Current Events – A Scaffold For Students to Use

Current events are a rich topic for scholars to study- from the spread of right populism and ethnic nationalism, to the possibility that we’re entering a post-fact political era, to the nightmarish implications of post-modernist media where words mean whatever the speaker wants them to. This article provides a scaffold for students to use as they analyze news sources on these topics. This is a great resource shared by Joyce Valenza, technology writer, teacher, and learner.