Headline Geography

Common Core State Standard
RH.CCS.7 Grades 6-12: Students are asked to locate a country or geographical area on a map, connecting information with a specific location. Then, students answer a series of quiz questions based on a current news event happening in that location. Students must combine their prior knowledge with information presented in the question to determine the correct answers.
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This weeks lesson:
North Korea’s leader reported worried about COVID-19 and Biden
-- 11/30/2020

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Q: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered at least two people executed and shut down the capital amid worries about COVID-19, according to South Korea’s spy agency. He also reportedly warned his diplomats not to provoke President-elect Joe Biden. Where is North Korea?

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