Current Events - Do Now

Current Event 'Do Now' Exercises - KQED Public Media's website has a small section of its Ed Space pages dedicated to short current events-based Do Now activities that teachers can use in their classrooms. Activities present a current events topic, some background information (both text and video), and a couple of discussion prompts.

Newseum

Newseum - a series of nine maps that display the current front page of major newspapers around the world. Little orange colored dots on each map correspond to the publishing location of each newspaper. Placing your mouse pointer on one of the dots generates a preview of that newspaper's current front page.

Newspaper Map

Newspaper Map - Map tool for locating and reading newspapers from locations all around the world. To find a newspaper you can browse the map then click on a placemark to open the link within to read a newspaper.