Summary
In our news summary from Friday, December 3, President Biden signed a short-term spending bill that averts a government shutdown, the latest jobs report shows fewer Americans were hired in November, a Virginia recount confirmed a Republican sweep in major races in the November election and the Taliban announced a ban on forced marriage of women in Afghanistan.
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On Sunday
, tributes and honors pour in for Bob Dole, former Republican Senate Majority Leader and presidential candidate, who died Sunday. Also, communities pull together to help America's newest Afghan refugees amid a sky-high housing market.
On Saturday
, the Michigan school shooter's parents are arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter; the latest on the spread of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron; In Maryland, a first-of-its-kind reckoning with the state's brutal history of lynchings and racial terror; and, when authoritarian regimes reach beyond their borders to control political opponents.
Five Facts
Directions:
Choose one or two stories (or the whole news summary!) to record the Five Facts questions here as well as the focus and media literacy questions below.
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Who
are some of the individuals or groups of people mentioned in the news summary?
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What
are some of the stories covered?
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Where
do some of the stories take place?
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When
did some of the stories occur?
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Why
do you think these items are newsworthy?
Focus Questions
Do think American lawmakers should use the threat of shutting down the federal government as leverage (using power to maximum advantage).when debating how much government should spend on programs and departments?
Media literacy
: Do you think this news summary presents the information in an unbiased manner? Explain.
