What happened in our world? January 10th, 2016 is THREE crosswords based on last week's news events.
In this week's puzzles… North Korea detonated a hydrogen bomb (or did they?) A dog in South Africa was awarded a medal and dogs in New York had a concert performed just for them, and someone tried to kidnap one of Barack Obama's two dogs. Or would that have been a dognap? But a catnap is… Twitter shares crashed, Huawei's revenue almost doubled, Coca Cola angered Russians and Ukrainians, and did Volkswagen's sales go up or down? Some Russians were stuck in the snow and a Russian doctor is stuck in court. Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano erupted, an Indian boy scored 1009 runs in a cricket game, and Tim Winton had a whole fish species named after him.
This week's puzzles include the answer key to last week's Mathematics crossword.
The document is a simple PDF so it is quick to download and print for your class (and the solutions are included). This activity is suitable for middle and high school students and will encourage students to discuss and learn about their world's current events.
These crosswords are ideal as a research, writing and reading activity. They can be completed individually or in small groups or as week-long homework activities, or even as a time-out activity. They are an excellent excuse for students to make good use of their smartphones. Maybe you could start up a lunchtime news and current events club and use these puzzles as starters for conversation topics.
Don't you HATE substituting for an absent colleague when the kids have nothing or not enough to do? Print these puzzles and have them in your classroom or in your bag ready for a vibrant class discussion.
Don't forget to come back next Sunday evening for next week's 'What happened in our world?' puzzles.
In this week's puzzles… North Korea detonated a hydrogen bomb (or did they?) A dog in South Africa was awarded a medal and dogs in New York had a concert performed just for them, and someone tried to kidnap one of Barack Obama's two dogs. Or would that have been a dognap? But a catnap is… Twitter shares crashed, Huawei's revenue almost doubled, Coca Cola angered Russians and Ukrainians, and did Volkswagen's sales go up or down? Some Russians were stuck in the snow and a Russian doctor is stuck in court. Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano erupted, an Indian boy scored 1009 runs in a cricket game, and Tim Winton had a whole fish species named after him.
This week's puzzles include the answer key to last week's Mathematics crossword.
The document is a simple PDF so it is quick to download and print for your class (and the solutions are included). This activity is suitable for middle and high school students and will encourage students to discuss and learn about their world's current events.
These crosswords are ideal as a research, writing and reading activity. They can be completed individually or in small groups or as week-long homework activities, or even as a time-out activity. They are an excellent excuse for students to make good use of their smartphones. Maybe you could start up a lunchtime news and current events club and use these puzzles as starters for conversation topics.
Don't you HATE substituting for an absent colleague when the kids have nothing or not enough to do? Print these puzzles and have them in your classroom or in your bag ready for a vibrant class discussion.
Don't forget to come back next Sunday evening for next week's 'What happened in our world?' puzzles.
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