The Week in News - A Public Speaking & Debate Class on Current Events
What's included
1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hours per weekHomework
1 hour per week. Learners will be provided with several articles to read over the week prior to class. This is not required but does leave more time for discussion rather than review.Class Experience
US Grade 5 - 8
Beginner Level
Get $5 off your first class! Use code: GREENFRST5 In this ongoing class, learners will practice their public speaking skills while discussing and debating world news from the week prior. This is a great chance for them to learn more about the news of the world and turn that knowledge into thoughtful peer discussions. We will prompt learners with questions and games, but this is a peer-led conversation-style class. The goal is for the students to get more comfortable sharing their own thoughts and opinions while listening and responding to others in a respectful way. Each week, we will post links to the articles that we will be discussing in class for review prior to class. These articles will come from credible news sources deemed appropriate for kids and teens. We will be discussing current events, discoveries in science, sports, and some overall fun news. We do our absolute best to make sure the articles and sources are unbiased as we feel that it's incredibly important for learners to determine their own opinions based on facts. During class, we will guide the learners through the key points of those articles and provide opportunities to share thoughts, questions, opinions, and debates with each other. We will wrap up the class by playing a game of Kahoot for a final review of that week’s news. The overall goal of this course is to educate our learners about happenings in the world around us while giving them a platform to sort out and share their ideas and perspectives. If you enroll after the week's articles have been posted, you won't be able to see them in the classroom, so just reach out and we will send them over! It's not crucial that learners review them in advance, but it is encouraged.
Learning Goals
The overall goal of this course is to educate our learners about happenings in the world around us while giving them a platform to sort out and share their ideas and perspectives.
public speaking
Other Details
Supply List
Learners will be supplied articles in advance to review from trusted sources like The Week in News Junior, Scholastic, The Dodo, etc. We work diligently to ensure all resources are safe, age-appropriate and non-biased.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Teacher expertise and credentials
1 teacher has a teaching certificate
Florida Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
11 teachers have a Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's Degree in History from University of Alberta
Bachelor's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from Illinois State University
Bachelor's Degree in English from Drury University
Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy from Purdue University
Bachelor's Degree in English from Agnes Scott College
Bachelor's Degree from Western Kentucky Universityh
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Grand Canyon University.
Bachelor's Degree in History from Yale University
Bachelor's Degree in International Relations from Yale University
Bachelor's Degree from University of Edinburgh
Bachelor's Degree from Marshall University
Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Government from University of Virginia
1 teacher has an Associate's degree
Associate's Degree in Education from Eastern Wyoming College
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Live Group Class
$22
weekly1x per week
50 min
Completed by 685 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 8-13
4-8 learners per class