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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
►Jet-like thrusters let new 'flying car' from Tesla defy gravity for a short time
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
NASA's Night Sky Network
A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students
► Click here to read this month's column
Courtesy of Night Sky Network/Astro Society
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.
►Is Trump dancing to Putin’s tune?
This week's word in the news: VERTEBRAE
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The photographer with The Washington Post who was attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank so badly that several vertebrae were broken said Sunday she was increasingly angry that Israel’s military seems to protect settlers more than the Palestinians they threaten.
Associated Press -- 10/19/2026
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