Current Events Activity

Use the Assignment: The World program to expand the students' understanding of geography and locations as they relate to current events and to expand their global awareness.

Grade Level:
The program is designed for grades 4 - 8.

Objectives:
• Increase students' global awareness.
• Increase students' awareness of current events.
• Increase students' ability to identify location on a world map.
• Relate news events to locations on a world map.
• "Track" stories as they happen.
• Begin to understand that geography is integral to learning about world events.
• Use higher level thinking skills to discuss news events and brainstorm their relationship to the 5 geographical themes.

Materials:
Map of the World displayed in the classroom in an easily accessible location, newspapers, yarn, push pins.

Developed by Linda Friedman, Winslow School, Rush-Henrietta School District.