Category: Current Event Connection

“Current Event Connection” posts will connect educators with news stories and relevant discussion ideas featuring content from the NG Education website.

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What You Need to Know about President Obama’s Immigration Plan

POLITICS President Barack Obama has announced he will act to shield from deportation millions of immigrants who are in the United States without authorization. (Southern California Public Radio) Use our resources to learn more about immigration. Teachers, scroll all the way down for a short list of key resources in our Teachers’ Toolkit. President Obama issued an “executive order” about immigration last week. What is … Continue reading What You Need to Know about President Obama’s Immigration Plan

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You Won’t Believe the Source of the World’s Most Sustainable Salmon

BUSINESS When you hear the term “sustainable seafood,” you might envision a fisherman pulling catch from a pristine sea. But the most sustainable Atlantic salmon are not caught. And they’re not from the sea. (TIME) Use our resources to learn more about sustainable seafood. Discussion Ideas Where are the sources world’s “most sustainable” sources of Atlantic salmon? According to the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch … Continue reading You Won’t Believe the Source of the World’s Most Sustainable Salmon

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Some Schools Still Don’t Meet Nutrition Standards

HEALTH When schools aren’t forced to provide healthy food, they usually don’t, according to a new study. (TIME) Does your school provide healthy school lunches? Learn more about nutrition, and use our partner resources to better understand how to bring “food justice” to your classroom. Discussion Ideas According to the short TIME article, few schools “offered healthy food options before the U.S. Department of Agriculture … Continue reading Some Schools Still Don’t Meet Nutrition Standards

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Current Event Connection, Geography In the News

The United States of Thanksgiving

UNITED STATES Here are delicious recipes that evoke each of the 50 states (and D.C. and Puerto Rico). Dig in, then tell us your choices. (New York Times) Use our resources to get some ideas about how native and immigrant cultures shape “American food.” Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers’ Toolkit, including a link to today’s MapMaker Interactive map. … Continue reading The United States of Thanksgiving

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Berry Interesting Road Trip

BUSINESS Some 80% of U.S. fruits and vegetables are grown on large farms and trucked hundreds of miles to their final destination. To track a crop’s travels, two Nat Geo reporters followed a truck filled with strawberries from a central California field to a store near the magazine’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. (National Geographic News) Use our MapMaker Interactive to follow the berries from farm … Continue reading Berry Interesting Road Trip

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