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
►Croatia’s attorney general steps down for being a Freemason
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:
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
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 the justice system being harmed?
►Download this week's lesson
►There are more than 180 lessons archived for your use
►Black history instruction gains closer attention -- and changes
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
This week's word in the news: REPERTOIRE
DEFINITION:
A list or supply of the dramas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The story of his immigrant parents, the poetry recitations and the historical references have been part of Blagojevich’s repertoire since his earliest days in politics.
►The Chicago Tribune -- 02/24/2020
NASA's Night Sky Network
A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students (Updated Monthly)
The National Wildlife Federation lesson plans are designed to introduce students to life science, ecology, wildlife biology, scientific identification and observation. All lesson plans are aligned to the National Science Education Standards and organized by grade level.
Daily Science Webcasts
Daily Science Audio webcasts: An exclusive partnership with Pulse of the Planet, updated daily with two-minute sound portraits of Planet Earth. Tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide, blending interviews with extraordinary natural sounds.
