Weekly outline

  • General

    • DAILY FORUM Excused absence for a field trip = exempt.
      If you are missing multiple days due to illness an alternative assignment will be given.

      News Log Directions: If you are NOT in class:

      Watch/Listen/Read the news for 20 minutes

      Respond in this forum: add a new discussion post, subject Your last name.

      1. What program/app/source did you engage with for the 20 minutes.
      2. List the headlines/stories
      3. Choose 1 to analyze - tell me what you think about it.

  • 3 January - 9 January

    Welcome to Current Events!

  • 10 January - 16 January


    • Mon - Complete Facebook Dilemma-Why is consuming all our news from social media dangerous?

      Headlines: Virus-vaccine mandates for employers, US/Russia - Ukraine

      Tues - Headlines:

      Media Bias: Spin, Unsubstantiated Claims, Opinion Statements Presented as Facts

      Wed - Headlines:

      Media Bias: Sensationalism/Emotionalism, Mudslinging/Ad hominem, Mind Reading

      Thurs - Headlines: AllSides Read together today's headlines

      Media Bias: Slant, Flawed Logic, Bias by Omission (forum post = 2/3 examples from today)

      Fri - Headlines:

      Media Bias: Omission of Source Attribution, Bias by Placement

      Rate your bias


  • 17 January - 23 January


  • 24 January - 30 January


    • Mon - Headlines: Ukraine/Russia tensions, COVID Omicron

      Supply Chain, Confederate Monuments

      Tues - 20 minute News Log (Headlines)

      Ukraine, Right to Life March-Abortion case

      Wed - Headlines: Ukraine/Russia, missing off the coast of FL, Omicron

      Opioid Crisis, Does America Spend to much on the military? Should Assault Weapons be Banned Again?

      Thurs - Haiti in Crisis. Headlines: Breyer retiring from SCOTUS, Ukraine/Russia

      Fri - AllSides (Read the top stories together as a class) Scroll down....Choose stories from the Left/Right/Center to read and report on in the forum for today.

    • 1/28 Forum

      Spend the class period reading stories from the LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER and report on the headlines and what you think about it in the forum.

  • 31 January - 6 February




    • Mon - Headlines: Ukraine SCOTUS, Spotify, NKorea
      Tues - Headlines: Weather, COVID, US/Russia, SCOTUS
      Wed - Thurs - Fri SNOW DAYS

    • 2/1 Forum

      Perspectives:

      Choose 2.

      1. Report on what each side L/R/C is saying.
      2. What do you think?

  • 7 February - 13 February


    • Mon - Headline Round Up

      Tues - Headlines: Ukraine, Unions, Climate Fight, Hospitals pushed to brink by COVID, Ohio SCOTUS rejects district map, AllSides Headlines

      Wed - Headlines! Check out google news together and read about what is happening today!
      Assignment in class: Read Perspectives on AllSides. Choose 3 and follow directions in forum.

      Thurs - Headlines. Olympics, Ukraine, Trucker Protests in Canada
      Minimum Wage. Legalization of Marijuana

      Fri - Does Russia Want War? Upfront.
      Headlines
    • 2/9 Forum

      Perspectives:

      Choose 3.

      1. Report on what each side L/R/C is saying.
      2. What do you think?
    • 2/11 Forum
      1. What are some of the signs of "impending war" mentioned in the article?
      2. According to the article, what are some indications that Eastern Europe has changed a lot in the past three decades?
      3. Based on the information in the article, would you say that Russia is currently a democracy? What details support your conclusion?
      4. What does Andrew Weiss mean when he says it would be "political gold" for Putin if the U.S. treated recent events as if there were a new Cold War with Russia?

  • 14 February - 20 February


  • 21 February - 27 February


    • Mon - NO SCHOOL Presidents Day

      Tues - Headlines: Ukraine, COVID

      EDITORIALS=Choose Topic

      Wed - Headlines:

      Forum=Type of Editorial you are writing. Outline

      Thurs - Headlines: Russia Invades Ukraine

      Editorial Typed

      Fri - Headlines: Ukraine update

      Editorial Completed. 3 questions you can ask the class to discuss.

  • 28 February - 6 March




    • Mon - Type/Proofread/Print Editorials

      Minimum of 3 follow up questions you can ask the audience after you share your editorial.  The questions should be thought provoking so the audience can engage and discuss your topic!

      Tues - Junior ACT

      Wed - Present Editorials

      Thurs - Present Editorials

      Fri - Present Editorials

  • 7 March - 13 March

    • Mon - Complete Editorials Headlines: Russia Ukraine

      Tues - UN Sustainable Development Goals


      Watch the global broadcast 'Nations United' linked above. Then EXPLAIN each of the goals listed in the forum below.

      Wed - Should Juveniles be locked up for life? Upfront article/discussion. Headlines: Ukraine

      Thurs - Can we end extreme poverty? Upfront article/discussion. Headlines: Ukraine

      Fri - Headlines: Federal Mask Mandate. How will Russia's invasion of Ukraine End? Misunderstandings about Ukraine/Russia History. Who's to Blame for high US Gas Prices?

    • 3/8 Forum

      UN Sustainable Development Goals....EXPLAIN each and what the UN is doing, what can we do

      1. Climate & our planet...

      2. Poverty & Inequality...

      3. Justice & Human Rights...

      4. Gender Equality...

    • 3/11 Forum
      Explain the POV from the L/R/C...
      1. Should we extend the federal Mask Mandate?
      2. How will Russia's invasion of Ukraine End?
      3. Explain misunderstandings about Ukraine/Russia History.
      4. Who's to Blame for high US Gas Prices?

  • 14 March - 20 March

    Spring Break

    • 21 March - 27 March



    • 28 March - 3 April


      • Mon - Headlines. Crash in Fulton County, Biden wraps up Europe visit. SCOTUS Vacancy

        Tues - Headline Round Up w/partner: Ukraine, Slap heard round the world (Smith), Biden Budget, PA accident, FL ride accident.

        Wed - Headlines. Peace talks, capitol riots, boosters. GenZ. Days off for Mental Health

        Thurs - Headlines: Ukraine/Russia, Lessons to be learned Smith/Rock, Severe weather

        Fri - Headlines: Ukraine/Russia, Biden releases oil reserves. 60 minutes: Update from Ukraine, AI technology talking to the past-Holocaust survivors.

    • 4 April - 10 April



      • Mon - Headlines. Ukraine, Gammy's, Shootings over the weekend. Allsides Headline reports

        Tues - Headlines. SCOTUS nominee, Biden climate is second, Russia war crimes, Elon Musk-Twitter, Sacramento mass shooting

        Wed - What is the UN, How does the UN Security Council Work. Zelensky address to the UN. Headlines.

        Thurs - Headlines. UNDHR-United Nations Declaration of Human Rights

        Fri - Headlines. UN Suspend Russia HR Council. Ukraines Refugees. Senate confirms Brown. Crude oil in everything.

    • 11 April - 17 April


      • Mon - Headlines GMA. 60 Minutes Zelenskyy speaks.

        Tues - Headlines. Bitcoin. Ukraine, gun regulation, PG&E, Capitol Riot (No Forum 2 hour delay)

        Wed - Headlines. L/R/C report

        Thurs - Headlines. OK abortion ban, Texas migrant bus, Republican party & Trump, Perspectives-Trump.

        Fri - NO School Good Friday

    • 18 April - 24 April



      • Mon - Upfront: How the War in Ukraine Changed the World-Forum. Headlines

        Tues - Headlines. All Sides

        Wed - Headlines. Exercising their Rights Title 9.

        Thurs - Senior Seminar Field Trip. Report to study hall & complete a news log. ALL SIDES

        L/R/C on 3. Review top stories.

        Fri -

    • 25 April - 1 May


      • Mon - Headlines. FBI director update, Bin Laden secrets

        Tues - Headlines. Citizenship test to graduate?

        Wed - AllSides.

        Thurs - Headlines.

        Fri - Headlines.

    • 2 May - 8 May



      • Mon - Headlines. Food Supply Chain impacts from Ukraine. Pelosi visit to Kyiv

        Tues - Headlines. Unprecedented leak-Roe decision, International Workers Day, Ukraine updates, Primary election day.

        Wed - Headlines. Roe v Wade lead a crime? What happens in Ohio? Takeaways from primary.

        Thurs - Headlines. All Sides.

        Fri - Headlines.

      • 5/4 Forum
        1. Roe v Wade SCOTUS leak: Is it a crime? Why/why not?
        2. What happens if Roe v Wade is overturned? What is predicted to happen in Ohio?
        3. 6 takeaways from Ohio (and Indiana) primaries.

    • 9 May - 15 May

      • Mon - Headlines. Choose Editorial Topic

        Tues - Research

        Wed - Outline

        Thurs - Type. I want to see all 6 parts.

        Fri - Edit/Proofread/Print

    • 16 May - 22 May

      • Presentations all week!

    • 23 May - 29 May

      • Complete Presentations!

        Headlines.

      • Wednesday/Thurs - Senior EXAM

        Friday - Junior EXAM