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Helping students understand and critically assess current events and issues since 1990.

News4Youth.com

NEW! 1 subscription, 3 reading levels: Beginning in August 2023, all News4Youth articles are available in 3 reading levels to allow for differentiated learning experiences for all students:

  • Level 1 (FK 4-5/Lexile 610-800);
  • Level 2 (FK7-8/Lexile 810-1000);
  • Level 3 (FK 9-11/Lexile 1010-1200).

Building Bridges

(NEW!) Building Bridges/Bâtir des ponts is a photocopiable current events resource for students grades 5 and up.

Currents4Kids.com

Currents4Kids.com / Infos-Jeunes.com is an engaging, online interactive current events resource for students in grades 3 and up.

The Canadian Reader

The Canadian Reader / Nos Nouvelles is a classroom-ready current events resource for students in grades 3 and up.

What in the World?

What in the World? / Le Monde en Marche is a photocopiable current events resource for Canadian students in grades 5 - 10.

Current Collections

New! Popular lesson plan series and articles previously published in What in the World? and The Canadian Reader for purchase.

The Canadian Reader - Issue 7

  • Alec Bélanger: Extra Awesome
  • Tiny Forests, Big Impact
  • Measles Makes a Comeback
  • Map: Nova Scotia
  • Comic: Immunizations in Canada

What in the World? Level 1 Issue 7

  • Measles: Back in the Spotlight
  • Haiti in Turmoil
  • Boeing Faces Tough Questions
  • Cicadapocalypse?

Building Bridges - Level 1 Issue 4

  • Wearing and Sharing Ribbon Skirts
  • Revitalizing Indigenous Culture in Canada

Sample Issues

Breaking News

| Russia-Ukraine War pdf (4.72 MB)
| Russia-Ukraine War docx (130.27 KB)
| Insurrection USA pdf (2.32 MB)
| Insurrection USA docx (126.02 KB)
| Protests in Hong Kong pdf (3.62 MB)
| Protests in Hong Kong doc (154.5 KB)
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Supplementary News

| Terry Fox 2022 pdf (4.78 MB)
| Terry Fox 2022 docx (519.82 KB)
| World Cup.pdf (1.83 MB)
| World Cup.doc (3.01 MB)
| California Wildfires.pdf (1.07 MB)
| California Wildfires.doc (389.5 KB)

Je raffole de votre ressource! Le Monde en Marche est devenu une ressource de base dans ma classe. Mes élèves sont très motivés par la variété d'activités et par le fait qu'ils arrivent à bien comprendre le langage.

A. Normand, enseignante de 7e et 8e année, Peterborough, Ont.