About this title.

The activities in World Events endeavour to promote report writing, explanations and recounting through the topical area of recent and historical World Events. Topics include disease epidemics, technology, refugees, terrorism, international conflict and natural disasters. The book exploits the current online media available, including relevant news services, as well as the official websites of world events and organisations. In addition, traditional print media, such as newspapers, magazines and library resources will be needed to complete some of the activities.

Each section contains background notes and relevant website references for further research. Several activity sheets can be used more than once to address a particular event, such as an election. The activities in this book are designed to be stand-alone activities and can be completed in any sequence.

Suitable for ages 10+.