| When | Monday 9 --10 |
| Teacher Name | Mary Kate Adami-Sampson |
| Target Age Range | 11 - Adult |
| General Grade Level | Little Kids, Middle School, Lower High School, Upper High School |
| Ability Level | Introductory, Advanced Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced |
| Skill Requirements/Prerequisites | Ability to read, or the presence of an adult in your home who will read the newspaper to you regularly. Discussions will be conducted in a focused manner, and thus participants must be able to keep on topic, to be respectful of other ideas (which may differ from your own), and to acknowledge that nobody knows everything. |
| Book Title | Any newspaper of your choice that will cover national and international news. |
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| Family Provided Materials | Newspaper or access to a computer to read newspapers on line. |
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| Study Group Style | Discussion |
| Description | This study group will provide an opportunity to discuss current state, national, and international news. Each participant will commit to reading the front page of a major newspaper of their choice (Boston Globe, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Lowell Sun, Worcester Telegram, or on-line versions of those. Ideally, participants will read the newspaper daily. If participants want to get additional news from television or the radio, that is fine, but we will consistently use papers. We will discuss the news each week in an informal manner. We have deliberately chosen to have at least five different adults lead the study group, rotating weeks, so that the young participants get multiple points of view. We will can share some of those views with participants, but we won't impose them on anyone. Our goal is to treat topics like the 2008 election, major conflicts around the globe, climate change, energy costs, the economy and other subjects that arise. We will not focus on primarily sensational news stories, even if they capture the attention of the nation. |