Grades 9 through 12 / Lesson Plans

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Current Events

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Objectives: Students will be able to better understand the importance of current events.

Materials: Computer lab with internet access-1 station per 2 students

Activities: Explore significant events from the news through an investigation of editorial cartoons.

Teacher Procedure

Student Activities

Set	Ask students what major events have been occurring. Record on overhead or board.	Discussion. Contribute to list of events.
Instruct	Direct students to log onto interent & proceed to www.cagle.com & select editorial cartoons contents page from the left hand navigation column then select editorial cartoons:page 1 from the contents page. Proceed through cartoons pages. Ask for opinions as to the events depicted. Compare with list of events generated during set. Direct students to look at all the pages of editorial cartoons.	Active listening & opening web pages. Discussion.
Guided Practice	Circulate to keep students on task & offer assistance. Act as resource. Have students record the events depicted on overhead transparencies or on the board.	Students will look at all editorial cartoons on all the pages & record all the events depicted. Can be done individually or in pairs. Students will write a general description of cartoons for which they are not aware of a specific event. Have students tally the number of local, national and international topics presented.
Closure	Direct discussion. Get students to speculate on the reason for the differences in the lists.	Compare & contrast the lists generated.

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Homework:

Write about the significance of one of the events depicted in the editorial cartoons. Read the newspaper and attempt to predict the next recurring topic of editorial cartoons based on their perception of the importance of the stories.

Evaluation:

Assess comprehension of the events depicted through discussion & written assignment.