Find resources for using the newspaper for almost any subject. These programs are updated weekly every Monday.
This Weeks's lesson:
U.S. to send arms to rebels in Syria
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
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Fresh population figures show the changing face of America
New Census Bureau statistics provide the latest evidence of how America is evolving in terms of race. For the first year in modern U.S. history, more white people died than were born from July 2011 to July 2012, due to an aging white population....
Helping Kids Cope with Natural Disasters
Unfortunately, natural disasters do happen, and people are often affected adversely. It’s a traumatic time for everyone, but can be especially distressing to children. As a parent, caregiver or educator, you can help children cope by monitoring their emotional state, answering their questions, and creating opportunities to connect with family, friends, and the larger community.
Click here for some ideas for getting through this difficult time
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
Whether its from the simple desire to help others, our environment, or our way of life, innovation is a process that begins with imagination and results in the creation of something of value for society. NBC Learn, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the National Science Teachers Association, explores the process of innovations in this compelling 11-week video series.
The International Labor Organization reports that 215 million children worldwide are working, many full-time. Of those, 10.5 million work in a domestic setting, for households or families not their own. And of those children, 6.5 million are between the ages of 5 and 14 -- and 71 percent are girls.
Restoration of the Long Leaf Pine ecosystem at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is central to the survival of an endangered woodpecker.
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-- Jun 18, 2013
This week's word in the news: DERECHO
DEFINITION:
A widespread, long-lived, straight-line windstorm that is associated with a fast-moving band of severe thunderstorms.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
derecho windstorms occur once every year or two across the central and northeastern U.S. in a band from Texas to New England.
The Dayton Daily News -- 06/17/2013
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