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This weeks lesson:
Cameroon detains journalists reporting on deportees
-- 02/23/2026

Q: Four journalists were detained last week as they interviewed migrants deported from the United States to a detention center in Cameroon. A lawyer for most of the 15 migrants, none of them Cameroonian citizens, was also detained. Where is Cameroon on the central Atlantic coast of Africa?

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Q: U.S. judges ruled that many of the migrants sent to Cameroon could not be sent to their home countries because they could face torture or death. Which historical event led many nations to begin granting asylum to refugees fleeing persecution?

A. American Revolution
B. Crimean War
C. Holocaust
D. World War I

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.