Abstract | These classroom guides for the daily CNN (Cable News Network) Newsroom broadcasts for the month of July provide program rundowns, suggestions for class activities and discussion, student handouts, and a list of related news terms. Topics covered by the guides include: (1) Yasser Arafat and online projects (July 1); (2) Yasser Arafat, athletes as role models, Haitian refugees, civil protest, phone cards, President Clinton's visit to the Baltic States, robot road test, American driving habits, "Tree Dimensional" art, and media guide to "Moon Shot" (July 5-8); (3) death of North Korean President Kim II Sung, space trivia, Haitian expulsion of international observers, big cats sanctuary, Taslima Nasrin, a shrine to the harmonica, U.S. money makeover, flood environments, World Cup, edible insects, North Korea, Rwanda, and Mark Twain's butler (July 11-15); (4) comet collision with Jupiter, U.S. space program, Rwanda, moon exploration, cartooning, Freedom Schools, National Air and Space Museum, Apollo astronauts, and Rwandan relief efforts (Jul 18-22); (5) Rwandan refugees, juvenile crime, flying car, Israel and Jordan peace agreement, art theft, women and combat, Teach for America, marketing the ostrich, Cuban Missile Crisis tapes, ankle injuries, terrorism, Major League baseball strike, and Dali's paintings (July 25-29). (JLB) |