Current Events
Straight from the hallowed halls of WGSS comes news from all over the world. Mr. Laine's Social Studies classes have got together to share the top news stories of the world! Enjoy!
News Teams!
After logging into Weebly to edit the site, find your page (e.g., Block 1-1 or 1-2), and then find your post (e.g., Canada or Asia). Then type your student numbers at the top of your blog so I know who is in the news team for that post. Then paste your news stories below that. Finally, fix the layout in whatever way seems most professional to you.
When you're completely done, click "Publish Changes" (in the upper left of the blog), then a pop-up will pop up - click the "x" to close it. Then click "publish" (in the upper right), then click on the "x" in the upper right of the pop-up window to get back to the site. Then click on the "close" "x" in the upper right and you're done.
You will be marked as follows: 2 marks for each news story, that is, is it really an interesting and important news story? for example, most sports or entertainment stories will not be important enough; 2 marks for the layout, that is, does it look like a professional site? - check the real news sites for examples of how your news stories should be laid out; and, up to 1 mark for the links to where you got the news stories from. For a total of 9 points.
Once the questions are posted, you will answer those questions in the comment section (below your news stories) to the best of your ability (some further internet research may be necessary). 1 point per answer for a total of 6 points.
Check below to see how to leave comments to answer the questions. However, do phrase your answer to include the question, like: 51423 asked, "How long has this conflict been going on?" I researched the answer at wikipedia.org, and they said it has been going on since October 2001. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)
So, the total maximum points for the news team will be 15 (9 for the stories, plus 6 for the answers).
Questioners!
On the published find your page (e.g., Block 1-1 or 1-2), and then find your post (e.g., Canada or Asia). Once all 3 news stories are posted, the questioners should then add two questions about EACH of the three news stories here in the comments. So there will be six questions in total.
You will click on "add comment" then type your student numbers in the box under "Name (required)," so we know who's asking the questions. Then type your question in the comments box. Finally click submit. You can't edit comments, so if you make a mistake that you have to correct, just leave a new comment that notes the correct question.
Good questions may include clarification, like, "It said there were 3 people there in paragraph 1, but then in paragraph 5 it said John was with 3 others - so how many people were there?" Follow up questions are also good, like, "What caused the distrust between Syria and Iran to begin with?" Or, further information questions can be good too, like, "It said they would keep searching for the body; have they found anything yet?"
The better the questions the higher the marks; 2 marks for each question (Max 12).
Everyone!
These pages are open to the world. Therefore, do NOT give out any information about yourself or others that you do not want the whole world to know.
Only edit your own work; leave everyone else's alone.
Finally, as always, you are representing Gator Nation, so do it with pride and honour.
Here are the real news sites where you can find your news and your layout ideas:
Langley - Langley Advance: http://www.langleyadvance.com/index.html
Langley - Langley Times: http://www.langleytimes.com/
Lower Mainland/B.C. - Vancouver Sun: http://www.vancouversun.com/index.html
Lower Mainland/B.C. - Vancouver Province: http://www.theprovince.com/index.html
B.C. - CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/bc/news/
Canada - CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
Canada - National Post: http://news.nationalpost.com/category/news/canada/
U.S. - CNN: http://www.cnn.com/US/index.html
Europe - BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/europe/
Middle East - Al Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/
Asia - Asia Times: http://www.atimes.com/
Asia - Asia News Net: http://www.asianewsnet.net/home/
World - CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
World - BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/
Also, if you've got links that are WAY too long, then shorten them here: https://bitly.com/
1. Paste your link in the box in the upper right hand corner, where it says "Shorten a Link"
2. Click "Shorten"
3. Click "Copy Short Link"
4. Paste link on your page
For example it turned this link: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=news+story&oq=news+story&gs_l=youtube.3..0l10.5393.7837.0.8134.10.9.0.1.1.0.78.520.9.9.0...0.0...1ac.1.DVU0_3K2gJI
To this: http://bit.ly/RQz2qO
So, yes, it's very useful! :)
News Teams!
After logging into Weebly to edit the site, find your page (e.g., Block 1-1 or 1-2), and then find your post (e.g., Canada or Asia). Then type your student numbers at the top of your blog so I know who is in the news team for that post. Then paste your news stories below that. Finally, fix the layout in whatever way seems most professional to you.
When you're completely done, click "Publish Changes" (in the upper left of the blog), then a pop-up will pop up - click the "x" to close it. Then click "publish" (in the upper right), then click on the "x" in the upper right of the pop-up window to get back to the site. Then click on the "close" "x" in the upper right and you're done.
You will be marked as follows: 2 marks for each news story, that is, is it really an interesting and important news story? for example, most sports or entertainment stories will not be important enough; 2 marks for the layout, that is, does it look like a professional site? - check the real news sites for examples of how your news stories should be laid out; and, up to 1 mark for the links to where you got the news stories from. For a total of 9 points.
Once the questions are posted, you will answer those questions in the comment section (below your news stories) to the best of your ability (some further internet research may be necessary). 1 point per answer for a total of 6 points.
Check below to see how to leave comments to answer the questions. However, do phrase your answer to include the question, like: 51423 asked, "How long has this conflict been going on?" I researched the answer at wikipedia.org, and they said it has been going on since October 2001. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)
So, the total maximum points for the news team will be 15 (9 for the stories, plus 6 for the answers).
Questioners!
On the published find your page (e.g., Block 1-1 or 1-2), and then find your post (e.g., Canada or Asia). Once all 3 news stories are posted, the questioners should then add two questions about EACH of the three news stories here in the comments. So there will be six questions in total.
You will click on "add comment" then type your student numbers in the box under "Name (required)," so we know who's asking the questions. Then type your question in the comments box. Finally click submit. You can't edit comments, so if you make a mistake that you have to correct, just leave a new comment that notes the correct question.
Good questions may include clarification, like, "It said there were 3 people there in paragraph 1, but then in paragraph 5 it said John was with 3 others - so how many people were there?" Follow up questions are also good, like, "What caused the distrust between Syria and Iran to begin with?" Or, further information questions can be good too, like, "It said they would keep searching for the body; have they found anything yet?"
The better the questions the higher the marks; 2 marks for each question (Max 12).
Everyone!
These pages are open to the world. Therefore, do NOT give out any information about yourself or others that you do not want the whole world to know.
Only edit your own work; leave everyone else's alone.
Finally, as always, you are representing Gator Nation, so do it with pride and honour.
Here are the real news sites where you can find your news and your layout ideas:
Langley - Langley Advance: http://www.langleyadvance.com/index.html
Langley - Langley Times: http://www.langleytimes.com/
Lower Mainland/B.C. - Vancouver Sun: http://www.vancouversun.com/index.html
Lower Mainland/B.C. - Vancouver Province: http://www.theprovince.com/index.html
B.C. - CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/bc/news/
Canada - CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
Canada - National Post: http://news.nationalpost.com/category/news/canada/
U.S. - CNN: http://www.cnn.com/US/index.html
Europe - BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/europe/
Middle East - Al Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/
Asia - Asia Times: http://www.atimes.com/
Asia - Asia News Net: http://www.asianewsnet.net/home/
World - CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
World - BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/
Also, if you've got links that are WAY too long, then shorten them here: https://bitly.com/
1. Paste your link in the box in the upper right hand corner, where it says "Shorten a Link"
2. Click "Shorten"
3. Click "Copy Short Link"
4. Paste link on your page
For example it turned this link: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=news+story&oq=news+story&gs_l=youtube.3..0l10.5393.7837.0.8134.10.9.0.1.1.0.78.520.9.9.0...0.0...1ac.1.DVU0_3K2gJI
To this: http://bit.ly/RQz2qO
So, yes, it's very useful! :)