Before Reading ‘Twitter’s Top Hashtags, Tweets and Users for 2015’:
Do you use Twitter? Why or why not?
Even if you don’t, before you read this article, can you guess what some of the popular hashtags of 2015 might have been?
After Reading
Read the entire article and answer the questions, supporting your responses by citing evidence from the text.
1. How many active users are on Twitter monthly? What percent come from outside the United States?
2. What were some of the most popular hashtags for 2015? Did you guess any of them before you read this article?
3. Whose Twitter account reached one million followers faster than any other?
4. Whose tweet was most retweeted this year? Who made second place?
Going Further
Which news events or issues of 2015 were most important to you?
How did you learn about them? Did you post about them on social media? How, if at all, did you take any action related to them?
What predictions do you have for the news of 2016, whether related to that issue or event or in general? Why? (If you answer this question as a class, you might write down a whole collection of predictions and have your teacher save them for a year to see which come true.)
Related
Looking Back on 2014 | 15 Ways to Teach and Learn About the Year That Was
Any of the ideas in this collection could be adapted for the news of 2015.
This article was suggested by two members of our Student Council, Julia Glickman and Sarah Bsales. As Ms. Bsales writes: “Twitter is the newspapers of teenagers, and this article is the annual recap. With both political and social aspects discussed, this is a valuable article that every student should read.”
If you are interested in applying to be a member of our Student Council for spring 2016, stay tuned: We’ll put the application on the blog the week of Dec. 21.