Resources For Understanding And Unpacking Current Events

Resources compiled by Jayne Sohn

Below is a list of resources that support students in finding reliable texts and doing so responsibly.  These are critical skills in unpacking and understanding history and current events. 

• Stanford History Education Group: Reading Like an Historian Resources

• Facing History and Ourselves - Facing Ferguson: News Literacy in Digital Age

• Facing History and Ourselves - Current Events in Your Classroom

• Teaching Tolerance - Evaluating Reliable Sources

• Edutopia - Teaching Adolescents How to Evaluate the Quality of Online Information

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