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

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60,000 migrants overrun border between Morocco and Spanish city

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This Week's lesson:

Congress considers keeping us on 'spring forward' Daylight Savings Time all year

Federal legislation with an inviting name -- the Sunshine Protection Act -- has support from more than 300 House members and the president It would make Daylight Saving Time permanent, eliminating the "fall back" drill of resetting clocks by an...

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Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:

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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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Teen lifeguard braves massive waves to rescue young boy

A 16-year-old rookie lifeguard charged into hazardous surf to save a young boy at Seabright Beach in California’s Santa Monica County. Lifeguard Ryder Williams tightly clung to the struggling boy as they were repeatedly submerged and tossed by massiv...

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

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