Resources for Teachers and Students
Announcements for Aug 05, 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
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Weekly Lessons (updated every Monday)
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
This Week's lesson:
First group of interpreters fleeing Afghanistan arrive in U.S.
Gymnast Simone Biles' pullout at Olympics earns wide admiration and support
America's best-known gymnast, 24-year-old Simone Biles, made tough, brave choices last week at the Olympics in Tokyo. She withdrew from team and individual competitions for what she said were mental health and safety reasons after feeling disori...
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.
Teaching Asian American history in schools
After hate incidents against Asian Americans rose drastically in the pandemic, Illinois recently passed a bill mandating that Asian American history be taught in the classroom to help combat the problem. Other states across the country are looking to...
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: ADOLESCENT
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
At a news conference in the governor's conference room, Hutchinson said Arkansas Children's hospitals have 24 adolescent patients suffering from COVID-19.
The Arkansas Democrat Gazette -- 08/02/2021
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)