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Assistive Media
An excellent resource for students and adults with disabilities which make it difficult to read print texts in the conventional manner. Presents hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, clippings, and current and past events in audio...
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Watching America: What the World Thinks About America
A collection of articles from foreign newspapers about America and American policies, translated into English from their languages of origin. These articles give readers a view of America from abroad. Site includes both English...
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Pbs Newshour Extra: Student Reporting Labs
Think. Create. Inform. You become the reporter. PBS connects high school students to local PBS Stations and news professionals to produce original, student-generated news video reports. Get involved and learn how to report, problem-solve...
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Reuters: World News
Get the latest world news from the world's largest international multimedia news agency, Reuters. There is also coverage on the latest entertainment, technology, sports, science, and political headlines.
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Reuters: Politics
Overview of an ongoing collection of headline news stories pertaining to politics from Reuters, a multimedia news agency. Older stories are archived.
New York Times
New York Times: National Politics: Social Security
The New York Times provides the latest news and issues surrounding social security. Content includes recently published news articles, as well as various multimedia highlights and opinion pieces.
Bill of Rights Institute
Bill of Rights Institute: Stand Your Ground and Castle Doctrine Laws
A lesson plan prompted by the Trayvon Martin case addressing the "Stand Your Ground" and "Castle Doctrine" laws in Florida.
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Lund University Libraries: Directory of Open Access Journals
Open access journals are offered in all scholarly and scientific disciplines such as Biology and Life Sciences, History and Archaeology, and Physics and Astronomy. Site offers a search for new titles as well as archived journals....
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Newsela
[Free Registration/Login Required] Newsela offers new current events articles daily in areas ranging from the arts to war and peace. Each article is available at five different reading levels; grade level and word count are displayed for...
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Politifact
A fact-checking resource examining statements of politicians when it is hard to distinguish what is true and what is false. Politifact has earned a Pulitzer Prize.
CNN
Cnn: Cnn 10
CNN 10 provide quick news segments from around the world organized into subject categories. Content includes world events, U.S. government, science & technology, economics & math, language & fine arts, and health.
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: The News Hour
This online version of the PBS television broadcast covers national and international news. Includes political coverage and a teacher resource section with videos categorized by curriculum area.
The Guardian
Guardian: South Africa News
This site provides links to the most recent news articles about South Africa.
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Voa News
Listen to VOA broadcasts from around the world, in many different languages, and read short articles on world and US current events.
Smithsonian Institution
Tween Tribune
This current events publication is for the eight- to fourteen-year age group. News articles that would interest this age group are posted and students, once signed up themselves, can comment on them. Teachers can customize student...
Scholastic
Scholastic News
Resource is an excellent news source for kids, providing the day's top stories and a focus on special issues. Content also includes a section on entertainment news, games & quizzes and a chance to vote on fun issues.
Oregon Secretary of State
Oregon State Archives
Includes recent archives, news including government information, and the Oregon blue book.
National Cable Satellite Corporation
National Cable Satellite Corporation: C Span Classroom
Check out these free video-based materials for social studies teachers. Includes videos on current event issues, lesson plans on a variety of topics, and bell ringers. Engage your class with video clips that make the Constitution come...
United Nations
United Nations Chronicle Online Edition
The United Nations Chronicle is published by the UN department of public information. There are selected articles from each issue, however a complete issue is only available by subscription.
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: Cuba and the United States: A New Chapter
Current and relevant learning resource from Brown University in which students explore the changing relationship between the U.S. and Cuba, interpret political cartoons and monitor news media coverage of U.S.-Cuba relations over time....
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Pbs Learning Media: California Public Media Education Service
Public media stations across California have banded together to package a comprehensive set of broadcast and digital resources for teachers, students, and families for at-home learning. Drawing on our most popular offerings to teachers...
CBS
Cbs News
CBS News provides the latest national and international headline news, as well as covering the latest in technology, entertainment, and more.