Obviously this has been a tumultuous week in Egypt, and many students, especially in high school, have lots of questions about what is going on. As Social Studies teachers, in many cases we are the only teachers they have who may be willing to spend time talking about the situation, and I think that it is definitely our responsibility to spend at least some time doing so.
Personally I am spending at least 5-10 minute every day in class updating my students on the daily progression of events in the civil unrest, generally using a 3-5 minute video from ABC News (Nightline and Good Morning America have been good), MSNBC has been AMAZING (I've used clips from the Today Show the past two mornings), and if you can get the videos to load, Al Jazeera English has been incredibly valuable.
I've also attached a link to PBS Newshour's coverage of the unrest in Egypt, which has well defined videos, and even teacher resources such as Quotes, Warm-up Questions, and Discussion Questions.
Finally, if there is ANY way that you can engage with Twitter, I cannot stress enough how valuable watching the #Jan25 hashtag has been for following live developments, and the #Egypt hashtag has been popular with American responses to the unrest, though less valuable for on the ground coverage from Egyptians.
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