1. Israel News Report Deane Davis Conemaugh Valley School District

2. Technology Standards 1.Creativity and Innovation. Students: b. create original works as a means of personal expression. 5.Digital Citizenship—Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Students: c. Demonstrate responsibility for lifelong learning.

3. Goal of Assignment Acquire a deeper understanding and gain a cultural awareness of the Israeli people.

4. Assignment Choose a city in Israel and create a news report about a recent event in that city.

5. Geography Student used a map to become familiar with the geography of Israel. Israel Jezreel Valley

6. Climate Student research climate of Israel and surrounding areas. Israel Climate Information Israel Climate Information

7. Pre-Writing Evaluate the local newspaper, The Tribune- Democrat, to determine—set up, audience, proper grammar & mechanics, and font. Decide on what types of stories to look for and ideas on how to create interest in a story. View examples from last year as models.

8. Today’s Front Pages Front page headlines from around the globe. Students drill down in the site to locate front page headlines from Israel today. Students link to the newspaper Haaretz which is printed in English.Haaretz

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13. Websites http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/ countries/israel-guide/ http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/ countries/israel-guide/ http://www.climatetemp.info/israel/ http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages /flash/ http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages /flash/ http://www.haaretz.com/