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This weeks lesson:
Argentina to keep searching for lost submarine
-- 11/27/2017

Q: The Argentine navy says an explosion occurred near the time and place where a submarine carrying 44 crew members went missing on Nov. 15. But, Argentina’s president the search for the sub would continue. Where is Argentina?

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Q: More than a dozen airplanes and ships have been participating in a multinational search across an area of some 185,000 square miles in what body of water east of Argentina?

A. Drake Passage
B. South Atlantic
C. South Pacific
D. Southern Ocean



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Common Core State Standard
RH.CCS.7 Grades 6-12: Students are asked to locate a country or geographical area on a map, connecting information with a specific location. Then, students answer a series of quiz questions based on a current news event happening in that location. Students must combine their prior knowledge with information presented in the question to determine the correct answers.