There is a lot of “fake news” on the Internet. A new study shows that many young people in the United States have a hard time telling “real” from “fake” news.
Fake news is exactly what it sounds like. It’s an article that may look just like any other news article–except that it’s not true. Unfortunately, many people can’t tell the difference.
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Welcome Back! Your Summer Round-Up
Welcome back! Since TeachingKidsNews.com doesn’t publish over the summer, here are some news briefs on stories you may have missed.
Part II Of TKN’s 2012 News Quiz. How Many Of These Stories Do You Remember?
Yesterday we posted a quiz featuring questions from events in the news in the first half of 2012. Let’s see how much you remember from the past six months as you tackle these 2012 news questions.
17) What huge sporting event took place in Summer 2012? Bonus point if you know what city it took place in.
18) The man who famously said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” passed away in August 2012. What was his name, and why was he famous?
19) Name the mayor of Toronto. Name one thing he did that was newsworthy in 2012.
20) “Replacement refs” filled in during an NFL labour dispute. What did they do that irritated many fans?
21) What did the Pope’s butler do in 2012 that made headlines?
22) Who won the World Series in 2012?
23) Why is nine-year-old Caine Monroy famous?
How Reading The News Helped Craig Kielburger Change The World
One morning when I was 12, I was munching on cereal and flipping through the newspaper in search of the comics.
I couldn’t get past the front-page story. It was about a young boy in Pakistan, a child labourer named Iqbal Masih.
When he was just four years old, Iqbal went to work in a cramped, dusty room for 12 hours a day, six days a week, weaving carpets in a factory.
Iqbal was 12. I was 12.
I knew I had to do something for him. But what?
I hadn’t been looking to make a big difference in the world. I was looking for Calvin and Hobbes!
Still, I tore out Iqbal’s story and brought it to school.
