PROCESS
- Website: Observe the Current Events topics listed below.
- Home: Find/record critical details about the topics, and label relevant states on a map.
- Class: Share/write CE details, and assign each CE to a Social Studies concept category.
- Assessment: Take an open-note (your notes) CE test every 2 weeks (determines HW grade).
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Map of Nation States.pdf Size : 438.635 Kb Type : pdf |
SUGGESTED NEWS SOURCES
- Ask family members, teachers, peers, etc.
- Listen to morning news radio (i.e. National Public Radio on 90.3 fm).
- Use search engines (i.e. Google, Yahoo, Bing) to investigate the topic (type: news about ___).
- Explore online news platforms (i.e. BBC News, CNN 10-minute news, Al Jazeera)
RIGHT NOW: CURRENT EVENTS TOPICS (research these!)
Valentine's Day school massacre in the USA
- Identify the school and school district (and state) that became the site of a recent massacre.
- How many people were killed in the massacre?
- Identify the weapon (the same weapon used in many of America's mass shootings).
- Identify the powerful gun organization that continues to face pressure and criticism.
- Which amendment to the US Constitution is at the center of the gun debate?
"State of Emergency" in ETHIOPIA (Click HERE for this current event.)
- What is the capital of Ethiopia?
- Identify the 2 major ethnic groups protesting against the government since 2015.
- The groups are worried that the government is going to take their _____ away from them.
- The groups are also mad that gov't is dominated by a minority party, the _____ [letters].
Problems in Africa
- What happened to about 100 schoolgirls in the town of Dapchi in NIGERIA?
- What is the name of terrorist organization accused of committing this crime?
- Identify the activist group that has been raising awareness about these crimes since 2014.
- Identify the city in SOMALIA where twin car bombings recently killed nearly 40 people.
- What is the name of the armed group that has claimed responsibility for the attacks?
Humanitarian crisis in MYANMAR (Click HERE for this current event.)
- What group in Myanmar is commonly referred to as "the world's most persecuted minority?"
- There are about ___ million of them in Myanmar, but they are not counted as citizens.
- What religion are most of the members of this group?
- What is the main religion of the country of Myanmar?
[ROUND 1, CURRENT EVENTS]
D.A.C.A. to end?
- What is D.A.C.A. (and what do the letters stand for)?
- How many people are directly affected?
- What common term is used to describe these young people?
- Why is D.A.C.A. in the news now?
NORTH KOREA & SOUTH KOREA teaming up
- What is going on with these longstanding enemy-neighbors?
- Who is the dictator/leader of North Korea?
- What is the capital city of North Korea? What is the capital city of South Korea?
- What is the United States' relationship with both countries?
Structure of the US government
- What are the three branches of the US government, and what is the main job of each branch?
- Which branch does the President of the United States lead?
- What are the two houses of Congress, and how many elected officials are part of each house?
- How many justices are on the United States Supreme Court? How long do they serve?
Bombing in AFGHANISTAN
- Identify the capital city where the bombing occurred, and cite the number of fatalities.
- How did the attack take place?
- What group carried out the attack? Click here to learn about who they are and what they want.
Grammy Awards
- Who dominated the Grammy Music Awards by winning Album, Record, and Song of the Year?
TURKEY vs. Kurds. vs. ISIS in SYRIA... (USA in the middle)
- The USA is one of many countries fighting against ISIS in Syria. Click here: What is ISIS?
- The USA supports Kurdish forces in northern Syria against ISIS. Click here: Who are the Kurds?
- Turkey is one of the USA's main allies in the region, but Turkey hates the Kurds. WHY???
- Who is the President of Turkey?