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worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • TEACHING GUIDE
HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY TO
GOD’S WORLD NEWS!
This year marks 40 years of God’s
WORLD News! On August 10, 1981,
God’s World News’ first publication, It’s
God’s World, began bringing students
news that was told from a biblically
objective position. Over the last four
decades, WORLD News Group has grown
to reach hundreds of thousands of people
around the globe with God-glorifying,
honest journalism delivered through
print, radio, internet, and now video.
Let’s see what more God will do!
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worldkids
Teaching Guide & Worksheets • May/June 2021
OVERVIEW
WORLDkids readers, usually elementary ages between seven and 10, have begun piecing the world
together in new and more complicated ways. They’re ready for an awareness of current events, but
they need lots of background knowledge to build their understanding of what’s going on in the world.
WORLDkids connects the news to things kids can already relate to, and then uses those touchpoints
to take their understanding deeper. Along the way, WORLDkids drops Christian worldview “bread
crumbs,” adding wisdom to news and knowledge. WORLDkids organizes current events into six topic
areas, each with multiple stories that provide context and give opportunity to expand knowledge,
delve into a subject more deeply, and consider various facets of the same theme. Our original Explore
It! interactives, offered on our website, further the topical learning experience with elements of multi-
sensory engagement and fun.
EACH TOPIC SECTION INCLUDES:
• Four stories
• Online interactive activity
• Photo slideshows with each online story
• Knowledge-reinforcing activities and puzzles
• Quiz for comprehension and application
RECOMMENDED PACING:
Daily—
• Read the daily News Shorts online to grow an appreciation for what’s happening around the world.
Weekly—
• Work through one topic section during the week. Read all four stories with the online photo
slideshows, do the interactive activity, and take the quiz. Each section should be done as a whole to
better understand the topic and how to engage current events.
• Complete one of the printable worksheets included with the teaching guide to gauge reading
comprehension and increase understanding.
2worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • TEACHING GUIDE
SCIENCE SOUP STORIES S C IE N
CE SOUP
Check the box after reading each story, and then take the quiz.
1. Citizen Scientists to the Rescue: Citizen scientists are volunteers who do research that helps
professional scientists. During the pandemic, citizens became even more important in the collection of
data.
2. Take a Good Look!: One critical key to doing good science is observation. Look closely. Pay attention
to details. Make careful note of what you see, hear, feel, and so on.
3. God’s Little Earth-Movers: It’s not a porcupine. It’s an echidna! This small, spiny creature can have a
big, positive impact on soil and habitats. Learn about its unique skills!
4. Little Things, Big Jobs: The echidna is not the only animal God made with a larger-than-life task on
this Earth. Think about the role each of these animals holds and how all affect the wellbeing of others
on the planet.
5. You’re the Scientist: Click through our original Explore It! interactive for lots of ideas about how you
can make your own contributions to science count! powerful storms!
READING QUIZ
1. What is a citizen 2. What do birds do 3. Echidnas are 4. What is a keystone 5. Name three
scientist? in a large storm? native to which species? natural events you’d
a) crawl under country? a) the first-born like to observe
a) a person who
ground a) Honduras animal of a species this spring and
counts scientists
summer as a “citizen
b) someone who b) hide under their b) Austria b) an animal that
scientist.” Explain
goes to school to nests c) Bolivia eats animals that
in a sentence or two
learn science c) hold on tightly have no other
d) Australia why each of those
to tree branches predators
c) a citizen who interests you.
takes science d) catch a ride on c) animals that live
classes the wind under stones
d) a volunteer who d) an animal
does research or species that eats
observation for rocks
scientists
VOCABULARY QUIZ
1. data 2. massive 3. excavate 4. eddy
a) information a) small a) build a tower a) a whirlpool of water
b) photographs b) large b) make a hole by digging b) a river’s dam
c) bugs c) loud c) fall asleep c) an above-ground
swimming pool
3worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • TEACHING GUIDE
TIME MACHINE STORIES T IM E
M AC H I N E
Check the box after reading each story, and then take the quiz.
1. One Family, Two Pandemics: A nurse serving others in today’s pandemic is also the daughter of a nurse who
served in the 1918 influenza pandemic. Like mother, like daughter!
2. Mystery Flu: A little over 100 years ago, another mystery illness began to spread around the world. It was a
form of influenza. Dubbed the Spanish flu, this sickness sickened many millions.
3. Waking Up through History: How did people get up on time in the days before cellphones and electric alarm
clocks? Read about many inventions that have been used to keep track of time.
4. Living in Time: Do you feel pressured to be punctual (on time)? Or are you more relaxed, content to show up
a minute or two late? Different cultures around the world put different values on timeliness.
5. Like Clockwork: Sand. Water. A pendulum. Gears. Atoms. Crystals. Use our original Explore It! interactive
online to learn about the history of time tracking devices through the ages.
READING QUIZ b) a bell swung back and forth
1. Sigrid Stokes ____. c) people turned a wheel
a) cares for coronavirus patients
b) gives the COVID-19 vaccine 4. Cultures that value schedules and see time as
moving in a line toward the future are called ____.
c) was a nurse during the 1918 flu pandemic
a) polychronic
d) invented the flu shot
b) time-oriented
c) relationship-oriented
2. The Spanish flu ____.
d) monochronic
a) was unusually mild
b) was the same as COVID-19
5. Name several ways people have tracked time
c) affected the respiratory system
throughout history. Can you come up with a way
d) had a vaccine in 1918
of your own? Describe your idea. Then consider
telling us about it. Send your best time-tracking
3. What made mechanical clocks of the Middle ideas to WORLDkidseditor@wng.org.
Ages work?
a) water dripped into a bowl
b) gravity pulled weights down
4worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • TEACHING GUIDE
CITIZEN SHIP STORIES CITIZ E N S HI P
Check the box after reading each story, and then take the quiz.
1. Love and Sacrifice: Margaret Stegall saw a post on social media about a woman in need of a liver.
Right away, she felt God was calling her to pay attention and see if she could help.
2. Wonderfully Made: The liver is one of the human body’s five vital organs. That means a person cannot
live without it. But God made our bodies marvelous. Some organs can be shared!
3. Go for the Goal: Captain Tom Moore wanted to encourage others to stay positive during the pandemic.
He set a goal to walk 100 laps around his garden before he turned 100 years old.
4. Leave a Legacy: What would you like to be remembered for? A “legacy” is a word for a gift left behind
for others who come later. If you could choose your legacy, what would it be?
5. Heart to Heart: Explore the five vital organs of the human body. What does each one do? Find out in
our original online Explore It! interactive.
READING QUIZ 2. A vital organ is 3. How did Margaret 4. What action did 5. Think about
____. Payne raise money Boaz do to bless Margaret Stegall’s
1. People with
a) any organ that for NHS? Ruth? scar. Then read John
type ____blood can
grows back a) by selling a) He wrote her a 20:26-27. Even
donate blood to the
cookies note. after rising from
other types. b) a major organ
the dead, Jesus has
a) A necessary for life b) by kicking a b) He invited her to
marks on His body.
c) a diseased organ soccer ball eat at his table.
b) B Why do you think
d) any organ that c) by climbing c) He gave her oil His wounds or scars
c) O
does not grow back stairs for cooking. remain?
d) AB
d) by walking in d) He permitted
her garden her to glean from
his fields.
VOCABULARY QUIZ
1. prevents 2. subside 3. substantial 4. legacy
a) stops a) start over a) significant a) a problem or dilemma
b) encourages b) relocate b) minimal b) something left by one
c) go away c) gifted person to others
c) assists
c) a type of counterfeit
money
5worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • TEACHING GUIDE
TA K T
TAKE APART SMART STORIES E A PA R T S M A R
Check the box after reading each story, and then take the quiz.
1. Stumped by Second Language: Some adults think learning a new language is fun. But
they’re not the majority. For many, it’s hard work. That’s because of how God made our brains
to work!
2. The Word Map: Every new word you learn gets a place in your brain that scientist call
your own personal “word map.” When the map is filled up, it’s hard to find places for new
languages to squeeze in.
3. Rolling Home: After 139 years in the same spot, this two-story house got to move. What?
Houses don’t move, do they? People move! Every now and then, someone does decide to move
a whole house.
4. How (and Why) To Move a House: Why would anyone go to all the trouble to move a house?
And what is involved? Read here to find the answers to both those questions.
5. A Moveable House: Have you ever seen a yurt? Why was God’s tabernacle in the Old
Testament a big tent? When did mobile homes first catch on? Find out in our original Explore
It! interactive online now!
READING QUIZ
1. Which side of the brain is helpful for problem- 3. Moving the San Francisco house was tricky
solving skills needed for learning a second because ____.
language? a) the house was already falling apart
a) the right side b) the house had no value
b) the left side c) the house had to go downhill
c) the back side d) the house had to travel to another state
d) the front
4. The job of a floor joist is ____.
2. What does it mean to be bilingual? a) to hold up a house
a) to be young b) to move a house
b) able to speak two languages c) to measure a house
c) to have two brothers d) to weigh a house
d) to speak one language
5. What are some benefits to learning to speak
more than one language?
6worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • TEACHING GUIDE
CRITTER FILE STORIES C RIT T ER FILE
Check the box after reading each story, and then take the quiz.
1. Mole-Rats Talk Too: These east African rodents live in family groups called colonies. And even
though they don’t see well at all, they can recognize the chirps of their own colony members. Each
group has its own dialect!
2. Animal Family Ties: A mob. A troop. A pack. Do these groups sound frightening to you? These are
just some of the names for animal communities. Read to find out about these and more.
3. What Is a Cetacean?: What is the difference between a cetacean and a fish? Both live in the ocean,
but there are many factors that show how God made them to be very different creatures.
4. Jonah and the …?: Was Jonah swallowed by a whale or a very large fish? Artwork and children’s
books through the ages may have been picturing the wrong animal.
5. Explore Animal Dialects: Listen to the song of the humpback whale, the whooping call of the gibbon
ape, and the chirpy sound of a bat. Animal sounds can change with family groups and over different
geographical areas.
READING QUIZ
1. How do naked 2. What is the name 3. Which three 4. Where did the big 5. Does the area
mole-rat family of a prairie dog animals are fish swallow Jonah? you live in have
members recognize family that tunnels cetaceans? a) Pacific Ocean its own dialect?
each other? together? a) whales, sharks, List some words
b) Mediterranean
a) a coterie shrimp or phrases you
a) by their dialect Sea
use that people in
b) by their skin b) a parliament b) dolphins, c) Atlantic Ocean other areas would
color c) a mob whales, porpoises
d) Artic Sea say differently.
c) by their d) an army c) porpoises,
underground porcupines, turtles
tunnel d) sharks, dolphins,
d) by their age porpoises
VOCABULARY QUIZ
1. dialect 2. regurgitate 3. fluke 4. krill
a) a two-syllable word a) nourish a) whale’s tail a) grown sharks
b) a strong accent b) bring up swallowed b) whale’s blowhole b) baby sea turtles
food c) whale’s flipper c) small, shrimp-like
c) a form of a language
used by a specific group c) regrow animals
7worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • TEACHING GUIDE
JET BALLOON STORIES JET B LOON
AL
Check the box after reading each story, and then take the quiz.
1. Elephants or Avocados?: Kenya has a good climate for growing avocados. But will avocado farms
interfere with the trails and paths that elephants already use?
2. Old Friends . . . and Foes: Elephants have a place in Kenyan legends, history, and even daily life
today for many people in that African country. Can people provide for themselves and continue to
care for the giant beasts?
3. Send in the Clones: Heavy snow from a cyclone destroyed century-old cork oak trees in Spain.
But scientists hope to restore the much-loved trees by cloning them.
4. Passport to: SPAIN!: Hola! Buenas dias! You’ve arrived in Spain! Read here to learn about what you
will see, taste, hear, and say on your visit.
5. Grow Your Own Avocado Tree: Follow along with the instructions in our online Explore It!
interactive to sprout your own avocado tree from the big seed you’ll find inside the creamy, healthful
fruit. Then watch the WORLD Watch video story about elephants and avocados in Kenya!
READING QUIZ
1. Why are avocados so popular right now? 3. What knocked down the cork oaks in Madrid?
a) Avocado farms benefit elephants. a) a typhoon
b) Avocados are nutritious. b) bulldozers
c) Avocados are cheap. c) snow
d) Avocado farms don’t require fences. d) tornadoes
2. Heritage is ____. 4. Which is a major language spoken in Spain?
a) an elephant breed a) Catalan
b) what one generation hands down to the next b) French
c) a type of business c) Portuguese
d) a branch of Kenya’s government d) Amharic
5. Find Kenya on a map. Why do you think it’s
such a good location for producing avocados?
8worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • TEACHING GUIDE
ANSWER KEY:
Science Soup:
Reading Quiz: 1. d, 2. c, 3. d, 4. b, 5. Answers will vary but may include such ideas as
charting the phases of the Moon, counting a certain type of backyard bird, collecting
cicada shells and estimating the number per acre, measuring rainfall, collecting different
types of tree seeds, etc.
Vocabulary Quiz: 1. a, 2. b, 3. b, 4. a
Time Machine:
Reading Quiz: 1. b, 2. c, 3. b, 4. d, 5. Answers will vary but may include watching the
Sun, sundials, tracking stars, hourglasses, water wheels, and so on.
Citizen Ship:
Reading Quiz: 1. c, 2. b, 3. c, 4. d, 5. Answers will vary but should include something
related to remembering for all eternity Christ’s great suffering and sacrifice made for His
people, whom He loves.
Vocabulary Quiz: 1. a, 2. c, 3. a, 4. b
Take Apart Smart:
Reading Quiz: 1. a, 2. b, 3. c, 4. a, 5. Answers will vary but may include: Being bilingual
or multilingual lets a person communicate with others from different cultures, travel with
ease, stretch one’s mental abilities, and share the good news of Jesus with many people.
Critter File:
Reading Quiz: 1. a, 2. a, 3. b, 4. b, 5. Answers may vary but could include soda versus
“Coke” or pop; buggy versus cart; tennis shoes or sneakers; you, you all, y’all, or you
guys; how you pronounce crayon or pajamas; and whether you ice or frost a cake.
Vocabulary Quiz: 1. c, 2. b, 3. a, 4. c
Jet Balloon:
Reading Quiz: 1. b, 2. b, 3. c, 4. a, 5. Answers may vary but should include that its
position near the equator means it stays warm year-round, and that climate is good for
growing much fruit like avocados.
9worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • TOPIC EXPLORER
TOPIC EXPLORER
Is your student interested in volcanoes? Ancient Egyptian mummies? Or love reading about horses?
Use the WORLDkids Topic Explorer to find relevant current-events stories quickly.
The WORLDkids Topic Explorer is a regularly updated index of popular topics you can easily browse
or search for age-appropriate news stories. Get more from your WORLDkids membership by using the
WORLDkids Topic Explorer—your gateway to an extensive article archive on WORLDkids.
To SEARCH individual articles on the WORLDkids website:
Use the SEARCH function on the WORLDkids website to retrieve articles based on your
own keyword searches. Your search results may include sets of feature articles with their
SEARCH related stories and photo slideshows. Your search may also display standalone News Shorts
articles—brief stories from the daily News Shorts section of the WORLDkids website. The
website content and potential search results are always expanding as new articles are added day by day.
To BROWSE broader topic areas in this list:
The list of topics on the following page is arranged alphabetically and grouped within the six subject
categories used in the WORLDkids magazine and website. When viewing the list electronically, click on
any of the topics to jump to content on the WORLDkids website. The topic list will be regularly updated
as content is published in the WORLDkids magazine.
CITIZ E N S HI P C RIT T ER FILE JET B LOON
AL
(Civics) (Animals) (Geography)
TA K T
S C IE N
CE SOUP E A PA R T S M A R T IM E
M AC H I N E
(Science) (Technology) (History)
10worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • TOPIC EXPLORER
CITIZEN SHIP CRITTER FILE JET BALLOON SCIENCE SOUP TAKE APART SMART! TIME MACHINE
(Civics) (Animals) (Geography) (Science) (Technology) (History)
Art Restoration Bats and Fireflies Alexandria Sinking Artificial Reefs Archaeology: Bible Astronauts: Historical
Figurine
Badminton: Saina Nehwal Beekeeping Veterans Arctic Exploration Bananas Australia: Matthew
Bears: Spreading Seeds Flinders
Baltimore: Arabbers Beluga Whales Babylon Bends
Birds: Extinct Bible History
Bicycles: China Biomimicry: Bats Babylon, Iraq Biomimicry
Bumble Bees Bible, Writing Of
Blindness: Glasses Cat Tongues Cat Cafés Bugs: Declining
Cars: Design Bicycle: History
Bolivia: Cable Cars Cetaceans China: Great Wall Cat DNA
Chocolate Boat: Reed
Brexit Crane: Sarus China: History Cereal, Breakfast
Clocks Boston Light Lighthouse
China Christianity Crayfish: Invasive China: Tea Cheese: Competition
Cookie Design Braceros
China: Diplomacy, Pandas Dinosaur: Fossils China: Walmart Citizen Scientists
Da Vinci Bradstreet, Anne
Circus Dogs: Exhibit Fish as Food Derechos
Dinosaur: Tyrannosaurus Cars: Self-Driving Delivery
Dental Care Dogs: Nose Ghost Towns Echidnas Rex
Catacombs: Rome
Disability Dugong Baby Haiti Eyesight and Screens Dr. Seuss: The Lorax
Civil War, U.S.: Reenacting
Electric Scooters Dugong, Marine Haiti Vetiver Glider: Perlan 2 Flying Mechanics
Mammals Clocks
Food: Raising Your Own Hawaii: Taro GMO Salmon Food Olympics
Grasshopper Columbus Statue
Gardening Horses: NYC Police Helium Food: Science
Hellbenders Computer History
Goats: Fire Prevention Hurricane Maria Horned Toads Frogs: Red-Legged
Hippos: Fiona Cursive
Humanitarianism India: Religions Human Skin Indoor Farm
Honeybees Dogs, Eyes
Hurricanes: Puerto Rico Indonesia Ice Expedition, Iceberg Jupiter
Horses: Choctaw Earhart, Amelia: Bone
Landlords Iraq: Christians Immune System Learning Languages Theory
Hurricane Animals
Lebanon International Space Lightning Lobster Fishing Egypt: Tombs
Invasive Species Station
Legacy Lionfish Mars Rover Tires Gateway Arch
Llamas, Bolivia Jamaica Coral
Model Building Maggots, Leaping Mars Rovers Hurricanes
Murder Hornets Japan: Emperor
Nile River Malaria Mayflower II Ice Age Wolf
Mutations Kenya: Ballet
Organ Donation Manganese Mekong River Jousting
Naked Mole-rats Kenya: Elephants
Pony: Chincoteague Mars: InSight Spacecraft Mona Lisa Lightsaber Fencing
Olms Korea: Reunions
Proverbs Library Mars: Preparation Moving Houses Lunchboxes
Orangutan Lakes
Puppies in Jail Mars: Simulation Puppets Marriage
Orca vs. Shark Mongolia: Bankhar Dog
Rome, Italy Mississippi River: Model Quilting Mines, Abandoned
Owls: Airport Morocco
Sahel Region Modified Salmon Robots: Bipedal Old West
Owls, Snowy Mount Everest: Records
SCOTUS History Monarch Migration Saffron Pandemic: 1918
Pandas Nigeria: Dyeing
Sports: India Mushrooms Salt Peru: Ruins
Parrot Nile River
Statue of Liberty Paleontologists: What School: History Pompeii
Python North Korea: Food They Do
UK, EU Sea of Galilee Puebloan Native
Rabbit: New England Oceans Plant for Pain Americans
United Kingdom: Scot- Cottontail Sign Language
land and England Pacific: Garbage Patch Polarstern Voyage Salt, from Sea
Sea Otter, Comeback Sign Language: Babies
Venezuela Royalty: Young Royals Prairie Progess Shackleton, Ernest
Shark: Whale sharks Space Exploration
Washington, Shipping Routes Rock Raft Ships: Ocean Liners
D.C.: Boundaries Spider Silk Space Ovens
Shipwreck: Lake Erie Seeds Shipwrecks: Albania
Washington, D.C.: Rats Stinky Beach, Whale Falls Space Oven, Baking in
Snake Catcher Solar Eclipse: U.S., 2017 Space Story Hour
Water Infrastructure: Super-Cows
Spain Sourdough Space Travel Streetcars
NYC & VE Tasmanian Devils
St. Helena Island Spaceship, Launch Spinal Cord Tut Coffin
Wildfires, Fighting Turkey: Wild
Stuck on Ships Telescope Storytelling Underground Railroad
Wild Pigs Walrus: Migration
Sudan Twins Surfing Victory Gardens
Wind Power Whales, Decomposing
Tacos Volcanoes Tennis, Ball Boys and Vikings: Bluetooth’s
Worship, Bibles White House Pets
Vetiver, Hispaniola Wolves, Isle Royale Girls Treasure
Zimbabwe Woolly Rhino
Volcanoes: Ring of Fire Tennis, Line Judges Washington, George
Zoos: Aardvark Milk Vermeer Wolf, Frozen Head
Water Bears Wolves in Literature
11worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • WORKSHEET Six Questions in a Story Name: Directions: Read a WORLDkids story and look for answers to the questions Date: that journalists use to tell a story—Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? Title of the story: The WORLDkids topic area the story is in (such as Science Soup or Critter File): Who was involved?_________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ What happened?___________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ When did it happen?________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Where did it happen?_______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Why did it happen?_________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ How did it happen?_________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________
worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • WORKSHEET Vocabulary Builder Name: Directions: Read all four of the stories in a WORLDkids topic area and Date: look for five words you don’t know well. Look up each word in a dictionary and write its meaning below. Topic area you chose (such as Science Soup or Critter File): Word #1: __________________________________________________________________________________________ Definition: ________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Word #: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Definition: ________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Word #: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Definition: ________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Word #: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Definition: ________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Word #5: __________________________________________________________________________________________ Definition: ________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________
worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • WORKSHEET Picture It! Name: Directions: Choose a WORLDkids story and read it carefully. In the space below, Date: draw a picture that illustrates some part of the story that impressed you. Write a sentence explaining what part of the story you chose to draw. ___________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________
worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • WORKSHEET Photo Interpreter Name: Directions: Select a photo from WORLDkids. In your own words, answer the Date: following questions about the photo. Use complete sentences in your answer. What is happening in the photo? __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ What do you see in the photo that led you to your answer? __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ What else can you find in the photo? __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________
worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • WORKSHEET Mapmaker Name: Directions: In the space below, draw the outline of a state, province, Date: or country that is the subject of a WORLDkids story. Show where its capital is located, and write its name. Below your map, write something you learned about this area from the WORLDkids article.
worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • WORKSHEET Graph Reader Name: Directions: Select a graph or infographic from WORLDkids. Date: In your own words, explain what the image illustrates. What is its main point? __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ What information does it present? __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Why was it included in the article instead of using more text to explain the information? __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________
worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • WORKSHEET Favorite Stories Name: Directions: Choose a story from WORLDkids that you especially liked. Date: Use complete sentences to answer the following about the story. Story Headline: __________________________________________________________________________________________________ The story’s topic area in WORLDkids (such as Critter File or Jet Balloon): __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Why did you choose this story?______________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Describe an interesting thing you learned from reading this story._______________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________
worldkids WORKSHEET Imagine It! Name: Directions: Choose a story or photo from WORLDKids. Date: Imagine you were there when the photo was taken or the event happened. Title of the story: The WORLDkids topic area the story is in (such as Science Soup or Critter File): What would you see? _______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ What would you hear? ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ What would you smell?_____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ What would you feel?_______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ What would you taste?______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pick one of the items you wrote down. On another piece of paper, write a new story. Be creative! It can be long or short. It doesn’t need to be a true story like the one in WORLDKids. You can use your imagination and make it up.
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