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A NOTE FROM THE NIE ADMIN For the week of November 16, new educational content on the NIE website includes: a news video looking at scams on Facebook, front page talking points on teens texting while driving, geography in the news about how Greenland's ice loss is accelerating, new daily science webcasts, lessons for elementary, middle, and high school, editorial cartoons, and this week's word in the news, "privatization." Download hundreds of additional NIE curricula free - for all grade levels and in a variety of subjects on the NIE Teacher Instructional Resources page.
NEW THIS WEEK ON THE N&O NIE SITE:
- This week's Geography in the News quiz topic is "Greenland ice loss 'accelerating' ." Take the quiz here
NEW! You can now search the Geography in the News module for any country or world region you may be studying and get relevant quizzes from the Archive.
- Front Page Talking Points this week is "Nearly half of teens admit to texting while driving". The lesson can be found here.
NEW! Front Page Talking Points now includes a relevant video every week as part of the weekly report.
- This Week's News Video is Scams on Facebook.
Click here for discussion prompts & News Video archive.
- The Cartoons for the Classroom lesson this week is Interpreting the 'Tank Man' symbol.
Download a lesson based on political cartoons and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format)
New! Classroom Caption Contest.
Enter a caption and maybe win a book!
There are more than 150 lessons archived for your use
- Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool with our Use The News activities, categorized by grade level:
Elementary (Grades K-4)
Middle (Grades 5-8)
Secondary (Grades 9-12)
- This Week's Word in the News is PRIVATIZATION. Take the Words in the News quiz and generate a Vocabulary Quiz for your class here. Options include word lists for middle school students as well as high school students.
- This Week in History highlights diversity and multiculturalism through worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
Get This Week in History
- NEW! Daily Science Audio Webcasts: Each weekday, Pulse of the Planet provides a two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and extraordinary natural sound.
Listen here
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(RU Wired In? the Power to Make a Difference)
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