5 Resource for Learning About the History of Conflict on the Korean Peninsula

A few hours ago CNN and every other major news outlet reported that North Korea has declared invalid the 1953 armistice that ended the Kore...

CNN Student News is Back for 2012-2013

The new school year has started for some and will be starting again soon for everyone else. With the start of a new school comes a new seaso...

Watch the News and Remix the News on Link TV

Know the News on Link TV allows students to create their own short news clips. On Know the News students can access Link TV's library o...

Discovering the World's News in Pictures

One of my favorite features on the BBC New website is the Day in  the  Day in Pictures . The Day in Pictures displays a small collection of ...

2011 in 120 Images & Predictions for 2012

The Atlantic recently published a series of 120 images representing some of the highlights and lowlights of 2011. Each of the images has a ...

Hubii - Find the Latest News by Browsing a Map

Hubii is a new website featuring a map of newspapers from around the world. Visitors can locate online newspapers by clicking on the placem...

Trends Map - Follow Twitter Trends on Google Maps

One of the classes that I used to really enjoy teaching was a current events course for 9th grade students. I enjoyed in it because the topi...

CNN Student News Summer News Quiz

This week CNN Student News doesn't have a new episode (regular episodes will resume on August 15). Instead of a new video, this week CN...

The Last 18 Years of News in Rap

Just like CNN Student News , The Week in Rap is going on hiatus for the summer. In their last episode before the summer instead of just cov...

Videos and Articles About the Death of Osama Bin Laden

As I and many other Americans on the east coast slept last night, President Obama announced that a military operation had killed Osama Bin ...

What Lies Ahead for Egypt?

Now that Hosni Mubarak has left office in Egypt, the wonders what will happen next in Egypt. Who will run the country until the fall electio...

Audio Slideshow - We Remember... in 2010

In what is sure to be a week in which many media outlets publish year-in-review slideshows and videos, the BBC has one that stands out. The ...

News Map - Find World News by Location

A few weeks I shared the news mapping service Mapeas with you. Not long after that Mapeas hit a technical glitch, but I'm happy to rep...