The world events of today shape our future in every way, from how well we understand one another to how healthy we keep our planet. Current Events gathers the most important and unique news stories into a magazine written and designed for students. Our readers don't just learn facts, they learn to think critically about the influences within their world and about their own responsibilities to make this a better world for everyone.
On this site you'll find story updates, additional resources, including Smart Stuff quizzes, and links to CE’s News Blog for students. Be sure to check back each issue!
The candidates have spent their post-convention days crisscrossing the country to woo swing voters in the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, and Michigan, among others. On Sept. 11, McCain and Obama set aside politics and made a rare join appearance at the World Trade Center site in New York. They shook hands with firefighters and relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, but neither spoke publicly during the appearance at ground zero.
Election Coverage
Along with CE’s issue 4, you’ll receive your 2008 Election Kit, “Ready, Set, Vote.” To preview and download the kit, go to www.weeklyreader.com and log in with your subscriber account on the address page of your Teacher’s Guide. Be sure to check out these subscriber-only exclusives: interactive election kit pages; access to Weekly Reader’s student presidential election poll; and historic Weekly Reader coverage of past elections with teaching activities.
For Weekly Reader’s political convention coverage go here.
A New Tool For Teachers
WR BOOST gives your students online access to Current Events stories. Students can earn points for taking quizzes about those stories, and you get useful reports outlining how they did. Interested? Find out more at http://wrteachers.uboost.com/.
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