Every school day (except holidays) we offer 2 lessons, often at different reading levels. Articles are selected from various major news sources (we don't write 'em, folks!) to encourage debate and critical thinking. Sometimes they might push buttons or present uncomfortable or unpopular stances. We think students need to see, read, process, debate, and think critically about these issues. Selection of an article doesn't imply izzit.org agreement with the article or its perspective.
The questions are a critical part of the lesson. Without those, there is no lesson – only an article, and you could find that on your own!
Articles & Discussion Questions can be printed from the page. Articles are posted for one week due to copyright issues. After that, it's archived with the questions and a link to the original source of the article.
PLEASE NOTE: Lessons are archived for one year from posting date. If you might want to use a lesson in the future, we recommend you print it or otherwise save it.
PLEASE DO NOT unsubscribe to Current Events emails for the summer. Emails will not be sent during the summer. We will begin sending emails again after Labor Day. Lessons will continue through mid-June, and resume in mid-August. In the meantime, if you're logged in, you can use our Archive. You can also check out our Current Events Schedule now for more details, or keep an eye out for our new schedule for next school year to see when we will be posting new events!
Friday, December 6, 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Trump Confirms Hes Prepared to Declare National Emergency to Initiate Deportations
From: The Epoch Times
Readability Score: 12.8
Thursday, December 5, 2024
ICYMI: Most of the country shifted right in the 2024 presidential election
From: NPR
Readability Score: 8.3
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Close Department of Education? Former schools chief Betsy DeVos makes the case (Opinion)
From: USA Today (via Yahoo News)
Readability Score: 11.1
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Woman searching for birth parents, discovers her father is one of her Facebook friends
From: Yahoo.com
Readability Score: 8.6
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Police departments across U.S. are starting to use artificial intelligence to write crime reports
From: CNBC
Readability Score: 13.3
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Giant rat border agents could help put a stop to wildlife poaching
From: Science News Explores
Readability Score: 6.8
Monday, December 2, 2024
How political hatred turns people against everything from chocolate to charities
From: Study finds.com
Readability Score: 14.0
Monday, December 2, 2024
The recurrent debate: Real or plastic Christmas tree? Which is environmentally better?
From: NPR.org
Readability Score: 9.9