Resources for Teachers and Students
Announcements for Aug 31, 2026
Advantages of the classroom ePaper!
Your students live in a digital world. The ePaper of The Denton Record-Chronicle is an excellent interactive tool that helps you and your students meet technology and core curriculum learning objectives.
Contact Information
Denton Record-Chronicle
phone:940-387-3811
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Weekly Lessons (updated every Monday)
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
This Week's lesson:
Trump orders that Lake Ontario be called ‘Lake America’
Health risk: Insect bites from ticks are more common, and not just after a walk in the wild
A tiny bug poses a serious health risk in many states right now. Emergency room visits for tick bites have increased dramatically this year. The culprit is a crawling insect that's active in warm, humid areas and feeds on the blood of birds and ...
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
⇒ Elementary (K-4)⇒ Middle (5-8)
⇒ Secondary (9-12)
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
Hundreds dead and thousands missing in Himalayan flooding
Millions of tons of ice and rock broke off a Himalayan glacier last week and plunged more than 10,000 feet into a river near the border of Nepal and Tibet, setting off flash flooding that killed at least 800 people. Rescue crews are racing against ti...
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.
This week's word in the news: EXTINGUISH
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Fargo police responded and attempted to put the fire out before the Fargo Fire Department extinguished the fire.
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead -- 08/31/2026
CREATE YOUR OWN VOCABULARY QUIZ
⇒ Elementary School
⇒ Middle School
⇒ High School
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.
