Online Extras (Updated every Monday)

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

This Week's lesson:
Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction in the Caribbean

Click here to take the quiz

Click here for the quiz archive

This Week's lesson:

Political fight over federal spending nearly interrupts food aid for needy Americans

Additional pain from the federal government shutdown was averted late last week on the eve of a food aid cutoff for nearly 42 million elderly, disabled and low-income people. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to continue paying fo...

Click here to read more

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

⇒  Elementary (K-4)
⇒  Middle (5-8)
⇒  Secondary (9-12)

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

View this week in history

Science Audio webcasts: An exclusive partnership with Pulse of the Planet, updated daily with two-minute sound portraits of Planet Earth. Tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide, blending interviews with extraordinary natural sounds.

Listen now

How well do you keep up with the world around you? Take this week’s quiz to test your knowledge of recent national and world events.

Take this week's quiz
View the quiz archive

This Week's lesson:

What is the Day of the Dead?

Mexico's “Día de Muertos,” or Day of the Dead, is a celebration involving family and friends gathering to pay respects and remember friends and family members who have died. Dia de Muertos is traditionally celebrated on the Christian holidays of All ...

View this week's new video!

The news media shape how we see and understand the world around us. With its new video series, NBCU Academy takes a deep dive into what it means to be a journalist today, how the industry is evolving, and how the next generation can help.

Click here to view this week's video