Sample the NIEonline.com content modules below

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►Quebec shuts some universities to curb student protests

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

►Archive of Geography quizzes

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►Population turning point: Nonwhite parents account for more than half of recent U.S. births

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive

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Words in the News

Interactive vocabulary quiz based on stories found in your newspaper.

►Sample the quiz

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Lesson Plans Categorized by Grade Level

Let your teachers tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:

►Elementary (Grades K-4)
►Middle (Grades 5-8)
►Secondary (Grades 9-12)

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Educational links library

A library of links to resources for teachers is maintained for you. Links are classified according to grade levels and descriptions are included.

►Sample the links

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Words in the News Quiz
5 Elementary Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
Then see if you can find the word in your newspaper -- the print edition, the website or the digital edition and copy the sentence for context. NOTE: High School words are much harder to find!

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This Week's Word In The News 

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DEFINITION: Accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: Pets are getting fatter because of their increasingly sedentary lifestyles and they are being overfed, and more than one in seven cats and dogs in Ohio are now overweight or obese, according to a new report ►Dayton Daily News, 05/21/2012