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Italy's 'Purple People' protest premier

Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.

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Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:

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One sport, 65 teams, no medals: NCAA Tournament is the Olympics of college basketball

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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.

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Download a lesson based on political cartoons and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format)

This week's lesson: Sunshine Week: Shine the light on your government

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A set of weekly educational activities geared toward younger readers

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THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

FIASCO

DEFINITION:
A complete failure, especially one that is ignominious or humiliating.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A former state official who played a major role in the state's biggest privatization fiasco is now making money trying to help Texas fix the problems that resulted.
Dallas Morning News -- 03/15/2010

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