening now
or happened recently. It should be important for people to know about.

For example, information about what causes earthquakes is interesting, but it is not
a current event. Information about a specific earthquake that happened recently is
news and would be a good choice for current events homework.

Choose an article that you can read and understand! The following sites include articles
that are appropriate for fifth and sixth grade students. Those marked (*) are especially
good for current events assignments.

Student News Sites
  
*  Headline Spot for Kids 
New York Times Learning Network  
PBS Newshour Extra     
*  Scholastic News for Kids    
*  SNN: Student News Net (Britannica Digital Learning)
*  Social Studies for Kids    
Time for Kids Online 
Washington Post: Kids Post  
Whyfiles: The Science Behind the News

Local News
Newsbank (access to Syracuse Post Standard and more)

General News Sites  

Google News

ABC News
BBC News
CNN
National Public Radio
NewsVoyager
Online Newshour, PBS  
Reuters  
Science in the Headlines
USA Today
USNews.com
Washington Post

Weather
CNN Weather
UM Weather Cams
The Weather Channel  
Weather Underground 

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