Teacher Resources (Updated every Monday)
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.
This week's word in the news: MISCONSTRUE
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FOUND IN THE NEWS:
"And it really didn't matter how many times they misconstrued that a woman's life was in danger if the constitutional amendment was to pass."
The Topeka Capital-Journal -- 08/08/2022
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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: What is happening to the economy?
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►Monkeypox cases rise in U.S. and elsewhere, though this virus doesn't bring Covid-like fears
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
►Nicaragua police investigate bishop critical of government
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:
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
Science Webcasts
Daily 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.
NASA's Night Sky Network
A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students (Updated Monthly)