"Headlines"

One of the things that I've excited to incorporate into my classroom Morning Meeting is going to be "Headlines."

Even though we are living in a remote area, I think it's important for students to be aware of what is going on across the country and world. I think often times, children don't watch the news or read newspapers. I know I didn't for years because I didn't find it interesting. Being aware of the world around you and how events (that are happening thousands of miles away) still pertain to you is an extremely important life skill.

Right now, I was just reading about the North Dakota Access Pipeline:

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sej-north-dakota-pipeline-20160827-story.html

This reminded me of something that I had read about "Since the late 1980s, the Gwich’in people, who live in 15 villages that stretch from Alaska into Canada, have been deeply involved in a fight to stop the push for oil development on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge" 

http://projects.aljazeera.com/2015/03/arctic-village/
http://juneauempire.com/stories/072208/sta_307860642.shtml#.V8Nvi5MrJsM

I also understand that I dont want to bring my own personal politics into the classroom, but I believe that students should be given the information to make their own opinions about something. Being able to have an opinion, share it with others, and respect different points of view is something that I'm excited to teach.