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Teen Kids News (Episode 2401)

20 minutes, 58 seconds

Now Playing As: Captioned (English) (Change)

"Teen Kids News (Episode 2401)" is an educational news magazine covering mentorship, public speaking, financial literacy, world history, and safety. Highlights include Amy Summers discussing the value of mentors and leadership, practical strategies for overcoming glossophobia, and a clear explanation of credit cards, interest rates, minimum payments, debt, and responsible money management. The episode also explores why Turkey is also known as Türkiye and examines the fall of Constantinople and its impact on the Renaissance and global exploration. Additional segments touch on Abraham Lincoln, Florida history and symbols, safe driving decisions, and crosswalk design for traffic safety. This curriculum-aligned program supports social-emotional learning, communication skills, history, geography, civics, and personal finance vocabulary relevant to middle and high school coursework. Part of the "Teen Kids News" series.

Media Details

Runtime: 20 minutes, 58 seconds

Topic: Business, Education, Geography, History, Language Arts
Subtopic: Communication, Financial Literacy, Public Speaking, Social-Emotional Learning, World Geography, World History (General)
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
Release Year: 2024
Producer/Distributor: Eye Witness Kids News, LLC
Series: Teen Kids News
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Blurry closeup of a sheet of U, S currency notes with amounts and faces of Benjamin Franklin on the 100 dollar bill, Ulysses Grant on the 50 dollar bill, Andrew Jackson on the 20 dollar bill and Thomas Jefferson on the 2 dollar bill.

Closeup of crowded room of teenagers talking in a high school hallway. A man films them with a production level camera as another man, wearing headphones, watches the camera screen.

2 teenage girls sit on a carpeted floor. 1 girl in a tee-shirt with a red cross sits on her heels holding a folded white cloth in her lap. She speaks to the other girl sitting with 1 leg long and the other bent who appears to be injured.

Young boy plays a game of foosball with a young man in an outdoor camp setting. Both are concentrating on the tabletop game while turning the handles, engaged in active but friendly competition.

Multiple photos of young men and soldiers. The photos are standing up on a carpeted floor with sides slightly rolled. They are lined up next to, behind and above each other in front of a camouflage fabric backdrop.

Rear view of teenage girl sitting at a control panel in a room with equipment monitoring panels, switches, lights and racks from the mid-1900s. A man wearing a hard hat stands between the control panel and equipment panels as he speaks to the girl.

Person shining a light into someone's eye and looking closely at it. Caption: A migraine doesn't feel like a typical headache.

2 teenage boys look towards camera as they stand in front of what appears to be a lifeguard boat. They are wearing life jackets and have orange whistles in their mouths.