Dept. of Word Lists
Is Chris Christie a "Miscreant"? A Quick Current Events Vocab Quiz
Wed Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2014
Stay on top of the New Jersey traffic scandal, Obamacare fallout, NSA hacking, Pacific Rim trade negotiations, and Internet law...from a vocabulary perspective!
Learn ten key words taken from this week's New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Atlantic coverage in Is Chris Christie a "Miscreant"? A Quick Current Events Vocab Quiz. The list includes:
- sentence examples drawn straight from the news
- notes on how that word matters in the context of the story in which it appears
Social Studies teachers: Looking for more words from current events and historical sources? Check out our collection of news-based vocabulary lists or page through the historical documents and speeches categories in our featured lists.
