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Current Events in SIRS Discoverer
As you know, our professional SIRS editorial team updates your subscription(s) every day with new articles and resources. Here's a short list of the timeliest and most topical articles added to your product in recent weeks. (Publication dates may vary due to the editorial selection process.)
Charts & Graphs Feature
Did you know that Discoverer offers charts and graph activities, geared for the younger researcher?
Students can learn how to read and decipher charts and graphs. Visit our new Activities category in the Database Features, "charts & graphs."
Political/Editorial Cartoons
Discoverer offers political cartoons geared for the younger researcher, from noteworthy sources including Junior Scholastic, Scholastic News, New York Times Upfront and Current Events.
Students can learn how to read and decipher political cartoons, as well as understand the writing devices employed in them (satire, irony, metaphor, etc.). In a hurry? The quickest route to all of our political cartoons is Database Features, Activities, Editorial Cartoons.
Here's just a few timely examples to get you started:
Map Activities
Travel -- with Discoverer! SIRS provides map activities geared for the younger researcher, from noteworthy sources including Scholastic News, Junior Scholastic, and Current Events.
With these new resources, your young students will learn how to read and decipher varied types of maps, and answer discussion questions based on their observations.
Visit a sampling of the following articles to learn more:
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