[LM_NET] OT Current events

[Rita Herl <rherl@USD205.COM>]

I will be teaching one class of World History next year and of course  
want to have daily discussions of current events, focusing on the  
world.  The problem:  I teach in a rural school, most students do not  
get newspapers (and the major local paper does not seem to have a lot  
of world news or let us buy classroom copies anymore), most do not  
have Internet access and if they do it is dial up, computers are  
available at school but we are not a one to one school.  I would like  
them to come to class with a current event ready to discuss it, not  
look it up in class.  We are going to 4 day weeks next year, t our  
class time will be around 56 minutes.

My question:  How have other schools dealt with discussing current  
events?  Do you tape a news program and then replay it and discuss?   
Dedicate one day to finding and discussing current events?  I would  
like to have the students actively involved in finding the news, but  
not sure how to proceed.  Thanks!

Rita Herl, Librarian
Bluestem High School
Leon, KS 67074
rherl@usd205.com

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