Want to Hear About the Good News in the World? Try Arkleus

When you pick up an issue of any newspaper (print or online) you are bound to see more bad news than good news. Negative stuff is all over, so much so that many people don't even read the headlines anymore. What if you could just read about the good things happening around the world? Wouldn't you do it? That's what the site Arkleus is all about; showing off the "Best of Mankind". The site is divided into these categories: Life, Sports and Adventure, Science and Technology, and Work. Sample articles include the Cool Job of the Day, The Dyslexic Girl Who Took on the NJ Legislature and Won, Surfing the Banzai Pipeline...Blind and Forever in Blue Jeans. Why not introduce your students to Arkleus today?

If You Teach Current Events.....Try These 44 Resources

The list below covers grades K-12. Some specify the grade and others can be adapted for your students.

SITES
The Awesome Library Current Events Links

BBC News Online

CNN- news clips, video clips; excellent site

The CNN Challenge- take an interactive quiz to see how much you know about current events

CNN Student News

Dogo News- "fodder for young minds"

Education World- 25 Great Ideas for Teaching Current Events

FOX News- known to be more conservative

Frontline- PBS program

Google Directory- with 8 categories to search, including natural disasters, politics and breaking news

Google News Archive Search- search the world or by country

Guzzle- customize your page to receive hundreds of feeds

HeadlineSpot- comprehensive listing for all types of news

Issues and Causes- from the Yahoo! Directory; long list includes climate change, race and racism

Izzit.org- lesson plans for current events are updated daily

Mapeas- world news on a map

Morning Rush!- Top 5 morning show moments are updated daily

National Geographic for Kids

National Hurricane Center

News Currents- covers grades 4-12

News in Pictures- list of close to a hundred sites of news galleries, including ABC News, MSNBC and Reuters

Newseum- "814 front pages from 78 countries"

Newsmap- visual display of daily news shows larger type for more important stories; choose from 15 countries

NewspaperMap- choose your language from a world map; directly link to the website for that paper 

Scholastic News Online

Science News for Kids 

Sports Illustrated for Kids

Student News Daily- wonderful site

Teen Tribune

This Day in History- History Channel

Time for Kids

Time Magazine

Tween Tribune- also version in Spanish

USA Today

The Washington Post

Weather.com

Weekly Reader

The Week in Pictures Archive- from MSNBC

The Week in Rap from Flocabulary- at a cost of $5/month, students will love the connection to music

Youngzine- "news and more for the young"

PRINTABLES
Analyzing Current Events Worksheet- for middle school students

Current Events Printables- from TeacherVision; by grade level

Current Events Worksheet- simple Word file

Mrs. Rostas' Current Event Worksheet