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Our Newspaper In Education Program has expanded to include our e-Edition. Students live in a digital world. The e-edition of the Grand Forks Herald is an excellent interactive tool in the classroom. Teachers may order and utilize copies needed for your students as educational tools in the classroom at no charge.
This new NIE website includes skills-building activities, games, puzzles and more, updated weekly.

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Online Extras (Updated every Monday)

Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.

This Week's lesson:
Kidnappings in France scare cryptocurrency traders

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This Week's lesson:

New concerns increase appeal of European colleges for U.S. students

Colleges across the Atlantic suddenly look more attractive to some Americans amid federal spending cuts and crusades against campus protests, policies and foreign scholars. "Universities across the United States have become targets of a new Whit...

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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.

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NASA's Night Sky Network

A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students (Updated Monthly)

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This Week's lesson:

Paraglider accidentally soars more than 5 miles high


A 55-year-old paraglider testing some equipment in China got caught in a strong updraft that sent him up to an altitude of more than 28,200 feet above sea level, nearly as high as Mount Everest and airliner flight paths. “I felt the lack of oxygen. M...

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The news media shape how we see and understand the world around us. With its new video series, NBCU Academy takes a deep dive into what it means to be a journalist today, how the industry is evolving, and how the next generation can help.

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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.

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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 lesson:

Do officials know the constitution?

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This week's word in the news: NORMALCY

DEFINITION:

The quality or condition of being normal; the way things usually are.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
"It brings back a sense of normalcy, after years of social distancing and the pandemic and all that," she said.
The Albuquerque Journal -- 06/02/2025

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