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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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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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Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
This week's word in the news: BRAZEN
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
As bold as he was when fighting his tickets, he was equally brazen in his professional life.
►The Chicago Tribune -- 06/05/2023
Create a vocabulary quiz
Appreciating the Newspaper
This PDF is a way for students to explore what the online version of the Bay Area News Group newspaper has to offer.
Download a lesson based on political cartoons and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format)
This week's lesson: Is ‘compromise’ a dirty word to some?
►Download this week's lesson
►There are more than 180 lessons archived for your use
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
►NIE Institute's Additional Resources for Your Classroom
Ready-to-use, standards-based activities for building skills in technology, math, science, social studies and language arts.
►Download your activity sheets here