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Newspapers in Education!

Newspapers in Education is a program that promotes literacy through the use of the newspaper as an instructional aid in the classroom. The Great Bend Tribune partners with educators and local businesses to provide classroom copies for local and area teachers to use as a teaching tool at no cost to the schools or the teachers. We can help diminish the battle with literacy one classroom at a time.

For more information or to order classroom copies or curriculum guides e-mail Stefani Shumate at sshumate@gbtribune.com or call 620-792-1211.

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Resources to help you put the Great Bend Tribune to work in your classroom

THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

FIASCO

DEFINITION:
A complete failure, especially one that is ignominious or humiliating.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A former state official who played a major role in the state's biggest privatization fiasco is now making money trying to help Texas fix the problems that resulted.
Dallas Morning News -- 03/15/2010

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Italy's 'Purple People' protest premier

Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.

Archive of Geography quizzes


Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:



Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.

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Download a lesson based on political cartoons and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format)

This week's lesson: Sunshine Week: Shine the light on your government

Download this week's lesson
There are more than 140 lessons archived for your use





"Take your legs off and play:" Profile of a Paralympian

Discussion prompts & video archive.


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Daily Science Webcasts


Hummingbirds - Brain Size Doesn't Matter

Understanding the cerebral activity of hummingbirds may lead researchers to resolve human language disorders.