July 22, 2003
Every Monday through Friday, News Snapshot features a newsworthy and provocative photo from The New York Times, along with the basic set of questions answered by journalists when relaying the news-- who, what, where, when, why and how.
PROCEDURES FOR CLASSROOM USE
| TODAY'S PHOTO |
Sarah Prall for NYT
WHO are moving to the United States as part of the government's largest recent refugee resettlement efforts?WHAT is a refugee? WHAT has caused the United States State Department to shift their focus on refugees from Africa? WHERE are the Somali refugees being resettled? WHEN else have many refugees entered the United States?WHY do many of the refugees from Somalia and from across Africa find difficulty in resettling in the United States?HOW did the events of Sept. 11, 2001, impact the pace of refugee resettlement in the United States? HOW are refugees being taught to cope with some of the problems they are facing in living in a new and different land? HOW do you think your life would be different if your family resettled in Africa?
PAST SNAPSHOTS Archive
1. Print out copies of the student handout for your class (1 per pupil).
2. Print out the teacher's page, which includes answers to the News Snapshot questions and a list of related Web sites.
3. Distribute the student's page, and ask students to use their knowledge of current events, the picture and the quote as clues to answer the questions on the page.
4. Review the answers as a class.SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
There are many ways that you can extend the use of News Snapshots in your classroom. Try some of the suggested activities below:Read and discuss a New York Times article related to that day'sSnapshot.Create a weekly News Snapshot bulletin board in the classroom.Use the Snapshots to create a weekly news quiz.Have each student select the most interesting News Snapshot from that week and follow the story for another week, creating a poster for the classroom using important photos, headlines and phrases from these news stories.Have each student create his or her own News Snapshot by choosing an interesting photograph from the newspaper, reading the related article, and creating a series of questions and answers based on the photograph. Students can also find Web sites related to the Snapshots chosen.