Internet Sites:
• Teachable Moments
“TeachableMoment.Org provides educators with timely teaching ideas to encourage critical thinking on issues of the day and foster a positive classroom environment. It is a project of Educators for Social Responsibility Metropolitan Area.”
http://www.teachablemoment.org
• Twenty-Five Great Ideas for Teaching Current Events
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson072.shtml
• Teachers’ Guide for the Professional Cartoonists’ Index
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/teacher/main.asp
• The New York Times Learning Network: Current Events Lesson Plans
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/currentevents.html
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