Happening Now at Channel One News:

• Send your students to ChannelOne.com to learn how to raise money and awareness for improving the literacy rate in American — in honor of National Readathon Day, January 24, 2015.
• Teachers! Check out Channel One News Educational Consultant Monica Burns’ latest blog post: Common Core Connection: Narrative Writing in the Social Studies Classroom.
• Last month, Channel One covered the historic news that the United States and Cuba have normalized relations, a story we’ll follow in the months to come. For subscribers only, we have now added a deep-dive on our countries’ shared history. This content meets NCSS standards, offering insight into the legacy of the past, global connections and how people create and change structures of power.

Channel One Daily News Quiz:

1. Why is Boko Haram terrorizing northern Nigeria?

a. It wants to establish an Islamic state.

b. It wants the president of Nigeria to resign.

c. It wants the army to focus more on that part of Nigeria.

d. It wants more unity between the different regions of Nigeria.

2. Why did the magazine apologize for the article about Jackie?

a. Fraternity members sued the magazine.

b. Jackie’s friends disputed some of her claims in the story.

c. The magazine failed to interview the police for the story.

d. The university claimed that its reputation was damaged by the article.

3. What is a symptom of measles?

a. sore feet

b. a red rash

c. chest pains

d. hair loss

4. What did the hackers claim?

a. that they will shut down all government websites

b. that they work on behalf of Islamic State militants

c. that they would hack the military’s Facebook page next

d. that they had phone numbers for all government employees

5. According to the script, which of the following is a benefit of pet therapy?

a. It allows patients to show leadership by training dogs.

b. It teaches patients responsibility in caring for dogs.

c. It is less expensive than many prescription drug therapies.

d. It helps college students relieve stress.

1. a;  2. b;  3. b;  4. b;  5. d