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Current Events and Media Literacy: Current Events

Use this guide to find news sources and learn about being effective consumers of media.

Recommended Databases

A to Z Databases
This link will take you to all of the databases that the ASD libraries subscribe to. For login information, see the secure document below.
ASD Databases Login Information
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New York Times - School Pass This link opens in a new window
Use this link to set up your access to ASD's New York Times subscription.

Radio On Demand

Radio Garden
Listen to any radio station in the world - live!

Newsy

Newsy
"Newsy is your source for concise, unbiased video news and analysis covering the top stories from around the world. With persistent curiosity and no agenda, we strive to fuel meaningful conversations by highlighting multiple sides of every story. Newsy delivers the news and perspective you need without the hype and bias common to many news sources."

CNN 10

CNN 10

CNN Top Stories

CNN

New York Times

New York Times - School Pass This link opens in a new window
Use this link to set up your access to ASD's New York Times subscription.

New York Times

BBC News - World

BBC
Use the search engine on this news site to find the information you need.

DOGO News

DOGO News
"Empowering youth literacy, reading fluency and global awareness through current events, books and movies."

Newsela

Create an account and read news stories that are leveled by Lexile.

Useful Websites

Online Newspapers
"Thousands of world newspapers at your fingertips."

AllSides
A site that presents news from the right, left, and center perspectives.
Critical Media Project
"Critical Media Project (CMP) is a free media literacy web resource for educators and students (ages 8-21) that enhances young people’s critical thinking and empathy, and builds on their capacities to advocate for change around questions of identity."
Today's Front Pages - Freedom Forum
What's on the front page of newspapers around the world?

Tween Tribune

TweenTribune offers news from around the world. You can change the reading level of articles, search by grade level or lexile.

Tween Triibune

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Libguide Creator

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Linda Hoiseth

High School Librarian

lhoiseth@asdubai.org

Twitter: @lhoiseth