The Learning Network
Keep up ith all the news at this site for students. You'll find articles, a daily news quiz, lesson plans, activities, and loads more.
Source: NY Times Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes
Time for Kids
This site from Time magazine, intended for students in grades 3-8, features daily news stories. You'll also find poll questions, reports from kids, interactive games, and a Web directory of sites for students in science, social studies, math, language arts, and the arts. You can also search the news archive for stories going back as far as 1998.
Scholastic News
Scholastic provides daily news stories for kids in grades 3-8. The site also features polls, special reports, interactive games, and news quizzes.
Newsround
Take a trip across the Atlantic and check out some news for kids from the BBC! This site features daily news coverage and has polls, quizzes, and games. The site is a companion to a news program for kids and you can view video clips from the show on the site.
Newspapers Online
Links to over 4000 newspapers around the world that have online sites.
Time Magazine
Keep current with national and world events at Time magazine's online site. You can search for articles dating back to 1985. You can read full articles for the past two issues, for older articles you will get a synopsis. You can subscribe to the site for full access. You can also take a trip through the history of the 20th century with a searchable Time Cover Gallery with all of the magazine covers from 1923-2003. Be sure to visit the teacher section for weekly lesson plans and activities.
Source: Time Magazine Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes
Radio Locator
Listen to radio broadcasts from around the world at this site that has links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over 2500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world.
Source: Theodric Technologies
Intended Audience: General
Reading Level: N/A
Teacher Section: No
Searchable: Yes
Art Daily
Keep up with the latest art news at this daily online art newspaper. In addition to news you will find artist links, an art quiz, images,and art milestones.
Intended Audience: General
Reading Level: Elementary
Teacher Section: No
Searchable: Yes
Daily Trivia Fix
Find a cool fact, quote and word of the day, find out who was born and what happened on your birth date, and browse the trivia directory for all kinds of useful and useless facts and the That Explains It section to find the answer to burning questions like why stop lights are red, yellow, and green.
Intended Audience: General
Reading Level: Middle School
Teacher Section: No
Searchable: Yes
Capitol Spotlight
Keep tabs on what is happening on Capitol Hill at this up-to-date overview of what's going on in Congress at this site from C-Span.
Intended Audience: General
Reading Level: High School
Teacher Section: No
Searchable: No
Pictures of the Year International
You'll find examples of some of the year's best newspaper and magazine photojournalism at this site from the Missouri School of Journalism. The photographs You will also find images from the past few years in the links section.
Intended Audience: General
Reading Level: N/A
Teacher Section: No
Searchable: No