Summary
Directions : Here’s today’s featured stories, including the news summary (see video above) and videos by subject area below. Choose one of the stories from the news summary or one of the subject area videos and answer the questions. Click “VIDEO” to skip the sponsored messages at the beginning of the segment.
SOCIAL STUDIES: News Wrap: Supreme Court rejects GOP challenge to proxy voting in the House VIDEO | TRANSCRIPT
In our news wrap Monday, the United States Supreme Court rejected a Republican lawsuit against proxy voting in the House of Representatives, but agreed to hear challenges to affirmative action in college admissions for the first time since 2016. Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis charged that three former police officers violated George Floyd's civil rights in failing to stop his murder.
STEM : Urgent tri-state infrastructure project gets green light after long delay VIDEO | TRANSCRIPT
ARTS & CULTURE : Miami City Ballet tackles Swan Lake with a nod to history, special emphasis on acting VIDEO | TRANSCRIPT
Five Facts
Discussion questions using the Journalist’s Five Ws plus an H:
- Who are some of the individuals or groups of people mentioned in the news summary?
- What stories are covered?
- Where do some of the stories take place?
- When did those stories occur?
- Why did the event(s) take place?
- How do you think the NewsHour’s producers decided which stories made it into the news summary?
Media literacy : Who else do you think should have been interviewed in the story you watched?
