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Journell, Wayne. "The Influence of High-Stakes Testing on High School Teachers' Willingness to Incorporate Current Political Events into the Curriculum." High School Journal 93.3 (2010): 111-25. EBSCOhost. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.\n\n\nThis is an article that researched the curriculum at 3 different high schools. Its goal was to discover how teachers were incorporating the presidential election coverage into their classes, or if they did so at all. Some teachers failed to include any current events into the classroom because it would not be tested on at the end of the year graduation tests. They focused on issues and subjects the students needed in order to pass and graduate.

PARKER, M. R., FOSTER, L. N., KROHN, K. R., & WILLIAMS, R. L. (2009). Relationship of college students' patriotism to use of specific new sources and knowledge of current political events. Journal of Political & Military Sociology, 37(2), 205-226.

Brown, Abbie, and van Tryon Slagter. "Twenty-First Century Literacy: A Matter of Scale from Micro to Mega." Clearing House 83.6 (2010): 235-8. Print. PARKER, MEGAN R., et al. "Relationship of College Students' Patriotism to use of Specific New Sources and Knowledge of Current Political Events." Journal of Political & Military Sociology 37.2 (2009): 205-26. Print. This article describes the new approaches in teaching students literacy habits in an ever changing society with new technolgies.

Talks about how police officers raided underage teens who were drinking illegally at a party in Naperville, Illinois. The police issued a citation to all the underage drinkers. they also cited Garrison Wood for being at a party where there was underage drinking. It then goes into another case where a girl got in trouble for driving home her two friends who were drinking. Party Off?." Current Events 104.2 (2004): 3. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010.

Quinn, Lena Consolini. "Enhancing News Literacy." School Library Journal (2009). Web. 8 Nov. 2010. .\n\n\n\n\nMany in the news publishing industry have noticed a decline in the interest of news in the younger generation. Many teens are oblivious to what is happening in the world, and it worries some. These are the teens that are going to be the next generation of leaders in the world and they are clueless. So some initiatives have been stared to stimulate an interst in the news for teens.