How can current events and news stories help students learn, read, and understand?
Using the newspaper and news sources is a unique way to get students interested in learning because it is meaningful to people. Students will quickly find things that interest them: sports, entertainment, weather, and human interest stories. Current events allow students to use their literacy skills to access real-world information. By using actual news stories and current events, students are using their skills to read, analyze, and discuss information that is pertinent to their lives and the world at large. If students can be taught using these resources they will begin to see the importance of gathering information around them to help them understand our world Why are information literacy skills so important for students to learn? Students must have the tools needed to deal with the immense amount of information that is available today. Students need to be able to access, read, analyze, and critically think about information. The California Department of Education has identified the
