The website www.HuffingtonPost.com is a wonderful resource for teachers. The site has an emphasis on world politics but also covers topics such as technology, investing, the arts, style, and media issues. The Huffington Post is updated frequently throughout the day and is a timely way to find out breaking news from throughout the world.
Bloggers
The Huffington Post has an assortment of bloggers from throughout the world who write on a wide variety of topics. The political bloggers write opinion pieces that would be valuable to show students for their wide range of viewpoints on controversial issues.
Reading blogs and articles
helps students see that for any one topic there may be an infinite number of opinions.
Breaking Political News
This site allows students to see news as it is breaking. The Huffington Post does an excellent job of staying on top of major news stories. They have reporters ready to analyze major political events such as debates and campaign stops as soon as they end, or even live during the event. Students can get a feel for the fast pace of the world of politics by seeing how many times the Huffington Post updates the main headlines during the day.
Videos
Wide assortments of clips from political videos are available on the Huffington Post. Some comedy clips are presented too. This site offers a state-of-the-art overview of what is going on in mainstream and alternative media.
Links
The Huffington Post has a large list of links at bottom of the first page of the site. This is a comprehensive list of links to major media, interesting political blogs and sites that feature world news.
Alerts
You may sign up for breaking news alerts from The Huffington Post.
Project Ideas
Some ideas for projects based on reading at The Huffington Post include:
- Gathering facts on a controversial topic and then writing an original opinion piece.
- Analyzing a current political campaign in America by writing an article about the candidate’s views on key issues.
- Writing an article about the impact of YouTube on America after watching its political clips featured on The Huffington Post.
- Creating a speech called: When I am President after reading campaign speeches.
- Developing a title and theme for a new blog a student may want to create someday about politics.
- Reading about technology being released to determine what items to request while creating a letter to the
Board of Education.
The Huffington Post is a fascinating website. It is trendy and yet academic too. It covers the serious issues of the world and adds the occasional dash of frivolity too. Students will learn much about politics and the world via spending time reading articles and blogs at this site.