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
►Trump raises tariffs on NATO ally Turkey
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: Are 3-D printed guns a big threat?
►Download this week's lesson
►There are more than 180 lessons archived for your use
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
This week's word in the news: SIPHON
DEFINITION:
To take funds, especially illegally or deceitfully, from another source in small increments.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
According to Forbes, Ross is alleged to have siphoned or stolen more than $120 million from business partners and customers.
►The Boston Globe -- 08/13/2018
Brought to you by NBC Learn in celebration of National Women’s History Month.
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
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.
