Resources for Teachers and Students
Announcements for Oct 16, 2021
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:
Lebanon slips into darkness as electricity grid shuts down
Latest Postal Service changes mean some longer delivery times and holiday season package surcharges
Yes, snail mail seems so last century – but U.S. Postal Service changes that began this month affect your family and many others. Revisions by the financially pinched agency involve slower deliver times for letters, cards, bills and magazines. I...
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.
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to two journalists
Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov last week won the Nobel Peace Prize for their fight for freedom of expression in countries where reporters have faced persistent attacks, harassment and even murder. Ressa founded a news website in the Phili...
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.
This week's word in the news: PARAPLEGIC
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The Dayton FOP issued a statement Friday evening in defense of two officers who pulled a paraplegic man from a car during a traffic stop.
The Dayton Daily Newa -- 10/11/2021
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.
NASA's Night Sky Network
A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students (Updated Monthly)