Category: Current Event Connection

“Current Event Connection” posts will connect educators with news stories and relevant discussion ideas featuring content from the NG Education website.

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College Players May Unionize

SPORTS Members of Northwestern University’s football team are preparing to cast the ballots that will decide whether they will form a labor union. (The Daily Northwestern) Use our resources to better understand unions and alliances. Discussion Ideas Read through our excellent activity “Introduction to Unions and Alliances.” Adapt the activity’s questions to the union debate surrounding the Northwestern Wildcats. What are some unions and alliances Wildcat … Continue reading College Players May Unionize

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Colombians Are Tired of People Misspelling Their Country’s Name

GEOGRAPHY It’s Colombia, not Columbia. Organizations including Virgin Mobile, P.F. Chang’s and Lufthansa—and performers including Paris Hilton, Ozzy Osbourne, and Justin Bieber—have all made the mistake recently, which really annoys Colombians. (Wall Street Journal) Don’t be like Bieber. Use our mapping resources to put the right names with the right places. Discussion Questions Why does it matter that people misspell Colombia? Read the terrific Wall … Continue reading Colombians Are Tired of People Misspelling Their Country’s Name

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Boy Survives Flight in Jet’s Wheel Well

UNITED STATES How do you live through a voyage when the temperature drops to more than 50 degrees below zero and the air is thinner than that at the top of Mount Everest? You usually don’t. (NPR) Use our resources to understand altitude, air pressure, and their impact on the human body. Discussion Ideas The NPR blog post says wheel-well stowaways are likely to freeze to … Continue reading Boy Survives Flight in Jet’s Wheel Well

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Is Everest’s Climbing Season Finished?

WORLD The climbing season on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest may be over, according to those on the scene. On Friday, 16 Nepali mountaineers were killed in the the single deadliest accident on the mountain. (National Geographic News) Use our resources to learn more about Mount Everest and the dangers of avalanches. Discussion Ideas Watch our video, “Avalanches 101,” above. It describes two types … Continue reading Is Everest’s Climbing Season Finished?

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Men Prefer Movies to Books

LIFESTYLE Men prefer to watch film adaptations of books rather than read the original, according to a new study. Researchers found the opposite is true for women. (BBC) Luckily, Nat Geo has great recommendations for both movies and books. Discussion Ideas The researchers in the BBC article reported that the British men they interviewed preferred movie versions of stories to books. Women seem to prefer book versions … Continue reading Men Prefer Movies to Books

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