Incorporating+Current+Events+into+Performance+Tasks

= The PLC Session =
 * =[[file:Current Events Performance Tasks Module.docx]]=
 * [[file:Current Events Performance Tasks Flipchart.flipchart]]

= Literature to Support the Incorporation of Current Events in Education =
 * "Why Teach Current Events?" article from Education World
 * [[file:Why+Teach+Current+Events.docx]]

= Performance Tasks and Optional Framework =
 * Performance Based Assessment in the Classroom - why we are moving in this direction
 * GRASPS (Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Product/Performance, and Standards / Criteria)
 * [[file:Performance Task Blueprint.dot]] to use with GRASPS
 * Another performance task design framework: RAFT

= Lesson Plan Ideas =
 * *** The New York Times Learning Network- see links to Lesson Plans by Category on the right (yes, they even have math!)
 * English or Social Studies - RSS News Feeds: Subscribe to different mainstream and independent news feeds with different biases as a way to compare and contrast how different perspectives interpret current events and issues. See a Library Media Specialist for assistance.
 * Methods of Teaching Current Events
 * Twenty Five Great Ideas for Teaching Current Events by Education World
 * Current Events Assignment Template
 * Current Events Awareness / Media Literacy
 * Math - Scroll down for 9-12
 * Math Authentic Assessments (though most are not current events based)
 * Science Current Event Research
 * English: connection of literary themes to current events
 * History: State of the World
 * Foreign Language: Set up a foreign language news stream. Keep foreign language students informed of current events from relevant nations while simultaneously challenging them to use their translation skills by keeping a specific news feed. See a Library Media SPecialist for assistance.
 * Foreign Language
 * [[file:BIOLOGY+CURRENT+EVENTS+ASSIGNMENT.doc]]
 * [[file:Alg II Trig Performance Task and Rubric.docx]]

= FCHS Current Events Performance Tasks = >> 1. Choose a newspaper article (from any of the Hispanic country) >> 2. Read it, and write a paragraph summarizing it (using their own words) >> __In class they will__: >> 3. Present it to the class (orally) >> 4. Exchange it with another student >> 5. Read the new article >> 6. In groups, they do the "Text Rendering Protocol" >>
 * GRASPS - AP Human Geography (Hague) - Conflict Everywhere
 * GRASPS - Oratory and Debate (Phillips) - Hurricane Katrina Debate
 * GRASPS - Chemistry (Thompson) - Liquid Fertilizer Spill Project
 * Many Subjects (Weigl and others) - Ethical, Social, or Controversial Issues
 * English (Frierman)- Global Community Issues
 * Fashion Marketing (Spruill and Draeger) - Designers
 * Government (Hague) - C-SPAN Student Cam Video Project
 * Biology (Stimis) - Ecological Issues
 * Oceanography (Comstock) - [[file:Current Events instructions.doc]] and [[file:Rubric for Current Event Articles.docx]]
 * Electronics (Gagliardi) - [[file:Electronics Current Event.docx]] (Students make printed circuit boards in class, and then they read an article that relates to greener ways, since it is a very toxic undertaking.)
 * English 12 (Bennett) - : [[file:Podcasting_Ironic_Proposals.doc]] and a sample product: media type="file" key="MY_PODCAST.mp3" width="240" height="20"
 * [[file:Intro to Law Case Analysis.docx]] and [[file:Cosmo Article.pub]]
 * AP Spanish: Practices reading, writing, speaking, and listening in the target language
 * __For homework__:

= Resources for Current Event Research = =(Access these databases through the right column of the Destiny home pageoutsde of school.)=
 * Proquest Online - current and older magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journal articles
 * Virginian Pilot Online (Enter username and password in the ePilot box on the right. See the Destiny home page for the username and password.)
 * ABC-Clio's Issues - general current issues resources and media
 * Gale's General One File - current and older articles and media
 * Gale's Opposing Viewpoints in Context - general current issues resources and media
 * Gale's Global Issues in Context - current global issues resources and media
 * Other Gale databases for Science, Biography, Health, etc. resources
 * NBC Learn (go to Destiny home pagefor username and password) - video resources, primary sources, historic footage, images, mini-documentaries and text resources