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Welcome to Newspapers in Education is a program that promotes literacy through the use of the newspaper as an instructional aid in the classroom. The Great Bend Tribune partners with educators and local businesses to provide classroom copies for local and area teachers to use as a teaching tool at no cost to the schools or the teachers. We can help diminish the battle with literacy one classroom at a time. For more information or to order classroom copies or curriculum guides e-mail Shonita Fox at sfox@gbtribune.com or call 620-792-1211. Online Extras (Updated every Monday)Resources to help you put the Great Bend Tribune to work in your classroom | ||||
 ►World scrambles to cope with coronavirus variant first seen in Botswana 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. |
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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.  
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This week's word in the news: SMASH-AND-GRAB
DEFINITION:
A theft that involves smashing a barrier, usually a display window in a shop or a showcase, grabbing valuables, and then making a quick getaway, without concern for setting off alarms or creating noise.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A security guard has died after he was shot while protecting a Bay Area television news crew covering a smash-and-grab theft, part of a rash of organized retail crime in the region.
►The Los Angeles Times -- 11/29/2021
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