Summary

Skim the segments from the latest NewsHour, and choose the story that works best for your class. Click on the following images which will take you to the video. Then answer the questions below. To view the cover story, click on the video above.

 

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?

Focus Questions

See, Think, Wonder : What did you notice? What did the story make you think? What story would you want to find out more about? Where would you go to learn more?

For More

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including the Supreme Court vacancy and an intra-party fight for control of the GOP. You may want to use the questions above to accompany this story.

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