CNN Student News http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/ by Erica Whitley

Name Date

erica_whitley — 2014-04-28 18:41:50 UTC

Watch the 10-minute student news video on CNN at link below.

Copy and paste a fast fact question and a discussion question.

Answer the prompts given. (5 sentence minimum)

Snip and post a picture related to the news you wrote about today.

austin 5/7/14

2014-05-07 14:49:48 UTC

2. U-2 aircraft plane used in military as a spy plane

2. What is the primary function of the U-2 plane? How high can this plane fly? What happened when a U-2 flew over California last week? How did this have lasting effects on air traffic in the area? it was a spy plane it cancelled flights 9000 miles up

austin 5/4/14

2014-05-05 14:03:42 UTC

3. According to the video, what are some of the emotions seen in the city of Odessa? Why? What happened there between different groups of protesters?

the emotions shown are mostly anger because some of the and in the place were the fire happend distress and confussion most people trying to figure out what the reasons are for the fire kill 43 people in a protest in ukrain.

5

2014-05-21 12:30:47 UTC

5/8/14

2014-05-08 14:37:23 UTC

2. the Fed

is the federal reserve

1. What are synthetic drugs? How are they different from other drugs? According to the video, why are they sometimes more dangerous? What announcement did the U.S. federal government make yesterday regarding synthetic drugs? What is one reason why the government is so concerned about these drugs?

these drugs mimic the effects of real drugs

5/9/14

2014-05-09 13:22:56 UTC

1. What holiday is an observance of the Battle of Puebla, not Mexican independence?

cinco de mayo

4. In what West African country were more than 200 girls abducted by terrorists?

nigeria

5/21/

2014-05-21 12:30:25 UTC

5/21/14

2014-05-21 12:28:22 UTC

5/21/

2014-05-21 12:32:20 UTC

3. What museum is holding its public opening in New York City today? What is the focus of this museum? According to the video, how is this museum different from some others? Why is there controversy surrounding its gift shop? What does Jim Riches, who lost his son on 9/11, say about the museum's gift shop? How does Joe Daniels, the president and CEO of the museum, respond? What does museum board member Lee Ielpi, who lost his son on 9/11, say about the gift shop?

The focus of the 911 memorial is to commemorate the fallen hero's of 911. The controversy is that people feel the museum is make money off the dead. But I see were the museum is coming from because the need to make money somehow.

Discussion Questions:

1. What is your opinion of the gift shop at the 9/11 Memorial Museum? Explain. If you were discussing this with a person who had the opposite point of view, what points might you bring up? What would you expect to hear in response?

i agree and disagree with what they're doing because they need the money but they should give two tickets to immediate family. i like the sound of a gift shop raking9 in money to keep all the priceless artifact there.

5/28/14

2014-05-28 13:11:24 UTC

5. What is beep kickball? For whom was the game created? What equipment is part of this game? Why do its players wear blindfolds? What do students, parents and teachers in the video have to say about the game?

is a game of kickball for the blind. A ball that beeps and two dummy's that beep so the kids can hear were they have to run. so the level of blindness is equal.

What is your opinion of President Obama's military strategy in Afghanistan? Do you agree or disagree with the decision to keep about 10,000 U.S. troops there to help train the country's security forces? State your rationale.

i agree and disagree because it is smart to train the afgan military but it also isnt smart because they could join al qaeda and use what we train them against us

5/29/14

2014-05-29 14:36:04 UTC

5. Why is AAA warning teens about the 100 days that begin on Memorial Day? What tips does the organization offer for safer teen driving?