current events

This module is created to help students understand what minimum wage is and the impact it has on workers, business owners, and the community as a whole. Students will read, view, and evaluate various informational articles to determine whether or not minimum wage should be raised, lowered, or...

After reading Fahrenheit 451, "The Effects of Technology on Relationship," "Entertaining Emotions: TV may be Teaching us to Overreact," and "Why the Young Kill," students will argue for or against the accuracy of Ray Bradbury's predictions in Fahrenheit 451 of future social...

Compare and contrast how multiple types of media portrayed a current event, analyzing how words, or sounds, and still or moving images are used in each medium.  The literary essay should be between 3-5 pages (5-8 paragraphs).

Essential questions:

1. Why is it important to seek
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In this task, students assume the role of a Political Party Research Officer. Their boss (a state Congresswoman) is on her way to a conference on a controversial current issue and the student is tasked with creating a playlist of relevant resources that she can listen to/watch on her ipod while...

This task asks students to write an argumentative essay about which level of government -- federal or state -- should have authority and power when making and executing laws related to a controversial issue.

Students will research an issue of their choice, write an argument in support of...

For this task students will play the role of a journalist researching and presenting a recent discovery in science. Students are asked to research current events in science and critique and challenge the evidence and arguments of the discovery in order to contribute to the body of scientific...

In this task, students will select and conduct research on an elected official who represents them at the federal level – a member of the House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate.

Students will then choose a relevant issue or a current piece of legislation and convey their viewpoints...