Keeping Current: Current Events From Around the Globe

In this ongoing weekly course, we will discuss current events from around the world!  Each week, we will use a reading comprehension passage specifically designed for students in their Lexile reading range.  We will discuss the article- including vocabulary and comprehension.  We will mostly depend on the article to provide a non-biased view of the topic.  I carefully choose current event articles with this effort in mind.  Also, if there are various perspectives possible, I will send additional relevant articles to the students so that they can see the topic from various perspectives.  In class, we also have time set aside to discuss various perspectives.  This is such an important concept for them to learn!  After class each week, I will send the article and comprehension questions to the students so that they can go over them again and share them with their families.  This makes a great family discussion of current events- in a student-friendly format!  I have these same current event discussions with my students in my brick and mortar classes, and they love learning about cool events from all over the world!  They always appreciate our discussions and seeing topics from various angles and through different sources or "lenses."  I know my Outschool students will love it just as much!  Join me for this fun, weekly look into what's happening around the world!  Let's "Keep Current" together!