NewsCurrents Extra
Week of February 4, 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.
  The stock market rides a roller coaster
The stock market went on a wild ride recently, causing many people to worry about their financial security and the direction the U.S. economy is taking. Learn what led to this upheaval, and what the government plans to do about it.
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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