Current Events

Teaching Materials   |   Media

Teaching Materials

• CNN Student News
   
• Discovery Channel School
   
• NewsHour Extra: A NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Special for Students
  Provides resources for students and teachers for learning and teaching about current events in U.S. history, world history, government, arts, economics, English, science, mathematics, and health and fitness.
   
• Newseum Education Center
   
• Newspapers in Education (NIE) program
   
• Newsweek Education Program
   
• The New York Times Learning Network
   
• U.S. News and World Report Classroom Program
   
• What's in the News (WITN)
  Used in grades 4-7, WITN is an award-winning multi-media instructional series that uses current events as a springboard for exploring history, geography, government, world cultures, science, language arts, and all other areas of the curriculum by combining 15-minute television programs with computer-based resources and print materials.

Media

Newspapers--U.S.

• Anchorage Daily News
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Baltimore Sun
• Boston Globe Online
• Charlotte Observer
• Chicago Sun-Times
• Chicago Tribune
• Christian Science Monitor
• Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Dallas Morning News
• Denver Post
• Houston Chronicle
• Kansas City Star
• Los Angeles Times
• Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
• Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Miami Herald
• New York Times
• Sacramento Bee
• Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
• San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle
• Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
• Washington Post

Newspapers--International

• The Times (London)

News Networks

• ABC News
• BBC Online (UK)
• CBS News
• CNN
• C-SPAN
• MSNBC News
• NPR
• PBS Online NewsHour
• Pacifica Radio

Wire Services

• Associated Press
• Reuters
• Scripps Howard News Service

Magazines

• Atlantic Monthly
• Mother Jones Interactive
• The Nation
• The National Review
• The New Republic
• Newsweek
• Time
• U.S. News & World Report
• Utne Reader