OVERVIEW

WORLDkids readers, usually between ages eight and ten, have begun piecing the world together in new and more complicated ways. They’re ready for an awareness of current events, but they need lots of background knowledge to build their understanding of what’s going on in the world. WORLDkids connects the news to things kids can already relate to, then uses those touchpoints to take their understanding deeper. Along the way, WORLDkids drops Christian worldview “bread crumbs,” adding wisdom to news and knowledge.

WORLDkids organizes current events into six topic areas, each with multiple stories that provide the context to help children understand the topic more fully.

EACH SECTION INCLUDES:

• One main story and idea

• Interactive, to explore the section’s main idea

• Three more supporting stories

• Photo galleries with the stories

• Knowledge-reinforcing activities and puzzles

• Quiz for comprehension and application

• Choice of printable worksheets included with teaching guide

RECOMMENDED PACING:

• Read the daily News Shorts online.

• Read the main story for one of the sections, do the online interactive, read the additional stories, view the website galleries, and take the quiz. Each section should be done as a whole to better understand the concept and how to engage news stories.

• Complete one of the printable worksheets for additional practice in understanding current events.

TEACHING GUIDE & WORKSHEETS

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MARCH/APRIL EXAMPLE LESSONS:

Ashley Leger has an unusual job. She digs up ancient creatures—in Los Angeles subway construction sites! This year, she uncovered a massive mammoth skull.

We usually think of paleontologists working in deserts and plains, not in the middle of cities! And that’s not our only misconception about how paleontology works. Finding fossils takes a lot of hot, dirty, and precise work. Once paleontologists find and excavate fossils, they must document the details of

everything nearby—including plants, pollen, and other fossils—to help date their finds. And that neck-kinking work is actually the smallest part of the paleontologist’s job. Next comes writing, publishing, and teaching about what has been found. Only then does the dirty work start again.

Like all branches of science, paleontology demands an important character trait: humility. People have been totally mistaken about dinosaurs in the past. They have put fossil-puzzles together all wrong and drawn false conclusions about ancient creatures. Every new discovery tests old discoveries. Good scientists must take every new find into account—and be willing to change their minds based on new evidence. Even our pictures of dinosaurs rely mostly on artists’ imaginations. What are we getting wrong about dinosaurs today? Probably many things! A humble student of God’s creation will learn more because he or she is open to correction.

STORIES:

1. City Diggers: A subway paleontologist discovers the find of a lifetime.

2. Not All Dirty Work: Paleontologists do a lot of digging . . . and writing.

3. Still a Mystery: People may once have thought dinos were dragons. What are we wrong about?

4. Paleo-OOPS!: People have made mistakes about all kinds of dinosaurs.

5. Build a Dinosaur: Paleontologists have to put the right pieces together. You’ll see it’s not always easy as you try this Explore It Interactive.

6. Quiz: 1. Draw a familiar dinosaur—but include parts we might not know about from looking just at fossils. What color is your dino? Does it have a pouch, feathers, or extra skin flaps?

2. Do you think you would enjoy being a paleontologist? What would be your favorite part of the job?

What would it be like to grow up surrounded by ancient Inca pyramids? People living in Lima, Peru, have grown so used to historic sites that they don’t even notice them anymore. As the Peruvian population grows, highways, stadiums, and homes crowd out old ruins. Archaeologists and officials worry the sites won’t survive and brainstorm ways to encourage people to value the old land’s history. But people need space to live. They don’t want history to crowd them out.

Today, Lima, Peru, is a busy city of people from many ethnic backgrounds. Peru has been diverse for a long time. Inca emperors expanded their kingdoms by conquering other peoples and making them serve the empire. Later, the Spanish conquerors subdued the Incas. Today’s Peruvian population reflects the nation’s long, long history. Ancient people and modern people probably chose to live in Peruvian cities for the same reasons (drinking water, access to trade routes and harbors, etc.). But the land’s history has built up for so many years it seems no one can take care of it all. “Why take care of history?” is a significant question for all people and especially for Christians. Each chapter of history tells a part of God’s story. It teaches us not just about people and places but also about the creative God that intricately designed them. He made us to be curious about all His works—and to feel loss when they disappear.

STORIES:

1. Ruins at Risk: People and history crowd each other in Lima, Peru.

2. Who’s Who in Peru?: What did life in the diverse nation of Peru look like 600 years ago?

3. Lost and Found: Machu Picchu is still a mystery.

4. Protecting History: Ruined ruins are missed opportunities to learn about God.

5. Continent of the Incas: Build a map of South America’s countries in this Explore It Interactive. Learn who lived there long ago, then time yourself on the Continent Quiz.

6. Quiz: 1. What surprises you the most about how Incas lived?

2. Psalm 111:2 gives us a great reason to learn. When we study the world—art, science, math, or anything good God made—we are delighting in the works of God. Which of God’s many works are your favorites to learn about?

Our time machine has both forward and rewind buttons. As it runs

in reverse, it might groan and spit out a cloud of rust from the

Industrial Age, salt spray from the bow of a Viking ship or a sandy

haze from King Pharaoh’s mines.

Time Machine can also zip into the future, reporting plans for an

Arctic exploration, nuclear fusion or cancer research.

Using current events to explain history and history to explain

current events, Time Machine will help your child recognize the

significance of big moments and the vital connection between past

and present.

With attention-grabbing graphics and engaging activities, kids will

take the wheel of this Time Machine, launching amazing expeditions

of wonder and learning.

Climb in, buckle up and take a bold voyage to meet extraordinary

people and see remarkable places, all reflecting God’s glory in time

and space.

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ScienceSoup makes the stuff of earth and space fascinating, with

a cornucopia of aromatic ingredients to ignite a passion for the

natural world.

From an active volcano expedition, to the launch of a new space

telescope, ScienceSoup uses creative themes and attention-getting

topics to engage your children’s senses, helping them fall in love

with the study of science.

Illustrated with eye-popping photos and delightful videos,

ScienceSoup ties current events to the laws of nature, using simple

but testable explanations to help science make sense.

And lest we forget, ScienceSoup provides suggestions for fun and

safe experiments at home, so your kids can use all their senses to

see how God’s marvelous creation really works!

THERE IS NO NEED TO BE A GENIUS TO HAVE A TASTE FOR SCIENCE SOUP!

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Do you know where your food comes from? Farmers do—and so do the kids at Maconaquah Middle School in Indiana. By learning to raise their own beef cows and grow their own vegetables, the students are studying many subjects at once—science, math, and business, with a little gym class thrown in. And their cafeteria food isn’t “mystery meat” anymore. They sell their beef back to the school, where it’s served up on cafeteria trays.

Raising animals for meat and milk requires serious thought and planning. People must evaluate: is the investment of time, space, and money worth the return raising animals brings? What other elements can be added to the farm ecosystem to help animals flourish? God designed groups of unlike elements to work together to make farm life thrive. That’s true for creatures as big as cows and as tiny as the microscopic creatures breaking down animal and plant waste into useful soil. Chicken or rabbit waste nourishes soil, which grows food for animals and people to eat. Bees pollinate plants. Inorganic elements—soil and water—also make all these processes possible. As a farmer diversifies the elements he manages, his work will probably increase—and so should the fruitfulness of his farm. Farming means studying the relationships God built into the world to learn how to best care for animals and land.

STORIES:

1. School to Table: Indiana middle schoolers learn all about cows—and eat their hard work.

2. Lessons from Beef and Cow Care: Buying, raising, and selling cattle leads to all kinds of learning.

3. Raising Food—Think It Through: Test how much money and space each animal requires.

4. More Than Cows: Animals flourish best when other creatures live nearby too.

5. Everything But the Moo: Raising animals helps us appreciate where our food comes from. Learn some of the many other products besides meat that come from animals in this Explore It Interactive.

6. Quiz: 1. Draw a picture of your dream farm. What animals would you raise? What plants would you grow? How would plants and animals work together on your farm?

2. Would you rather get your food from far away, nearby, or from your own backyard? Why?

Clock master Petr Skala has a huge job to do: fixing the Orloj, the oldest working clock in the world. The ornate, symbolic clock has stood in the Czech Republic since the 1400s, and Mr. Skala will install old-fashioned parts that work like new. The ancient clock measures not just ordinary time but also the phase of the moon, what time the North Star will rise, and the number of daylight hours. Mr. Skala

started fixing clocks as a boy because he wanted to understand the mystery of how time works—something not even advanced physicists and philosophers can grasp completely. God tells us to make the best use of the time (Ephesians 5:16). We know that our times are in His hand (Psalm 31:15). We know He made time and is not bound by time. But what is time?

People have defined time simply: “Time is what a clock measures.” Without checking a clock, we struggle to determine the speed at which time moves. People throughout history have used tools like sundials and water clocks to measure the passage of time with consistency. That’s something they can do only because God designed the Earth and the heavenly bodies to follow consistent patterns.

STORIES:

1. Fixing the Orloj: The elderly clock gets new parts that work like old ones.

2. God’s Precise Universe: Our perception of time would be way off without God’s order.

3. It’s about Time!: “What is a clock?” That question is harder than it sounds.

4. Make a Clock: People used clepsydras and sundials long ago. They still work. Make your own!

5. Take Your Time Crossword: Click the clues and finish the puzzle in this Explore It Interactive—no rush!

6. Quiz: 1. How would you describe time to someone who didn’t know what it was?

2. When does time seem to move fastest to you? When does it seem slowest?

Citizen Ship makes civics fun for your children, with personal

stories they can relate to that are both sensible and memorable.

Because so much of civics is centered on the rights and

responsibilities of individuals, Citizen Ship helps kids realize that

big things like countries, governments and laws are formed by

the ideas and actions of ordinary people—people just like them.

The Citizen Ship’s hold will be filled with current events stories,

charts, videos and cartoons that will bring civics to life for your

child in ways they can touch, feel and experience.

Election season is a chance to play an interactive campaign

game or to see how candidates attract votes. A high-speed

rail project introduces the concept of infrastructure, while a

challenge to religious freedom might be accompanied by an

illustration of the branches of government.

We’ve charted a course to ensure every voyage aboard the

Citizen Ship is a memorable journey in discovering our role in

civil society, so come aboard!

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Whether an old clock or a bullfrog—one of the best ways to learn

about something is to take it apart, to find out what makes it tick . . .

or croak.

Take Apart, SMART! brings big ideas to light by dissecting things.

Your child might learn how a machine works by unscrewing its

springs and gears and how an athlete excels by examining his

nutrition and training regimens.

While taking things apart, kids will also put things together—gaining

a deeper understanding of how God’s laws (like physics and logic)

drive our world.

They might click on a sequence of valves and doors to see a ship

move through locks on the Panama Canal or select an animation that

shows electrons moving in a solar panel.

Visuals play a big role in learning, so Take Apart, SMART! uses clear

and descriptive visual tools to fuel a passion in your child—a passion

to learn how things work and why! Using cutaways, diagrams, videos

and interactive illustrations, they will make sense of big ideas through

exploring the parts that make up the whole.

Your child doesn’t have to be an engineer or a mechanic to love Take

Apart, SMART! We’ll bring the tools and clean up the shop—their

curiosity will do the rest.

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This winter, snowy owls invaded the upper and middle parts of the United States in an unusual migration called an irruption. The snowy owls’ presence gave bird watchers many opportunities to fit the elusive birds with trackers, which will enable them to follow the birds via satellite to their secluded Arctic homes for the summer months. Finally people may get a peek at the unpredictable owl’s way of life.

During past irruptions, people thought the presence of snowy owls in the south meant the bird populations were floundering because of food shortage. The exact opposite is true. Scientists have discovered that irruption actually signals an owl population boom triggered by plentiful prey. People can tend to panic when they see animals in the “wrong” place. But migration patterns can change without signaling disaster. So can other natural arrangements. As time passes, Earth changes and creatures adapt to those changes. All that is in the heavens and the Earth belongs to God (1 Chronicles 29:11). Even when we don’t understand nature’s patterns, He is sovereign over them.

STORIES:

1. Owl Invasion!: A booming owl population travels far from home.

2. Migration Vacation: Nomadic owls try new menus on vacation. They also get in trouble.

3. Growing up Snowy: Owls develop from eggs to adults.

4. Out of Place Animals? No Worries: Irrupting owls aren’t starving. They’re fat and happy.

5. Learn “Owl” You Need to Know about Strigiformes in this Explore It Interactive. Some are common, some are rare, and they’re all amazing.

6. Quiz: 1. What one thing would you most like to learn about the snowy owl’s mysterious life?

2. Imagine a group of Arctic creatures will start migrating to your town for the winter. Which creatures would you want them to be? Why?

People in the Philippines are no strangers to volcanoes and their devastating effects. But they still have a hard time staying away from Mount Mayon—even though it could blow at any minute! Going back toward the mountain could cost a person his or her life—but staying away means homesteads and animals could suffer neglect. Tens of thousands of people evacuate from their homes. When Mount Mayon finally calms down, they will brace for more unpleasantness: cleaning up gluey, dusty, dangerous volcanic ash.

God is rich in mercy (Ephesians 2:4). He is also incredibly powerful (Jeremiah 10:12). Volcanoes reflect both those attributes. Like Him, they are much stronger than people. Like Him, they show mercy by giving warning. We know it is a fearful thing for sinners to fall into the hands of the living God (Hebrews 10:31). But He has warned us to repent (Acts 3:19). When we do, He receives us as His own loved children. When it comes to volcanoes, God has blessed us with scientific knowledge that enables us to predict dangerous eruptions. But even this knowledge cannot help us if we don’t respond to warnings.

STORIES:

1. Volcano Days: Kids in the Philippines get volcano days instead of snow days.

2. Volcano Cleanup: How do you clean up after a volcano? Quickly and very carefully.

3. Volcano Shapes: Many people don’t know which volcano type is which.

4. Power and Mercy in the Ring of Fire: Volcanoes show us God’s power and mercy.

5. Spectacular Danger: Learn how volcanoes form, where they occur, and how they behave in this Explore It Interactive.

6. Quiz: 1. Do you think it would be worth living in a beautiful, tropical place if you had to live near a volcano? Why or why not?

2. Which kind of volcano would you most want to see up close—cinder cone, shield, or composite? Why?

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Critter File is one file in your child’s cabinet that will never get

full. Always expanding its reach to all creatures, great and small,

Critter File is an amazing discovery of the animal kingdom.

Your children can view captivating images, play in the “game

lands” or learn little-known tidbits about their favorite animals

by exploring their species, habitats, anatomies and diets.

Some files will contain current events, like the birth of a rare

tiger or the recovery of an endangered owl.

If a child is curious about the Japanese spider crab, but it’s not

yet in the file, she can let us know, and we’ll do our best to add

it quickly.

With Critter File, we’ll use kids’ innate curiosity about animals

to spark a deeper understanding of the natural world, helping

them fall in love with the study and stewardship of the amazing

critters in God’s creation.

FROM AARDVARKS TO ZEBRAS—ALL YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR CRITTER FILE GROWING!

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See the WORLDkids website at kids.wng.org to take advantage of the Explore It interactives and online quizzes that accompany the news stories.

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Take Apart Smart! (Technology)Cars: DesignChocolateColor BlindnessElections: U.S. PresidentFood: Art and ScienceFood: BusinessFrogs: Red-LeggedGardening: UnusualImmune SystemMekong RiverMiniaturesJupiterPalm Oil: IndonesiaPracticeRobots: BipedalSaffronSaltSign LanguageSpace ExplorationStorytellingSun

Our time machine has both forward and rewind buttons. As it runs

in reverse, it might groan and spit out a cloud of rust from the

Industrial Age, salt spray from the bow of a Viking ship or a sandy

haze from King Pharaoh’s mines.

Time Machine can also zip into the future, reporting plans for an

Arctic exploration, nuclear fusion or cancer research.

Using current events to explain history and history to explain

current events, Time Machine will help your child recognize the

significance of big moments and the vital connection between past

and present.

With attention-grabbing graphics and engaging activities, kids will

take the wheel of this Time Machine, launching amazing expeditions

of wonder and learning.

Climb in, buckle up and take a bold voyage to meet extraordinary

people and see remarkable places, all reflecting God’s glory in time

and space.

REMARKABLE EXPEDITIONS DEDICATED TO EXPANDING HORIZONS

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ScienceSoup makes the stuff of earth and space fascinating, with

a cornucopia of aromatic ingredients to ignite a passion for the

natural world.

From an active volcano expedition, to the launch of a new space

telescope, ScienceSoup uses creative themes and attention-getting

topics to engage your children’s senses, helping them fall in love

with the study of science.

Illustrated with eye-popping photos and delightful videos,

ScienceSoup ties current events to the laws of nature, using simple

but testable explanations to help science make sense.

And lest we forget, ScienceSoup provides suggestions for fun and

safe experiments at home, so your kids can use all their senses to

see how God’s marvelous creation really works!

THERE IS NO NEED TO BE A GENIUS TO HAVE A TASTE FOR SCIENCE SOUP!

Science Soup (Science)AirshipsAnimal MigrationBiomimicryCat DNACereal, BreakfastDrought: CaliforniaEarthquakeEntertainmentGlassHeliumHuman SkinLightningMars: SimulationMicrobesMushroomsRedwood TreesSeedsSolar Eclipse: U.S., 2017TelescopeVolcano: KilaueaVolcanoes

Time Machine (History)Astronauts: HistoricalBible HistoryBicycle: HistoryBoat: ReedBoston Light LighthouseBracerosCatacombs: RomeCivil War, U.S.: ReenactingCubaEarhart, AmeliaEgypt: TombsGreat DepressionHurricanesInventions: Then and NowPanama Canal: CentennialPuebloan Native AmericansSanta Fe TrailShips: Ocean LinersSpace Flight: SurvivalStreetcars

Whether an old clock or a bullfrog—one of the best ways to learn

about something is to take it apart, to find out what makes it tick . . .

or croak.

Take Apart, SMART! brings big ideas to light by dissecting things.

Your child might learn how a machine works by unscrewing its

springs and gears and how an athlete excels by examining his

nutrition and training regimens.

While taking things apart, kids will also put things together—gaining

a deeper understanding of how God’s laws (like physics and logic)

drive our world.

They might click on a sequence of valves and doors to see a ship

move through locks on the Panama Canal or select an animation that

shows electrons moving in a solar panel.

Visuals play a big role in learning, so Take Apart, SMART! uses clear

and descriptive visual tools to fuel a passion in your child—a passion

to learn how things work and why! Using cutaways, diagrams, videos

and interactive illustrations, they will make sense of big ideas through

exploring the parts that make up the whole.

Your child doesn’t have to be an engineer or a mechanic to love Take

Apart, SMART! We’ll bring the tools and clean up the shop—their

curiosity will do the rest.

TAKING LITTLE THINGS APART, TO GRASP BIG IDEAS

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Citizen Ship makes civics fun for your children, with personal

stories they can relate to that are both sensible and memorable.

Because so much of civics is centered on the rights and

responsibilities of individuals, Citizen Ship helps kids realize that

big things like countries, governments and laws are formed by

the ideas and actions of ordinary people—people just like them.

The Citizen Ship’s hold will be filled with current events stories,

charts, videos and cartoons that will bring civics to life for your

child in ways they can touch, feel and experience.

Election season is a chance to play an interactive campaign

game or to see how candidates attract votes. A high-speed

rail project introduces the concept of infrastructure, while a

challenge to religious freedom might be accompanied by an

illustration of the branches of government.

We’ve charted a course to ensure every voyage aboard the

Citizen Ship is a memorable journey in discovering our role in

civil society, so come aboard!

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Critter File is one file in your child’s cabinet that will never get

full. Always expanding its reach to all creatures, great and small,

Critter File is an amazing discovery of the animal kingdom.

Your children can view captivating images, play in the “game

lands” or learn little-known tidbits about their favorite animals

by exploring their species, habitats, anatomies and diets.

Some files will contain current events, like the birth of a rare

tiger or the recovery of an endangered owl.

If a child is curious about the Japanese spider crab, but it’s not

yet in the file, she can let us know, and we’ll do our best to add

it quickly.

With Critter File, we’ll use kids’ innate curiosity about animals

to spark a deeper understanding of the natural world, helping

them fall in love with the study and stewardship of the amazing

critters in God’s creation.

FROM AARDVARKS TO ZEBRAS—ALL YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR CRITTER FILE GROWING!

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Citizen Ship (Civics) AmbulanceAncestryBadminton: Saina NehwalBicycles: ChinaBlindness: GlassesChina: Diplomacy, PandasCircusCitizenshipDental CareDialectGames: BoardGardeningMideastNamesNile RiverPony: ChincoteagueRobot JobsRome, ItalySports: Work RelatedStatue of LibertyZimbabwe

Critter File (Animals)Animals: DomesticationAnimals: Living WithAnimals: RestorationBiomimicry: BatsCrane: SarusDinosaur: FossilsDinosaur: TitanosaurDog: Truffle HuntingGrasshopperHoneybeesInvasive SpeciesOlmsOrangutanOrca: CaptivityOrca vs. SharkParrotPythonRabbit: New England CottontailShark: GreenlandTurkey: WildVulture

Jet Balloon (Geography)Alaska: ReindeerArctic ExplorationChina: HistoryChina: TeaChina: WalmartCleanlinessHaitiIndia: ReligionsIraq: ChristiansJapan: TsunamiKenya: BalletLakesLanguagesMappingMigrants: RefugeesMongolia: Bankhar DogNorth Korea: FoodOceansRiversSt. Helena IslandWater Supply

Topic Explorer

Is your student interested in volcanoes? Ancient Egyptian mummies? Or love reading about horses? Use the WORLDkids Topic Explorer to find relevant current events stories quickly.

The WORLDkids Topic Explorer is a regularly updated index of popular topics you can easily browse or search for age-appropriate news stories. Get more from your WORLDkids membership by using the WORLDkids Topic Explorer—your gateway to an extensive article archive on WORLDkids.

To SEARCH individual articles on the WORLDkids website:

Use the SEARCH function on the WORLDkids website to retrieve articles based on your own keyword searches. Your search results may include sets of feature articles with their related stories and photo slideshows. Your search may also display standalone News Shorts articles—brief, text-only stories from the daily News Shorts section of the WORLDkids website. The website content and potential search results are always expanding as new articles are added day by day.

To BROWSE broader topic areas in this list:

The following list of topics is arranged alphabetically and grouped within the six subject categories used in the WORLDkids magazine and website. When viewing the list electronically, click on any of the topics to jump to content on the WORLDkids website. The topic list will be regularly updated as content is published in the WORLDkids magazine.

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WORKSHEET

Name:

Date:

SIX QUESTIONS IN A STORY

Directions: Read a WORLDkids story and look for answers to the questions that journalists use to tell a story—Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

Title of the story:

The WORLDkids topic area the story is in (such as Science Soup or Critter File):

Who was involved?

What happened?

When did it happen?

Where did it happen?

Why did it happen?

How did it happen?

WORKSHEET

Name:

Date:

VOCABULARY BUILDER

Directions: Read all four of the stories in a WORLDkids topic area and look for five words you don’t know well. Look up each word in a dictionary and write its meaning below.

Topic area you chose (such as Science Soup or Critter File):

Word #1:

Definition:

Word #2:

Definition:

Word #3:

Definition:

Word #4:

Definition:

Word #5:

Definition:

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PICTURE IT!Directions: Choose a WORLDkids story and read it carefully. In the space below, draw a picture that illustrates some part of the story that impressed you.

Write a sentence explaining what part of the story you chose to draw.

WORKSHEET

Name:

Date:

PHOTO INTERPRETERDirections: Select a photo from WORLDkids. In your own words, answer the following questions about the photo. Use complete sentences in your answer.

What is happening in the photo?

What do you see in the photo that led you to your answer?

What else can you find in the photo?

WORKSHEET

Name:

Date:

MAPMAKERDirections: In the space below, draw the outline of a state, province, or country that is the subject of a WORLDkids story. Show where its capital is located, and write its name. Below your map, write something you learned about this area from the WORLDkids article.

WORKSHEET

Name:

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GRAPH READERDirections: Select a graph or infographic from WORLDkids.

In your own words, explain what the image illustrates. What is its main point?

What information does it present?

Why was it included in the article instead of using more text to explain the information?

WORKSHEET

Name:

Date:

FAVORITE STORIESDirections: Choose a story from WORLDkids that you especially liked. Use complete sentences to answer the following about the story.

Story Headline:

The story’s topic area in WORLDkids (such as Critter File or Jet Balloon):

Why did you choose this story?

Describe an interesting thing you learned from reading this story.