Current lesson
New jetliner crashes in Indonesia during demonstration flight
Q:
A new-model Russian passenger jet crashed into the side of an Indonesian volcano last week during a flight to impress potential buyers. All 45 people on board -- Indonesian reporters and businessmen, eight Russians, two Italians, a French citizen and an American -- were killed. Where is Indonesia on this map?
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Geography in the News
Geography in The News is a weekly exploration of a region in the world that is currently in the news. Each lesson starts with a map for students to find the region being discussed.
Five questions are presented in an interactive format to test student's knowledge of world geography, with instant scoring as submitted answers are judged and correct answers provided. A printer friendly version of each week's quiz is also provided for use in the classroom without the need to be online.
An archive of lessons is also made available, providing dozens of past lessons for your teachers to choose from right from the start. New lessons are posted each week.
To include Geography in the News in your NIE program under your own branding contact us by email at info@nieonline.com or call 248 879 2133 for more information.
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Palm Beach Post
Denver Post / Rocky Mountain News
Detroit News / Free Press
Miami Herald
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Austin American-Statesman
San Angelo Standard-Times
Times Record News
The Reporter
Daily Times-Call
Lodi News-Sentinel
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