(CNN Student News) -- August 20, 2007
1. What news events were covered in the "Stories of Summer '07" segment?
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2. Which of these stories do you think were the most significant and why?
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3. Are there any stories from this past summer that you think should have been included? If so, what are they?
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4. According to the program, what is the status of Hurricane Dean?
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5. According to the report, what action have U.S. officials taken to prepare for the possibility of Hurricane Dean making landfall on the American Gulf Coast?
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6. If you were in charge of media coverage of Hurricane Dean, what information would you most want to convey and why?
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7. What scale is used to rate the severity of hurricanes? How do you think that this scale might be useful to people living in hurricane-prone areas?
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8. What South American nation was recently struck by an 8.0-magnitude earthquake?
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9. What damage did the earthquake cause?
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10. In your opinion, what are the greatest short-term and long-term problems facing the survivors of this earthquake? What supplies and assistance do you think that they most need?
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