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Helping students understand and critically assess current events and issues since 1990.

News4Youth.com

News4Youth.com / Infos-Ados.com is an engaging, online interactive current events resource for students in grades 7 and up.

Building Bridges

(NEW!) Building Bridges/Bâtir des ponts is a photocopiable current events resource for students grades 5 and up.

Currents4Kids.com

Currents4Kids.com / Infos-Jeunes.com is an engaging, online interactive current events resource for students in grades 3 and up.

The Canadian Reader

The Canadian Reader / Nos Nouvelles is a classroom-ready current events resource for students in grades 3 and up.

What in the World?

What in the World? / Le Monde en Marche is a photocopiable current events resource for Canadian students in grades 5 - 10.

Current Collections

New! Popular lesson plan series and articles previously published in What in the World? and The Canadian Reader for purchase.

Building Bridges - Level 1 Issue 4

  • Heaven Solomon Aims to Inspire
  • Indigenous Language Revitalization

The Canadian Reader - Issue 6

  • Bats in Trouble
  • Winter Games, Arctic Style
  • On Skis to the South Pole
  • Map: Alberta
  • Comic: Provincial and Territorial Governments

What in the World? Level 1 Issue 6

  • Mysterious Objects in the Sky
  • Russia Versus Ukraine
  • Earthquake Strikes Turkey and Syria
  • Backgrounder: Earthquakes and Tsunamis

Sample Issues

Breaking News

| Rusia Ukraine War pdf (4.72 MB)
| Rusia Ukraine War docx (130.27 KB)
| Insurrection pdf (2.28 MB)
| Insurrection docx (129.54 KB)
| Protests in Hong Kong pdf (3.62 MB)
| Protests in Hong Kong doc (154.5 KB)
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Supplementary News

| Terry Fox 2022 pdf (4.78 MB)
| Terry Fox 2022 docx (519.82 KB)
| World Cup.pdf (1.83 MB)
| World Cup.doc (3.01 MB)
| California Wildfires.pdf (1.07 MB)
| California Wildfires.doc (389.5 KB)

I encourage all Social Studies teachers to make this a regular part of their curriculum.

M. Froment, teacher of grades 6-8, Morinville, AB