Students will find locations on a map. Students will compute distances using map scales. Students will learn to ask thought-provoking questions. First thing in the morning each student chooses an article from the newspaper. You may want to set a minimum length.
Students write titles on board to prevent duplication.
During the day, as the students have time, they read their article, summarize it, find the story location on a map and compute the distance from their city. At the appropriate class time each student points out the location on the map and gives the distance. Then the student gives his or her short summary of the article. Give students a chance to discuss articles that are of particular interest of them. Challenge brighter students to try to choose articles that may have follow-up stories.