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JANUARY 24, 2020 ● VOL . 10 ● NO. 15 EDITION 5–6
THE BTS EFFECT
The South Korean pop stars are inspiring
fans around the world to support good causes.
timeforkids.com
TH E BRIE F WORLD
ROYAL EXIT
By Brian S. McGrath
Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle,
the duke and duchess of Sussex, made an
announcement on January 8. “We intend
to step back as ‘senior’ members” of the
royal family, they wrote on their official
Instagram page.
The couple said they plan to support
themselves financially. They will lead lives
separate from the royal family, splitting their
time between the United Kingdom and North
America.
Many people were surprised by the
announcement. No member of the British
royal family has ever “stepped back” in this
way. A royal’s job is to support charities
and do other work that benefits the public.
The duke and duchess said they will
continue to “honor our duty” to Britain.
But they plan to focus on their own charity.
They also want privacy as they raise their
CHRIS JACKSON—GETTY IMAGES
son, Archie. Both say British newspapers
have printed unfair stories about them.
Stop and Think! On January 13, Queen Elizabeth issued
WHY does the press report on a statement. The royal family is “entirely
public figures, such as Prince Harry supportive of Harry and Meghan’s desire to
and Meghan Markle? What might create a new life as a young family,” she said.
THE NEXT STEP Meghan Markle lead a public figure to say that a
and Prince Harry greet reporters story is unfair?
“We respect and understand their wish to live
in London, England, on January 7. a more independent life.”
SPACE
TEEN FINDS NEW PLANET
By Karena Phan
NASA recently announced a new planet. It was
discovered by 17-year-old Wolf Cukier during his
summer internship at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight DISTANT WORLD Wolf Cukier discovered TOI 1338 b (the black
Center, in Maryland. Wolf monitored data collected dot). In this illustration, the planet orbits its two stars.
from TESS, a NASA satellite. (TESS stands for FROM LEFT: COURTESY BEN CUKIER; CHRIS SMITH—NASA’S GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.) TESS’s mis- according to NASA. “It turned out to be a planet.”
sion is to find planets outside our solar system. Called TOI 1338 b, the planet is nearly seven times
Three days into his internship, Wolf noticed a the size of Earth. It’s “like Tatooine from Star Wars”
signal from planetary system TOI 1338. (TOI stands because it orbits two stars, Wolf told TIME for Kids.
for TESS Object of Interest.) “I thought it was a To read an interview with Wolf, go to
stellar eclipse, but the timing was wrong,” he said, timeforkids.com.
NEWS STORIES MAY INCLUDE REPORTING FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
COVER: SARA JAYE WEISS—SHUTTERSTOCK
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“Every
FOR THE RECORD
BROWN BIRD DESIGN FOR TIME
is about how
many Americans
have caught
THE FLU in what’s
single roll
you place,
on track to be one
of the worst flu seasons in years, according to
government data released January 3.
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you want it
to be in the
correct
is how high steam, ash, and
pebbles shot into the air after
the TAAL VOLCANO erupted
in the Philippines on
spot,”
January 12. Taal is the
Philippines’ second-
most-active volcano. It
spewed ash as far as
capital city Manila,
45 miles away.
said MAXTON HERST, a senior at Bullock Creek High
School, in Midland, Michigan. Herst and his classmates built
a 16-foot-tall pyramid over winter break using 27,434 rolls
of toilet paper. They hope to break the world record and
raise money for the school robotics team.
DATA
DEEP
DIVE Korean popular music found massive global
success last year. Read below to see how
BTS and others scored big in 2019.
The number of streams for the song
“Boy with Luv,” by BTS, featuring Halsey
The number of streams for the song “Baby Shark.” The catchy tune
was created by Pinkfong, a Korean children’s educational brand.
The number of times K-pop band SuperM’s The 1st Mini-Album was
bought within a week of its release.
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COVE R ARTS
Fans of K-pop band BTS are of the 100 most influential people. BTS have a partnership with Formula
inspired to give back to others. Their next album comes out on E electric cars. It’s meant to raise
February 21. awareness about climate change.
Jailynne Garcia, 10, loves the South Fans like Jailynne proudly claim The band wants to encourage fans
Korean pop group BTS. Her mom, to be members of the BTS ARMY. to embrace clean energy.
Michelle Santos, introduced her (ARMY stands for Adorable Rep- One of the biggest BTS cam-
to BTS in 2017. “I like how funny resentative M.C. for Youth.) They paigns so far is with the United
they are, that they’re good dancers help spread the word to newcomers Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
and singers. Also, that they help about the group and its good works. The campaign is called Love Myself.
people,” the New York City fourth BTS are glad their fans feel Its goal is to protect children and
grader told TIME for Kids. connected to them. “That was our teens from violence. “Our fans
BTS debuted in 2013. The seven goal,” Suga told TIME in 2018, “to have become a major part of this
members are J-Hope, Jimin, Jin, create this empathy that people campaign with their action and
Jung Kook, RM, Suga, and V. Their can relate to.” enthusiasm,” RM said in a speech
songs are mostly in Korean. But at the United Nations in 2018.
BTS have become international A BAND THAT GIVES BACK “We truly have the best fans in
superstars. They have more than In March 2019, the Korea Times the world.” Love Myself raised
23 million followers on Twitter. reported that Suga donated $2.3 million from album and mer-
MARK GARTEN—UNICEF
Their YouTube videos have received $88,000 to the Korea Pediatric chandise sales plus donations
more than 3 billion views. They Cancer Foundation. Six months from the band, its
had three Number 1 albums on later, RM gave away more than record label, and
the Billboard chart in a year. And in $83,000. That went to the Seoul the BTS ARMY.
2019, TIME included BTS on its list Samsung School, to help students
with hearing impairment. This year,
FOR YOUTH
BTS appear
with UNICEF’s
Lilly Singh
(center left)
and Henrietta
H. Fore.
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ROCKING EVE BTS performs live in New York City’s
Times Square on New Year’s Eve 2019.
PAY IT FORWARD
Inspired by BTS, Jailynne and her
mom joined the BTS fan group One
in an ARMY (OIAA). It leads projects
to help people in need. The two of
them have donated coats and
canned goods to charities and
planted trees in their neighborhood.
“I still have dirt under my finger-
nails,” Jailynne jokes.
OIAA was founded in 2018.
“Some of us thought, ‘Wouldn’t it
SHUTTERSTOCK
be amazing if we focused all that
power to accomplish good things in
the world?’” says Erika Overton, a
U.S.-based volunteer. Since then,
the group has run more than 20 BIG SPEECH BTS member RM gives a speech at the United Nations,
charitable campaigns. in New York, on September 24, 2018.
Often, OIAA campaigns are
timed to take place around
BTS band members’ birthdays.
So far, OIAA has raised money
for refugees, reforestation, the
environment, and more. Most
people donate just a dollar. “We
MARK GARTEN—UNICEF
focus on microdonations so that
everyone can feel like they are
contributing toward the
goal,” Overton says.
Jailynne hopes the
BTS ARMY will grow and
continue to do good deeds.
“The more people like me that GROWING GOOD the BTS ARMY has raised more than
$28,000 for One Tree Planted.
are doing this,” she says, One popular way for the BTS ARMY to In Malaysia, the fan group BTS for
“the more happiness it brings give back is by planting trees. Fans Charity (below) formed the Green Namu
to others who need it, and a often donate to One Tree Planted. Project. The group met in November
bigger change there is in This nonprofit group plants trees to plant trees in honor of the birth-
the world.” around the world. Since August 2019, days of Jimin, Jung Kook, and RM.
—By Constance Gibbs
Power Words
debut verb: to make a first
public appearance
empathy noun: the ability to
understand another’s feelings
refugee noun: a person who
flees his or her home country
for safety
COURTESY GREEN NAMU PROJECT AND BTS FOR CHARITY
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U.S.
Power Word
rural adjective: having to
do with the countryside or
the people who live there
ON THE ROAD Kids in
Talladega County, Alabama,
do homework during their
bus ride.
CLOSING
COURTESY OF GOOGLE
THE GAP
Schools are finding creative and technology tools as some of your the Internet. (These work in some,
ways to keep kids online. classmates—that’s the homework but not all, rural areas.) Students in
gap,” Beth Holland told TIME for several communities have created
Students who go to school in Kids. She works at the Consortium Wi-Fi maps. Those let kids know
Talladega County, Alabama, are for School Networking. about local businesses, such as cafés,
given a laptop or a tablet. They which provide Internet to their
use these devices in class and take DRIVING CHANGE customers.
them home at the end of the day. The homework gap isn’t just a Talladega County created what
But Talladega County is in a rural problem in Talladega County. it calls “rolling study halls.” Many
part of Alabama. Many students live According to a Pew Research Center students ride the bus to and from
in small towns or in the countryside. study, about one in five homes school each day along country roads.
The towers and underground cables with school-age kids doesn’t have The average ride each way is an hour.
that provide Internet access don’t high-speed Internet access. And Some are as long as 90 minutes.
always reach these areas. In some 17% of teens say that lack of steady In 2018, wireless Internet was
homes, it’s impossible even to access Internet access sometimes means installed on six school buses with
the Internet. they can’t do their homework. “Kids long routes in rural areas. Now
Experts have a name for this are being excluded from learning students can do homework during
situation. They call it the “home- opportunities,” Holland says. their daily rides. A teacher comes
work gap,” because it’s difficult— Schools across the country along to help.
nearly impossible—for some students have found creative ways to close “It’s been a game changer,”
to do homework that requires them the homework gap. In some school Vicky Ozment says. She’s the deputy
to get online. “When you go home at libraries, students can borrow superintendent for Talladega County
the end of the day and you can no mobile hot spots, which use Schools. “It leveled the playing
longer access the same information cell-phone networks to access field.” —By Shay Maunz
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ME DIA LITE R ACY
FIND THE FACTS
Fact-checkers help make sure included in it. How does he do this? of books’ in an article, I need to find
publications are trustworthy and First, he reads each article. He out if it’s really a ‘stack’ or if it’s just
error-free. underlines information that can be a couple of books,” Fabry says.
proven. Examples include numbers,
More than half of teens learn about historical details, and the spelling ALL IN A DAY’S WORK
the news from social-media sources of proper nouns. He then looks Sifting through multiple sources to
and YouTube videos. That’s accord- for a primary source to confirm the verify one fact can sometimes be
ing to a 2019 Common Sense Media information. A primary source is a tough. But the job comes with perks.
survey. But the information on those firsthand account, such as an official “I really enjoy getting to work with
sites is not always trustworthy. website or autobiography. writers and editors,” Fabry says.
“There’s more misinformation If Mamone can’t locate a primary “It can be very collaborative.”
out there than ever,” Jordan Mamone source, he’ll look for three secondary Mamone sees another advantage:
says. He works as a fact-checker at sources to confirm a fact. Second- “The topics that you’re researching
TIME for Kids. Mamone believes ary source describe or analyze are constantly changing,” he says.
people should be careful about where what a primary source says. They “Today I’m researching Popeyes
they get their news. “It’s really impor- include newspaper articles and chicken sandwiches for an article,
tant to learn about your sources and to books. But Mamone can’t rely on and tomorrow it could be hurri-
think about where you’re consuming every secondary source he finds. canes. So you’re always learning!”
information,” he says. He avoids those that are outdated or —By Rebecca Mordechai
Like fact-checkers at other news biased. He also skips sources that
organizations, Mamone works with might not have been fact-checked,
Power Words
writers and editors to make sure such as personal blogs.
people can trust what they read. Merrill Fabry is a fact-checker biased adjective: prejudiced for or
against someone or something
for TIME magazine. She says paying
GETTING IT RIGHT attention to even the smallest details collaborative adjective: involving
two or more people working
Before an issue of TFK is published, is an important part of the job. “For together
Mamone verifies all of the facts example, if someone writes ‘a stack
CHECKING IN Jordan
Mamone and writer
Rebecca Mordechai
confirm facts in
this article.
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UNIVERSAL PICTURES
ANIMAL ADVENTURES
Dr. John Dolittle is a veterinarian with a special talent: there to help. They include a gorilla, a duck, and a polar
He can talk to animals. The character was introduced bear. Tommy Stubbins, Dr. Dolittle’s young apprentice,
100 years ago in The Story of Doctor Dolittle, the first in a also joins him on the trip.
series of classic novels for kids. Over the years, the vet’s Actor HARRY COLLETT (pictured, center right), 16,
adventures have been made into movies. Dolittle is the plays Tommy in the movie. “When Tommy goes on this
latest. massive quest with Dolittle, he learns to bring out his
In the new film, England’s Queen Victoria becomes inner self,” Harry told TFK Kid Reporter Mira McInnes.
ill. Dr. Dolittle sets out in search of a cure. During his “He’s becoming a more brave and exciting person.”
travels, he encounters old enemies—but his friends are Dolittle hit theaters January 17.
IGGY’S WORLD
Nine-year-old Iggy Frangi isn’t afraid to be himself.
He has a lot of great ideas, even if they don’t always
go according to plan. The Best of Iggy is about the
misadventures of this mischievous boy.
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Author ANNIE BARROWS calls him a
“kid who is living in the moment.”
Barrows also wrote the popular series
Ivy + Bean. It’s about two girls who are
best friends, even though their person-
alities are very different. Barrows told TFK
that Iggy’s character was inspired by the
young readers she met while traveling to
schools to talk about the books. Some
kids seemed to be troublemakers, like
Iggy. But Barrows knew there was more
to them. “Just because somebody calls
you a troublemaker doesn’t mean you’re
bad at all,” she says.
—By Karena Phan
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