E D I T I O N 5 – 6 VOL. 10, NO. 15 TEACHER’S GUIDE JANUARY 24, 2020

JANUARY 24, 2020 ● VOL. 10 ● NO. 15 EDITION 5–6 LEXILE LEVELS TEACHING THE COVER STORY ●● Main: 710L ●● Alternate: 890L, 1030L FAN FAVORITES CONTENT-AREA STANDARD (NCSS) Culture With chart-topping albums and billions of views on YouTube, Korean pop group BTS are an international sensation. But COMMON CORE STANDARDS their music isn’t the only thing they’ve gotten attention for. THE BTS EFFECT RI.1, RI.2, RI.4, RI.5, SL.1, SL.5 The South Korean pop stars are inspiring The band’s charitable campaigns have inspired the group’s fans around the world to support good causes. timeforkids.com fan base, the BTS ARMY, to be charitable too.

LESSON MATERIALS AGENDA ●● Class set of this week’s magazine ●● Warm-Up and Vocabulary (5 minutes)

●● Access to the BTS song or video “DNA” ●● Engage to Read (10 minutes)

●● Class set of “A Story in Songs” resource (p. 4) ●● Read the Text (15 minutes)

60 ● minutes ● Respond to the Text (20 minutes) ●● Optional: Extension Idea (10 minutes)

FAST FACTS to eight shows in the U.S. and Brazil in May 2019. • K-pop band name BTS stands for Bangtan Sonyeondan, • According to Forbes and the Hollywood Reporter, BTS which means “Bulletproof Boy Scouts” in Korean. are worth 4.65 billion dollars to the South Korean • American boy bands usually have five members. But economy. K-pop bands have numbered in double digits. • BTS are the first K-pop group to have a unique emoji on • BTS made nearly $52 million selling 384,498 tickets Twitter.

MLK Day Activity + WITHIN THIS GUIDE Opportunity PAIRED TEXT MEDIA LITERACY TIME for Kids is working on a story and MAKING CONNECTIONS IN THE MAGAZINE: “FIND THE FACTS,” we want to hear from kids! ARTICLE: “CLOSING THE GAP,” P. 6 P. 7 On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 ONLINE: “DEBATE: SHOULD KIDS HAVE TO • Lesson Overview: Students people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, GO TO SCHOOL ONLINE ON A SNOW DAY?” will read “Find the Facts” to in Washington, D.C., to peacefully advocate (JANUARY 25, 2019) learn about fact-checking and for equality and jobs for African Americans. • Lesson Overview: Students trustworthy sources. They will Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech in will read “Closing the Gap” in then practice fact-checking a which he predicted that the day would go the magazine, and a paired text TFK article of their choice. down as one of the greatest demonstrations for freedom in our nation’s history. online, to make connections • Lesson Materials: Class set of The day represents the power of people between the two stories. this week’s magazine; class set coming together to stand up for what they • Lesson Materials: Class set of of “Fact Finders” resource, on believe in. We want to know what our this week’s magazine; online page 5 of this guide youth stands up for. Use the resource access to read paired text “I Have a Dream,” which can be found on page 7 of this guide. Entries are due no later than January 31.

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COVER ARTS What does it mean to be a part of the BTS ARMY? ROCKING EVE BTS performs live in New York City’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve 2019. • PAY IT FORWARD Inspired by BTS, Jailynne and her (The BTS ARMY tells others about the band and the work mom joined the BTS fan group One in an ARMY (OIAA). It leads projects to help people in need. The two of Fans of K-pop band BTS are of the 100 most influential people. BTS have a partnership with Formula them have donated coats and BTS are doing.) inspired to give back to others. Their next album comes out on E electric cars. It’s meant to raise canned goods to charities and February 21. awareness about climate change. planted trees in their neighborhood. Jailynne Garcia, 10, loves the South Fans like Jailynne proudly claim The band wants to encourage fans “I still have dirt under my finger- Korean pop group BTS. Her mom, to be members of the BTS ARMY. to embrace clean energy. nails,” Jailynne jokes. Michelle Santos, introduced her (ARMY stands for Adorable Rep- One of the biggest BTS cam- OIAA was founded in 2018. After their first read, bring students back together to to BTS in 2017. “I like how funny resentative M.C. for Youth.) They paigns so far is with the United “Some of us thought, ‘Wouldn’t it they are, that they’re good dancers help spread the word to newcomers Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). be amazing if we focused all that • and singers. Also, that they help about the group and its good works. The campaign is called Love Myself. power to accomplish good things in people,” the New York City fourth BTS are glad their fans feel Its goal is to protect children and the world?’” says Erika Overton, a SHUTTERSTOCK share their answers. Note: This first read is meant to grader told TIME for Kids. connected to them. “That was our teens from violence. “Our fans U.S.-based volunteer. Since then, BTS debuted in 2013. The seven goal,” told TIME in 2018, “to have become a major part of this the group has run more than 20 BIG SPEECH BTS member RM gives a speech at the United Nations, members are J-Hope, Jimin, Jin, create this empathy that people campaign with their action and charitable campaigns. in New York, on September 24, 2018. Jung Kook, RM, Suga, and V. Their can relate to.” enthusiasm,” RM said in a speech Often, OIAA campaigns are gather literal and factual information. All students songs are mostly in Korean. But at the United Nations in 2018. timed to take place around BTS have become international A BAND THAT GIVES BACK “We truly have the best fans in BTS band members’ birthdays. superstars. They have more than In March 2019, the Korea Times the world.” Love Myself raised So far, OIAA has raised money 23 million followers on Twitter. reported that Suga donated $2.3 million from album and mer- for refugees, reforestation, the should have access to these questions. Based on group Their YouTube videos have received $88,000 to the Korea Pediatric chandise sales plus donations environment, and more. Most more than 3 billion views. They Cancer Foundation. Six months from the band, its people donate just a dollar. “We had three Number 1 albums on later, RM gave away more than record label, and focus on microdonations so that the Billboard chart in a year. And in $83,000. That went to the Seoul the BTS ARMY. everyone can feel like they are performance, think about reformulating groups for the MARK GARTEN—UNICEF 2019, TIME included BTS on its list Samsung School, to help students contributing toward the with hearing impairment. This year, goal,” Overton says.

Jailynne hopes the MARK GARTEN—UNICEF BTS ARMY will grow and second read and set of questions. continue to do good deeds. the BTS ARMY has raised more than “The more people like me that GROWING GOOD $28,000 for One Tree Planted. are doing this,” she says, One popular way for the BTS ARMY to In Malaysia, the fan group BTS for “the more happiness it brings give back is by planting trees. Fans Charity (below) formed the Green Namu to others who need it, and a often donate to One Tree Planted. Project. The group met in November bigger change there is in Second-read questions: This nonprofit group plants trees to plant trees in honor of the birth- the world.” around the world. Since August 2019, days of Jimin, Jung Kook, and RM. • —By Constance Gibbs

FOR YOUTH BTS appear Power Words with UNICEF’s What sets BTS apart from other bands or artists? Lilly Singh debut verb: to make a first (center left) public appearance • and Henrietta empathy noun: the ability to H. Fore. understand another’s feelings (BTS are committed to helping those around them. Not refugee noun: a person who flees his or her home country for safety COURTESY GREEN NAMU PROJECT AND BTS FOR CHARITY only have they donated money to good causes, but they’ve HEAR THE STORY READ ALOUD IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH AT TIMEFORKIDS.COM. 4 Time for Kids January 24, 2020 5 created a culture around themselves in which their fans do the same.) CLOSE READING LESSON • What does the heading “Pay It Forward” mean? Warm-Up and Vocabulary (Many BTS fans have joined a group called OIAA. The • Ask students to name one of their favorite group continues the good work that BTS are doing.) Time musical artists. Next, tell them that today, 60 Why are BTS getting so much recognition for the work minutes they’re going to read about a very popular • band—with YouTube views in the billions. they are doing? Play the BTS song “DNA” (or the video). Ask students (BTS are getting so much recognition because of the if they can name the band and describe how its music is number of people they’ve helped.) similar to and different from that of their favorite artist Respond to the Text (e.g., similar energy, different language). • Ask students to imagine that they have been assigned a Engage the Reader special project—to create the next BTS album cover and • Tell students they’re going to read the text twice. Each song list. Explain that the cover and song list must high- time they read, they’ll be looking for an answer to a light the information from the text. different question about the band. • Provide students with the resource “A Story in Songs,” • Divide students into groups of three. Explain that the on page 4 of this guide, and the option to work in pairs or groups will work together to read the article and answer individually. Once they’ve thought up an album title and different questions. song list, bring students back together to share their ideas. Provide them with an opportunity to give one another Read the Text feedback on their album titles and song lists. First-read questions: • Who is in the band BTS? Extension Idea (J-Hope, Jimin, Jin, Jung Kook, RM, Suga, and V) • Challenge students to take a moment and think about their lives. Ask: If you made an album, what would you • What type of accolades have BTS earned? call it? What songs would be included? Give students time (Three Number 1 albums; named on TIME’s list of 100 to mock up an album cover and song list. most influential people)

COVER STORY POWER WORDS Here are all the words you might teach in this lesson. Select the words that are most appropriate for your students for direct instruction within the lesson.

*campaign noun: a series of activities designed to produce a empathy noun: the ability to understand another’s feelings particular result debut verb: to make a first public appearance refugee noun: a person who flees his or her home country for safety

*Power Words not highlighted and defined in student magazine

2 PAIRED TEXT & WRITING

U.S. Power Word rural adjective: having to do with the countryside or the people who live there ARTICLE: “FIND THE FACTS,” P. 7

ON THE ROAD Kids in Talladega County, Alabama, do homework during their bus ride. Kick off the lesson by reading the first paragraph of “Find the Facts”

CLOSING GOOGLE OF COURTESY Time to the class aloud. Then ask: Why 30 THE GAP minutes would information on social media Schools are finding creative and technology tools as some of your the Internet. (These work in some, ways to keep kids online. classmates—that’s the homework but not all, rural areas.) Students in gap,” Beth Holland told TIME for several communities have created and YouTube videos not always be Students who go to school in Kids. She works at the Consortium Wi-Fi maps. Those let kids know Talladega County, Alabama, are for School Networking. about local businesses, such as cafés, given a laptop or a tablet. They which provide Internet to their use these devices in class and take DRIVING CHANGE customers. trustworthy? List students’ answers on the board. them home at the end of the day. The homework gap isn’t just a Talladega County created what But Talladega County is in a rural problem in Talladega County. it calls “rolling study halls.” Many part of Alabama. Many students live According to a Pew Research Center students ride the bus to and from in small towns or in the countryside. study, about one in five homes school each day along country roads. Next, tell them they’ll learn how publications like The towers and underground cables with school-age kids doesn’t have The average ride each way is an hour. that provide Internet access don’t high-speed Internet access. And Some are as long as 90 minutes. always reach these areas. In some 17% of teens say that lack of steady In 2018, wireless Internet was homes, it’s impossible even to access Internet access sometimes means installed on six school buses with the Internet. they can’t do their homework. “Kids long routes in rural areas. Now TIME for Kids work to be trustworthy. Direct them to Experts have a name for this are being excluded from learning students can do homework during situation. They call it the “home- opportunities,” Holland says. their daily rides. A teacher comes work gap,” because it’s difficult— Schools across the country along to help. nearly impossible—for some students have found creative ways to close “It’s been a game changer,” page 7 of the magazine to read the rest of “Find the to do homework that requires them the homework gap. In some school Vicky Ozment says. She’s the deputy to get online. “When you go home at libraries, students can borrow superintendent for Talladega County the end of the day and you can no mobile hot spots, which use Schools. “It leveled the playing longer access the same information cell-phone networks to access field.” —By Shay Maunz Facts.”

GET MORE AT TIMEFORKIDS.COM. 6 Time for Kids January 24, 2020 After they’ve finished reading the article, ask the following: What is the first step that Jordan Mamone PAIRED TEXT takes when he confirms facts for an article? What is MAKING CONNECTIONS a primary source? What is a secondary source? Why ARTICLE: “CLOSING THE GAP,” P. 6 is it important that Mamone avoid sources that are Time ONLINE: “DEBATE: SHOULD KIDS HAVE TO GO TO outdated or biased? What skills does one need to be a 30 minutes SCHOOL ONLINE ON A SNOW DAY?” fact-checker? Have students share their answers. (JANUARY 25, 2019) Give students the reproducible “Fact Finders,” • Have the class read “Closing the Gap,” then direct them from the Common Sense K–12 Digital Citizenship to timeforkids.com to read “Should Kids Have to Go to Curriculum, on page 5 of this guide. Read the School Online on a Snow Day?” (January 25, 2019). After checklist aloud, then use it as a class to fact-check they’ve finished reading, ask: What connection can you a TFK article. For extra practice, have students make between “Closing the Gap” and Gabriela Quesada’s independently analyze a webpage of their choice. response to “Should Kids Have to Go to School Online on a Snow Day?” Have students share answers to this question. Challenge students to select three statements from “Closing MEDIA LITERACY • FIND THE FACTS the Gap” to include in Gabriela’s response to the debate Fact-checkers help make sure included in it. How does he do this? of books’ in an article, I need to find publications are trustworthy and First, he reads each article. He out if it’s really a ‘stack’ or if it’s just error-free. underlines information that can be a couple of books,” Fabry says. question. Each statement that students choose should proven. Examples include numbers, More than half of teens learn about historical details, and the spelling ALL IN A DAY’S WORK the news from social-media sources of proper nouns. He then looks Sifting through multiple sources to and YouTube videos. That’s accord- for a primary source to confirm the verify one fact can sometimes be strengthen Gabriela’s argument. Have them share these ing to a 2019 Common Sense Media information. A primary source is a tough. But the job comes with perks. survey. But the information on those firsthand account, such as an official “I really enjoy getting to work with sites is not always trustworthy. website or autobiography. writers and editors,” Fabry says. “There’s more misinformation If Mamone can’t locate a primary “It can be very collaborative.” statements and explain how they strengthen Gabriela’s out there than ever,” Jordan Mamone source, he’ll look for three secondary Mamone sees another advantage: says. He works as a fact-checker at sources to confirm a fact. Second- “The topics that you’re researching TIME for Kids. Mamone believes ary source describe or analyze are constantly changing,” he says. people should be careful about where what a primary source says. They “Today I’m researching Popeyes argument. they get their news. “It’s really impor- include newspaper articles and chicken sandwiches for an article, tant to learn about your sources and to books. But Mamone can’t rely on and tomorrow it could be hurri- think about where you’re consuming every secondary source he finds. canes. So you’re always learning!” information,” he says. He avoids those that are outdated or —By Rebecca Mordechai Like fact-checkers at other news biased. He also skips sources that organizations, Mamone works with might not have been fact-checked, Power Words writers and editors to make sure such as personal blogs. people can trust what they read. Merrill Fabry is a fact-checker biased adjective: prejudiced for or for TIME magazine. She says paying against someone or something GETTING IT RIGHT attention to even the smallest details collaborative adjective: involving two or more people working Before an issue of TFK is published, is an important part of the job. “For together Mamone verifies all of the facts example, if someone writes ‘a stack

CHECKING IN Jordan Mamone and writer Rebecca Mordechai POWER WORDS confirm facts in this article. Go to timeforkids.com for definitions and to hear the words

read aloud in a sentence. KIDS FOR TIME FOR WILLIS DREW “Royal Exit,” p. 2: *charity, *issue

GET MORE AT TIMEFORKIDS.COM. “Closing the Gap,” p. 6: rural 7 “Find the Facts,” p. 7: biased, collaborative, *verify

TIME for Kids & TIME Edge TIME ANSWER KEY Editor in Chief Andrea Delbanco Editor in Chief Edward Felsenthal Magazine Quiz Cover Story Quiz Creative Director Drew Willis Chief Financial OfficerChristopher Gaydos Executive Editor Jaime Joyce Chief Strategic Partnerships Editor Susanna Schrobsdorff Curriculum Director Stacy Bien Production Director Rosemarie Iazzetta 1. B 6. D 1. C 6. D Art Director Stephen Blue Premedia Manager Keith Aurelio 2. D 7. A 2. A 7. Answers will vary. Senior Editors Brian S. McGrath, Allison Singer Premedia Associate Susan VanOver Associate Editors Candace Dipsey, Rebecca Katzman, Imaging Coordinators Luis Batista, Ana Kaljaj 3. C 8. A 3. B See Distractor Shay Maunz 4. A 9. B 4. A Guide for grading Writers Constance Gibbs, Rebecca Mordechai rubric. Editorial Assistants Ellen Nam, Karena Phan 5. B 10. D 5. C Copy Editors Mike DeCapite, Jordan Mamone

3 Name Date ANALYZE INFORMATION A Story in Songs CCSS: RI.5.7; RI.6.7 “Fan Favorites” (January 24, 2020) tells about how a group of South Korean pop stars inspire fans to give to others. Read below to learn how this group uses its albums to tell stories. Then imagine a new BTS album that tells about what you learned in the article.

Artists use their work to tell a story to their audience. The 13 BTS albums tell stories ranging from the group trying to make itself heard in the hip-hop world to the members growing into adulthood as part of the group. The album Wings, for example, tells a story of boys experiencing things for the first time, with songs such as “Intro: Boy Meets Evil,” “Lie,” and “First Love.” Their newest album, Map of the Soul: Persona, opens with the song “Intro: Persona,” in which the question “Who am I?” is answered by soloist RM. The album also includes a collaboration with Halsey, “,” which explains that true strength and love come from finding joy in the little things and opening up to the world.

Imagine a new album for BTS based on what you learned in the article “Fan Favorites.”

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Explain the meaning behind your album.

Try It! Imagine an album that tells a story about a time in your life.

© 2020 TIME for Kids, timeforkids.com, Edition 5–6. This page may be photocopied for use with students. • Vol. 10, No. 15 • January 24, 2020 4 Name Date Fact Finders After reading “Find the Facts” (January 24, 2020), use the guidelines below to fact-check a TFK article. Then use the chart to “show your search” of a webpage.

Internet Investigator Checklist

✓✓ Read closely. What is the article trying to tell you? Is it believable? Does it make sense? Identify the main idea and the facts in the article or on the webpage. Take note of anything surprising or hard to believe, or to which you have a strong emotional reaction.

✓✓ Check the source. Is the information coming from a credible, unbiased person or group? Find out more about the site owner and the author of the webpage. See what else the author has written. Consider whether the author or the site is making money from the post.

✓✓ Look for agreement. Do other credible sources have the same information? See if the main idea and the facts are reported by other credible sites. Don’t be afraid to open new tabs to check other sources.

Just like showing your work in math, it can be helpful to “show your search” when checking the credibility of a site. The chart below can help you keep track of what you find.

ARTICLE READ CLOSELY CHECK THE SOURCE LOOK FOR AGREEMENT

How credible is the source? (Circle one.) Fake news Questionable Credible

Explain.

© 2020 TIME for Kids, timeforkids.com, Edition 5–6. This page may be photocopied for use with students. • Vol. 10, No. 15 • January 24, 2020 This resource is from the Common Sense K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum: commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/curriculum. 5 EDITION 5–6: MAGAZINE QUIZ COMPREHENSION Name Date QUIZ Use all articles from the January 24, 2020, issue of TIME for Kids to answer the questions.

ROYAL EXIT: Identify Cause and Effect (RI.5.3; RI.6.3) FAN FAVORITES: Identify Main Idea (RI.5.2; RI.6.2) 1. Why are Prince Harry and Meghan Markle “stepping back” 6. What is a central idea of this article? as senior members of the Royal Family? A. BTS make great music. A. There was a disagreement with Queen Elizabeth. B. BTS are a popular band all over the world. B. They want more privacy. C. Everyone, famous people and fans alike, should C. They want to live in other European countries. contribute to charitable organizations. D. They want to do charitable work. D. It is inspiring to fans when celebrities make a positive impact. TEEN FINDS NEW PLANET: Read for Detail (RI.5.1; RI.6.1) 2. What do we already know about TOI 1338 b? FAN FAVORITES: Analyze Graphic Features (RI.5.7; RI.6.7) The photograph on page 4 connects to the article A. There is life on the planet. 7. because it shows BTS with B. It is a stellar eclipse. A. members of an organization they support. C. Two stars orbit the planet. B. some of their most loyal fans. D. The planet is much larger than Earth. C. collaborators on their next album. FOR THE RECORD: Identify Claims and Evidence (RI.5.8; RI.6.8) D. band members past and present. 3. What point does the quote by Maxton Herst emphasize? CLOSING THE GAP: Make an Inference (RI.5.1; RI.6.1) A. As a senior in high school, he is the oldest of his Why does the homework gap exist? classmates, so he has to tell them what to do. 8. B. Herst and his classmates built a pyramid. A. Towers and cables can’t reach certain areas to provide Internet service. C. If they are not careful, the pyramid could collapse. B. Schools don’t have money to provide mobile hot spots. D. He really wants to break the world record and win money. C. Students struggle in school and the homework is too DATA DEEP DIVE: Analzye Graphic Featrues (RI.5.7; RI.6.7) hard. 4. All of the facts are about D. Students don’t have time to do homework because they live so far from school. A. Korean music. B. boy bands. FIND THE FACTS: Define Words and Phrases (RI.5.4; RI.6.4) C. mini-albums. 9. What does the word consuming mean as it is used in D. children’s music. paragraph 2? A. eating FAN FAVORITES: Read for Detail (RI.5.1; RI.6.1) B. taking in 5. The BTS ARMY comprises C. destroying A. funders. D. ignoring B. fans. C. charities. IGGY’S WORLD: Analzye Point of View (RI.5.6; RI.6.6) D. band members. 10. What is author Annie Barrows’s view of kids labeled “troublemakers”? A. They should channel their energy elsewhere. B. They are popular. C. They have different personalities. D. They have positive qualities.

© 2020 TIME for Kids, timeforkids.com, Edition 5–6. This page may be photocopied for use with students. • Vol. 10, No. 15 • January 24, 2020 6 “I Have a Dream” On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, D.C. They came to peacefully advocate for equality and jobs for African Americans. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech that day in which he described his dream for America. His opening remarks—“I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation”— turned out to be true. That day represents a moment in our history when people came together and stood up for what they believed. TIME for Kids wants to know what you stand up for! Use the space provided to tell us. Then have a teacher or parent send it to tfkeditors@ time.com for a chance to be featured in TIME for Kids. First and last name Age Hometown timeforkids.com

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