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Post January 15 2016

World News Quiz: El Chapo, Iran, the State of the Union & more!
Take this fun, 5-minute quiz to see how well your students paid attention to the news this week!
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Post January 08 2016

World News Quiz: Mideast rift widens and North Korea drops the H-bomb
Two nations in the Middle East deepened their rivalry this week, and North Korea made provocative c…
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Post December 18 2015

World News Quiz: What were the highs and lows of 2015?
Were your students paying attention in 2015? Give them this fun, 5-minute quiz to find out!
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Post December 11 2015

Finish the week with a World News Quiz!
Did your students keep up with major news events taking place around the world this week? Give them this fun, 5-minute quiz as a way to review or learn a little about what they may have missed!
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Post September 03 2015

Remembering Japan's surrender to Allied forces — Class Activity
Seventy years ago, Japan formally surrendered World War II aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Ja…
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Post August 06 2015

Five things your class should know on the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing
World War II, Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki (right), August 1945, …
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Post July 15 2015

Five things your class needs to know about the Iran nuclear deal
  By Gabby Shacknai On Tuesday, after two years of negotiations, a group of si…
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Daily Video February 24 2015

Months after 2014 war ended, Gaza struggles to rebuild

The war in Gaza killed left thousands of families homeless, living in makeshift shelters.
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Post October 16 2014

Do Now: How can we help fight the Ebola outbreak?
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Lesson Plan September 30 2014

Lesson plan: Ebola outbreak
By Katie Gould, PBS NewsHour Extra Teacher Resource Producer Introduction The Ebola outbrea…
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