Community reviews for CNN 10

Overall, this cite offers up to date current articles that will peak students interest, however, there is a lot of content and it may be difficult to zero on what you are looking for.

I love that these are quick 10 minute sound bites of the top stories of the day copy written with the understanding level of a middle or high school student. Telling kids to watch the news is like asking them to read the New York Times and understand it. Often, they are unaware of quality news sources are and lack the background knowledge to make connections to how they apply or affect them in their daily lives. I like that students can show up to my class the next day and participate in discussions of historical events by referencing current events that they had viewed on one of the CNN segments. It is so great to see their lightbulbs go off!

I use CNN Student News in my 8th grade American history classroom on a regular basis. We don't watch it every day but some weeks might watch it twice or three times if we have a little bit of time at the end of class. My students enjoy it enough that they will ask if we can watch it if we haven't watched it in a couple of days. The stories are engaging and good mix of national and international news. I have found that we often make connections to the American history curriculum to things discussed in CNN Student News shows we have watched.

I can use this to pull stories to help students write today elements for broadcast style writing.

CNN Student News is a fantastic way to present current events to students. News is presented in a student friendly way-- using terminology and content aligned to the NYS standards. Teacher bias is eliminated during the presentation.

My students BEG me to let them watch it everyday at school! Enough said! Seriously though, Carl Azuz and the CNN Student News team make international and domestic news very interesting and relevant to my 5th-8th graders. They love to guess the answers for the various quiz questions given throughout the episode.

Although CNN Newsroom has been around since the 90s, it has changed direction to a very focused snapshot of current news events. The segments may be watched individually or as a whole 10 minute program. Because of the video format, students with low reading ability appreciate a chance to get the facts and share their opinions.