Current Events

• CNN Interactive News
  www.cnn.com
   

• The New York Times Learning Network
  http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
  Lots of ideas of lesson plans, class activities, teacher resources, classroom subscriptions.
   

• U.S National Archives
  http://www.archives.gov/
  This site is a great resource of primary documents.
   

• US News & World Report Online
  http://www.usnews.com
  This site is a great resource of information. Includes “news quizzes” as well as video & audio samples.  

• USA Today
  www.usatoday.com
   
• The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Online
  www.pbs.org/newshour
  .Complete transcripts of most segments of the program. The Background Briefings section of the site organizes NewsHour reports by topic.