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Weekly Features (Updated every Monday) Part of rancher John R. Erickson's Hank the Cowdog book series, this 12-week, chapter story follows Hank as he nudges bachelor cowboy Slim into asking Miss Viola to the dance––or maybe he'll just take Viola himself! Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool: Download a lesson based on political cartoons and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format)
►Download this week's lesson How well do you keep up with the world around you? Take this week’s quiz to test your knowledge of recent national and world events.
►Confederate flag and statues mark a sharp line in the national conversation about race relations -- Front Page Talking Points Archive Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events. ►Statue of king who brutalized Congo is removed in Belgium Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events. ►Archive of Geography quizzes
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After the school shootings in Florida and Texas this year the Star Tribune reached out to school officials, parents and students across the metro area to see how they were coping and what kinds of conversations they were having. We heard a common theme, "reach out". As teachers, you have an important opportunity to get your students thinking and talking about these issues. We hope this video can be a constructive conversation starter for you. Please submit your
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DEFINITION:
A restraining move in which one person seizes another around the neck in a tight grip so that they cannot breathe easily. It is typically applied from behind.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Colorado’s three largest police departments changed their policies regarding chokeholds in the last three days as those protesting police brutality in Colorado and across the country call for the end of the technique.
►The Denver Post -- 06/15/2020