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NASA's Night Sky Network

A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students (Updated Monthly)

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►Breakthrough: Fighting stops and prisoner releases start as Israel and Hamas accept Gaza ceasefire

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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: Are we bound for fact-free speech?

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

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►Students lead massive protests in Serbia

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

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

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

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This week's word in the news: OLIGARCHY

DEFINITION:

Government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to deliver stark warnings of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on Americans’ rights and the future of democracy.
Albuquerque Journal -- 01/20/2025

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Teacher Resources (Updated every Monday)

This week's lesson: Are we bound for fact-free speech? ►Download this week's lesson ►There are more than 180 lessons archived for your use

This week's lesson: Are we bound for fact-free speech?

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►There are more than 180 lessons archived for your use