current events

1. What's being discussed in this article?

They are discussing the debate on if the one-child policy in China is worth keeping or if they should get rid of it. Researchers have underestimated the fertility rate of women and they would actually like them to increase the number of kids women have. They also compare policies for having children with China's policy and what's better and what's worse.

1. When did the event happen? (Is this breaking news or something that's been analyzed and discussed for a while?)

This has been an ongoing topic since the 70s, although they have more recently been questioning the one-child policy more in depth.

1. What questions do you have that would help make this article make more sense to you? What more do you need to learn about to be able to report on this event?

What are they planning on doing about the situation?
How are they going to go about convincing people that they can have more babies/ have less babies?
Why does China care so much about the fertility rate of the women?
Why would it take so long to go into effect?

reminisce

Which Newsworthy Events do you remember from your lifetime?
Then ask parentals.

I haven't really been informed about worldwide events throughout my lifetime because I didn't watch television growing up, and I didn't start watching the news until a couple years ago. The only information I would really take in was when I watched Oprah with my mom. Although, I do remember some things...The most memorable event from my lifetime was 9/11 because it was all over the news when I was in elementary school. The War on Terror and the execution of Saddam Hussein. Then there was the genocides in Rwanda (the Congo War) and Darfur that I was informed by Oprah and the movie, "Hotel Rwanda". Then there was the Tsumani in Indonesia and Hurricane Katrina.

My step-dad remembers 9/11, when JFK was shot, when Reagan was shot at, and when the Berlin Wall Fell.
My mom remembers 9/11 and watching space shuttles take off on television, although she doesn't remember which ones.

yeeeup.

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