Welcome to Newspapers in Education!
Newspapers in Education is an exciting interactive program that engages students in learning by providing them with weekly copies of The Dawson County News.
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Online Extras (Updated every Monday) Resources to help you put the Dawson County News to work in your classroom
►South Korean worker cleared of 70-cent snack theft
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
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.
Download a lesson based on political cartoons and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format)
This week's lesson: Is yelling ‘traitor’ dangerous noise?
►Download this week's lesson
►There are more than 180 lessons archived for your use
►Say goodbye to new pennies, a coin that outlived its purpose after 232 years
This week's word in the news: ACQUAINTANCE
DEFINITION:
A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
When photographer Peter Turnley was just 20 years old, an acquaintance from the California Office of Economic Opportunity reached out to him with a question.
►The Los Angeles Times -- 12/01/2025
NASA's Night Sky Network
A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students (Updated Monthly)
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
Science Webcasts
Science Audio webcasts: An exclusive partnership with Pulse of the Planet, updated with two-minute sound portraits of Planet Earth. Tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide, blending interviews with extraordinary natural sounds.