CNN 10 Weekly News Quiz - 10/28
Authored by Alexandria Sturgill
Journalism
6th Grade
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This quiz focuses on current events and news literacy, drawing from contemporary headlines across geography, politics, science, and social issues. The content is appropriate for 6th grade students, requiring basic knowledge recall and comprehension skills rather than complex analysis. Students need foundational understanding of world geography to identify African countries and their characteristics, awareness of democratic processes like elections, scientific literacy to recognize biological concepts, and general knowledge of global political systems. The questions assess students' ability to retain factual information from news sources and demonstrate their engagement with current events spanning multiple continents and topic areas. The vocabulary and concepts, including terms like "autonomous" and understanding political transitions, align with middle school cognitive development and social studies curriculum expectations. Created by Alexandria Sturgill, a Journalism teacher in the US who teaches grade 6. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for building news literacy and global awareness in middle school students through weekly current events review. Teachers can use this as a Friday warmup to assess student engagement with weekly news programming, assign it as homework to encourage independent news consumption, or implement it as formative assessment to gauge comprehension of multimedia journalism content. The quiz format supports classroom discussion about global interconnectedness and helps students develop critical thinking skills about contemporary issues. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.7 for integrating information from diverse media formats and NCSS.D2.Civ.1.6-8 for analyzing civic ideals and practices across cultures and time periods.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which country in Africa has the largest elephant population?
South Africa
Nigeria
Kenya
Botswana
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What day is the midterm election?
November 1st
October 31st
November 21st
November 8th
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Dan Mancina wants to create a fully adaptive _______ park.
Skate
Surf
Swing
Running
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the largest living organism on Earth?
Elephant
Potato
Mushroom
Great White Shark
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which country will get a new Prime Minister this week after the previous one quit after just 45 days?
England
Australia
Brazil
Haiti
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This country in Africa has had record breaking flooding.
Nigeria
Europe
China
Mexico
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name for a car that requires no driver?
Autonomous
Solo
Dependent
All wheel drive
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