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Current Events

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Current Events. Children's Library. Akron-Summit County Public Library. Web. Accessed 10 Oct. 2014.

 

Our Digital Databases have sources for current events.

Log in to BCPSOne and click on the Digital Content icon for all databases. NBC Learn is a great

source.

                

NBC Learn has many current events videos most of which have transcripts.

The citations area also provided on the back of the cue cards.

 

 

 

                       

 

 

If you search the web for an article, make sure they are from a reputable source such as Reuters, AP, NBC, CBS, ABC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC or NPR.

 

For in depth news the following sites are reliable and authoritative: The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Slate, Vox, The Fiscal Times, and The Hill.

 

 

Check out this infographic to help evaluate news sites and their biases.

 

     

 

                  

The Washington Post

To cite in a  NoodleTool project, Click on Sources, New Citation, Website and choose Newspaper Article. Fill out as much of the form as you can from looking at the site, and then hit Save. 

 

 

                          

 

The New York Times

To cite in a  NoodleTool project, Click on Sources, New Citation, Website and choose Newspaper Article. Fill out as much of the form as you can from looking at the site, and then hit Save. 

 

   

              

Newslea Non-Fiction Literacy and Current Events  Your teacher needs to provide you with a class code. (Teachers, this site is useful because the articles can be targeted to different Lexile levels for individual students.) 

To cite in a  NoodleTool project, Click on Sources, New Citation, Website and choose Newspaper Article. Fill out as much of the form as you can from looking at the site, and then hit Save. 

 

 

 

 Science News for Student

 Super Science Top News

 

To cite in a  NoodleTool project, Click on Sources, New Citation, Website and choose Newspaper Article. Fill out as much of the form as you can from looking at the site, and then hit Save.

 

DogoNews (Fodder for Young Minds) Choose a topic category for which you want a news article from the ribbon across the top of the site. 

To cite in a  NoodleTool project, Click on Sources, New Citation, Website and choose Newspaper Article. Fill out as much of the form as you can from looking at the site, and then hit Save.

 

 

PBS Newshour (Public Broadcasting System) has video news stories with a written article. 

To cite in a  NoodleTool project, Click on Sources, New Citation, Website and choose Newspaper Article. Fill out as much of the form as you can from looking at the site, and then hit Save. 

 

 

 

                                     Student News

CNN Student News is a 10 minute news video produced for students

by CNN every Monday - Friday of the school year.

To cite in a  NoodleTool project, Click on Sources, New Citation, Website and choose Newspaper Article. Fill out as much of the form as you can from looking at the site, and then hit Save. 

 

 

                                     

Internet Public Librarya trusted source for newspaper and magazine articles.

Search by state or country and find links to several newspaper from your chosen area.

To cite in a  NoodleTool project, Click on Sources, New Citation, Website and choose Newspaper Article. Fill out as much of the form as you can from looking at the site, and then hit Save. 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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