Current+Events

=Welcome to the Current Events Wiki for Frontier High School/Ben Barber Career Tech Center.= Here you will find information on searching, choosing, and summarizing news articles.

Refresher for Citing Article and Preparing Article for Printing

=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.

//Subscription Databases (See Mrs. Andrews for password.)//
=//State Newspapers//=


 * [|Austin American-Statesman]
 * [[image:the-cube-at-frontier-high-school/PubLogo.gif link="http://nieonline.com/dallas"]]See Mrs. Andrerws for login and password.
 * [|El Paso Times]
 * [|Fort Worth Star-Telegram]
 * [|Houston Chronicle]
 * [|San Antonio Express-News]

=**//National Newspapers//**=
 * [|New York Times]
 * Washington Times
 * Los Angeles Times
 * Washington Post
 * Christian Science Monitor
 * New York Post
 * Miami Herald

=//News Magazines//= =//Mainstream Internet News//=
 * Newsweek
 * Time
 * ABC News
 * CBS News
 * CNN
 * FOX News
 * MSNBC
 * NBC News