Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
This Week's lesson:
Northern Ireland leaders urge calm after journalist's killing
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
⇒ Elementary (K-4)
Americans finally see most of a lengthy report from the Justice Department investigator who led a 22-month look into Russian interference in our 2016 presidential election and into whether the winner's campaign helped that operation. Special Cou...
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Armed militia detain migrants seeking asylum
An armed militia group detained nearly 300 people at the U.S.-Mexico border this week, according to New Mexico's attorney general. The group call themselves the United Constitutional Patriots and said their actions are like "a verbal citizen's arrest...
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
This week's word in the news: LOCKDOWN
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The lockdown alarm had sounded just before the end of the day and there had been no announcement that there would be a drill.
The Denver Post -- 04/22/2019
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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.
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