I love studying current events with my kids for many reasons.  One of the top reasons is we don't get behind (smile).  The material is always at my fingertips be it in the newspaper that comes to the door or our computer. 

   Our hearts have gone out to those in Burma.  I looked further into some sites today and discovered some wonderful resources at:

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson076.shtml

We did the Upper Elementary - Social Studies-writing a press release.  This led us through a mock hurricane and allowed us access to some wonderful comprehension and discussion questions.  We did not register which would have allowed us more virtual results but still accomplished much.  I'd also recommend the FEMA (Federal Emergency Managment Agency) website for kids which can be found at:  http://www.fema.gov/kids/index.htm

Investigating Burma, we learned much discussing the pros and cons of using economic sanctions to attempt to promote/encourage human rights with information from this site: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/apartheid/

Ah..........so much to learn so little time.  Happy homeschooling everyone!