Reputable News Resources

Newsweek Magazine:
http://www.newsweek.com/

The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/

The Philadelphia Inquirer:
http://www.philly.com/

USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/

The BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/?ok

TIME Magazine:
http://www.time.com/time/

Reference Desk:
http://www.refdesk.com/

Take Action!!

This is a venue for concerned students to take things to the “next level” (i.e. petition Congress, create your own blog, join a special interest group). Take the opportunity to “dig deeper” into a local, national or global issue you care about. Go ahead - Share what you're doing with us!!

"Ah ha!" Moment Board

Did you discover a news article or topic that you really connected with? Did something you read change your mind about a topic or cause you to think differently about a situation?

Check-in here to share your thoughts and discuss.

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CNN's RSS (Real Simple Syndication) Links

Top News Stories:
http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss

World News:
http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_world.rss

U.S. News:
http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_us.rss

Politics:
http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_allpolitics.rss

CNN Student News:
http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_studentnews.rss

Video:
http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_freevideo.rss

Why Investigate Current Events?

Connecting with History Through Current Events

Since the time when human beings invented writing, they have left records of their understanding of the world and of the events in their lives and how they felt about them. By studying the records that previous generations have left, we can find out about the kind of lives they led and how they faced their problems.
Whether it’s through newspapers, magazines, historical novels, or old photographs and stories our grandparents tell we all look into the past from time to time. It’s the job of historians to make a serious and systematic study of the past and attempt to use the knowledge they gain to help explain human nature and contemporary affairs. Your study and research as a student qualify you as an amateur historian. As you read and explore the world around you through the written word consider what history can tell you.

Think & Act Like a Historian

Everything that exists in the present has come out of the past, and no matter how new and unique it seems to be, it carries some of the past with is.

Since everything has a history, using the techniques of historical investigation and your genuine human curiosity you’ll be able to answer most of your questions and make connections to current events using the categories below:

Category 1: “I never knew that.”

KNOWLEDGE

Category 2: “I never thought of that.”

PERCEPTION

Category 3: “I never felt that.”

FEELINGS

Category 4: “I never appreciated that.”

APPRECIATION

Category 5: “I never realized that.”

REALIZATION