Spend a couple of minutes reviewing the difference between facts and opinions with your students. Have them evaluate why it is important to know the difference. Then, in pairs, have them read the Letters to the editor in today’s newspaper. The editors receive hundreds of letters per day, so what made this day’s selection [...]

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Facebook has been in the news a lot recently, both because of its privacy policies and because it has now reached over 500 million members and is a worldwide presence. Clearly, most people, including teens, love using this technology to meet social needs. However, how could technology that is essentially built for social networking also [...]

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A major story has hovered on the edge of the news in the past months – the U.S. Census.    The counting of Americans is important for many reasons, since it is the major way we get a picture of the make-up and placement of our population. Major issues are involved, such as building, closing or [...]

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  The novel To Kill a Mockingbird has its 50th anniversary this week and is considered one of the best American novels of the past century. The story of racism and redemption set in the Great Depression of the 1930s was endearing partly because it was told through the innocent eyes of a young girl. [...]

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