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Are you looking for fresh ways to engage your students this year? Then it's time to try the Sunday St. Petersburg Times, FREE to your classroom. The Sunday paper, delivered to classrooms on TUESDAYS, provides even more of the Times' trademark in-depth news coverage, analysis, features, sports and business reporting, as well as PARADE magazine. Sunday Times teachers love the PARADE Classroom lesson plans, which are updated weekly and are downloadable or available by e-mail. To order the Sunday Times for your classroom, e-mail ordernie@sptimes.com.


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THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

POMPOSITY

DEFINITION:
Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Armed with superb drawing skills and a finely honed sense of moral indignation, Mr. Conrad took aim at pomposity, injustice and corruption.
Washington Post -- 09/06/2010


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This week's lesson: Tooning into Constitution Day 2010

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


NASA to Send Probe into Sun

Discussion prompts & video archive.



Australian scientists' hopes dashed by death of Tasmanian Devil

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

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Hearing-loss message is clear: Dial down the volume

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