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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.

Rising seas force islanders to Panamaâ€™s mainland -- 06/10/2024

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Q: Indigenous Guna families from the island of Gardi Sugdub are moving into 300 new government-built houses on Panamaâ€™s nearby Caribbean coast. They are the first of 63 communities along Panamaâ€™s Caribbean and Pacific coasts that government officials and scientists expect to be forced to relocate by rising sea levels in the coming decades. Where is Panama?

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Rising seas force islanders to Panamaâ€™s mainland -- 06/10/2024

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