What's your News IQ?
To test your knowledge of prominent people and major events in the news, take this short 12 question quiz. Then see how you did in comparison with 1,003 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions in a recent national survey conducted by the Pew Research Center.
Included in the current version of the quiz are several questions relating to the state of the economy as well as other prominent happenings and people in the news. For an analysis of the findings from the poll on the public's News IQ, read the full summary of findings. (No peeking! If you are going to take the quiz, do it first before reading the analysis.)
You'll also be able to compare your News IQ with the average scores of men and women; with college graduates as well as those who didn't attend college; with people who are your age as well as with younger and older Americans.
Are you more news-savvy than the average American?
In the comment section discuss one or more of the following issues:
1. What role should the news play in the lives of average Americans?
2. Why should we pay attention to what's going on in our community, state, nation and world?
3. What can we do to improve awareness of current events, especially among young people?
4. What can I do as a teacher to help students understand the news and be more interested in our world?
Question 3- I think they should make more movies that are not boring, and others will be interested in. so young people will know what is going on with the world, because most young people dont watch the news everyday.
ReplyDeletei think news should play a big role in americans lives. It keeps people aware of whats going on around them. On the quiz i scored a 6 out of 12 so i guess i know somewhat about the news.
ReplyDelete1.They watch it or listen to it to learn what is happening in the world.
ReplyDelete2.Because things that happen around us can effect are lives.
3.Some young people are intrested in it and some are not, I dont think theres much you can do a bout it.
4.Probally show more news videos, like evening news brodcasts.
2. I think we should pay attention to our state, nation and world because i could possible involve us.
ReplyDeleteIt should play inan everyday life, we need to go and see if the prisident is doing anything new in our lifes. or as if there is new news in the world today.We should let them whoch news in school or look things up on the enternet. let us whoch it on laptops and ask questions during the time or at lest do some view pionts in the room.
ReplyDeleteThe news should play a good rule because its our source of knowing whats going on in the world. We should pay attenchion becuase it involves everyone and affects our lives. we should tell younger people to watch the news and know about whats going on. As a teacher you could tell students to watch the news more often.
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