Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
This Week's lesson:
Thousands in Germany protest coronavirus restrictions
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
⇒ Elementary (K-4)
Congress vows not to delay November’s election, a possibility suggested by President Trump
The Nov. 3 presidential election, just three months away, will not be rescheduled because of concerns about health safety or increased use of mail ballots amid the pandemic. President Donald Trump last week seemed to endorse a possible delay wit...
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Ransomware seen as threat to November election
Ransomware attacks have disrupted government and business operations around the nation and with November's presidential election quickly approaching, federal authorities are raising the alarm that voting operations could be threatened. A Justice Depa...
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
This week's word in the news: CAPSULE
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
It’s taken six years to forge SpaceX and NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and on Sunday at 2:48 p.m., a capsule containing astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley splashed down off the coast of Pensacola.
The Chicago Tribune -- 08/03/2020
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