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=Welcome to the Current Events Wiki for Danny Jones Middle School=

Here you will find information on searching, choosing, and summarizing news articles for your classes.

Before you search take time to understand what makes a newsworthy article.
According to Gary Hopkins, editor of //Education World,// a website for educators, there are twelve indicators to consider. Be sure to evaluate your article according to these indicators:
 * Timeliness
 * Relevance
 * Magnitude
 * Unexpectedness
 * Impact
 * Reference to someone famous or important
 * Oddity
 * Conflict
 * Reference to something negative
 * Continuity
 * Emotions
 * Progress

Hopkins, Gary. "Twenty-Five Great Ideas for Teaching Current Events ." //Education World//. EDmin.com, 17 Sept. 2010. Web. 6 Jan. 2011.

Databases

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= DallasMorningNews = || ||
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National News

 * [[image:http://a.abcnews.go.com/images/Site/default_mainlogo_sm.png width="158" height="70" caption="ABC News" link="@http://abcnews.go.com/"]] || [[image:logo-foxnews.png link="@http://www.foxnews.com/"]] || =[|CBSNews.com]= || =msnbc.com= || [[image:hdr-main.gif link="@http://www.cnn.com/"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:logo_time_home.gif width="162" height="56" link="@http://www.time.com/time/"]] || =NEWSWEEK= || [[image:http://i1.nyt.com/images/misc/nytlogo379x64.gif width="189" height="29" caption="The New York Times" link="@http://www.nytimes.com/"]] || [[image:http://media.washtimes.com/static/images/logo-washingtontimes.png width="278" height="34" caption="The Washington Times Online Edition" link="http://www.washingtontimes.com/"]] || =The Washington Post= ||  ||