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Post February 19 2016

World News Quiz: Missiles, war games and a Mexico trip
Have your students take this fun, 5-minute quiz to test their news knowledge from the past week!
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Post February 12 2016

World news quiz: Lunar New Year and satellite flybys
Give students this fun, 5-minute quiz to test their knowledge of what happened in the world this week.
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Post February 05 2016

World news quiz: Groundhog Day and world leaders
The U.S. breathed a sigh of relief when Punxsutawney Phil failed to see his shadow, predicting an early spring. Do other countries have such a furry forecaster? Take our 5-minute quiz to get this answer and more.
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Post January 22 2016

World News Quiz: U.S.-Iran prisoner swap & possible Pluto replacement
Give your students this fun, 5-minute quiz to review all of the major news of the past week.
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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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