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Newspapers
Multimedia
- 10X10
http://www.tenbyten.org/10x10.html
Current events at the global level are updated hourly on this visual
grid of words and pictures that highlights leading international news.
Click on a thumbnail photo to read the related story. More compelling
than a scan of the daily headlines, this ever-changing, unbiased site
would be an excellent addition to a daily discussion of world events.
- Day in Pictures
http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures
Slideshows constructed daily and monthly from photographs and video clips by Reuters jounalists. A great tool for media literacy and critical literacy lessons.
- Newseum:
The Interactive Museum of News
http://www.newseum.org/
Scroll across the graphics on the page to access many links to interest
history and political studies students.
765 newspaper front pages from 75 countries.
A front page archive chronicles such events of historical significance as the war in Iraq,
the 2008 presidential election, President Obama’s first 100 days in office, and economic news.
- Google
News Search
http://news.google.com/
Google introduces a news search engine. The database is refreshed
with new content every hour and contains material from over 100 English-language
sources. Give it a try-- you will be pleased with the news items that
you call up. e.g., Canada trade
- newsmap
http://marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/index.cfm
Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. A treemap visualization algorithm helps display the enormous amount of information gathered by the aggregator.
- VOA Learning English
http://www1.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/
Learn American English using this online news link. Print sound and graphics are your teaching tools.
- Scholastic News Online
http://www.teachersfirst.com/getsource.cfm?id=7685
Top news stories, special reports, online games and quizzes for primary and elementary students.
- World News
http://wn.com/
Delivers breaking news from all over the world in 49 languages.
- Canoe
- Your Internet Network
http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeClassic/home.html
On-Line Canadian news sports, entertainment, finance and business
news available in English and French,. Links to newspapers and on-line
news from France and Spain.
- Canada.com
Network - site map
http://www.canada.com/aboutus/sitemap/index.html
News from across Canada - CanWest GobaCommunications.
- CBC
News
http://cbc.ca/news/
Get the latest news from across Canada and around the world. Look
for on-line quizzes suitable for intermediate and senior grade.
- BBC Newsround
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm
Online news for primary and elementary students.
- CNN
Student News
http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/
News headlines and stories.
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Special Editions of Canadian Newspapers
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/14/
For more than a century, newspapers have produced special colour supplements
to mark important events. This site presents
a selection of these special items from the collection of the National
Library of Canada.
- Tween Tribune
http://tweentribune.com/
News stories that are chosen for the tween reader (age 8-14). Teacher resources are available as well as the opportunity for students to blog once your register your class.
- HappyNews
http://www.happynews.com/
Positive news online.
- ANANOVA
Virtual newscaster: news, sports, entertainment.
Newspapers
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Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Sunday June 13, 2010 12:20 PM
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