May 8

Students Worldwide Plan To Skip School On March 15 To Save Our Planet

Title: Students Worldwide Plan To Skip School On March 15 To Save Our Planet

 

Source: Dogo News

 

Article Date: March 12, 2019

 

News Type: World

 

Summary: On March 15, 2019  hundreds of thousands of kids from over eighty countries plan to skip school  to save our planet. However, the worldwide strike is not a protest again excessive  homework or long school hours.

 

Personal Response: I chose this article because I wondered why people would skip school.

 

March 28

President Trump Signs Budget Bill To Avert Another Government Shutdown

Title:President Trump Signs Budget Bill To Avert Another Government Shutdown

 

Source: DogoNews

 

Article Date: February 18, 2019

 

News Type: National

 

Summary: On February 15, 2019 President Donald Trump signed legislation allowed by Congress to fund the government through September 30, 2019 preventing a new shutdown that begins on February 16, 2019. It did not resolve the issue at the root of disagreement -full funding for a wall along the US-Mexico border. The approved $1.375 billion, to build 55 miles of new fencing along the border.

 

Personal Response:I chose this article because I was interested about the government shutdown.

February 26

Current Event Colin O’Brady And Louis Rudd Become The First Explorers To Cross Antarctica Unaided

Title: Colin O’Brady And Louis Rudd Become The First Explorers To Cross Antarctica Unaided

Source: Dogo News

Article Date: January 3, 2019

News Type: World

Summary: A fun competition between two adventurers cross Antarctica by themselves. Colin O’Brady and Louis Rudd set off on November 3, 2018 from the Atlantic coast to be the first person to ski across the remote. O’Brady was the first to conquer the 930-mile swath of ice terrain, arriving at the Ross Ice Shelf on December 26, 2018.

Personal Response: I chose this article because I never knew someone went across Antarctica.

 

January 23

Current Event Columbus Day Or Indigenous Peoples Day? You Decide!

Title: Columbus Day Or Indigenous Peoples Day? You Decide!

Source: DogoNews

Article Date: October 1, 2018

News Type: National

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Summary: Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October to credit Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus stumbled on which we call the Caribbean on October 12, 1492. North America was already found by the Native Americans who had been living there for many generations.

Personal Response: I chose this article because I like stuff from a long time ago.