NewsCurrents Extra
Week of January 21, 2008
Here is this week's issue of NewsCurrents Extra! -- providing you with exciting new content each week to help your students become informed and involved newspaper readers.

CONTENTS

  Can your students guess the newsmaker?
The "Who am I?" section features a different news person each week.
  Violence grips Kenya
A disputed presidential election has put Kenya on the brink of chaos. Find out what is behind the troubles in this African nation.
Student Activities Encourage your students to use the newspaper.
Fun and challenging activities for you to use with your students -- written on three different grade levels.
  Go in-depth
Use these links to learn more about the stories in this week's NewsCurrents Extra!
Test your students' news knowledge
We ask 10 multiple-choice questions about stories that are in the newspaper this week.

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