worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • TEACHING GUIDE

HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY TO GOD’S WORLD NEWS! This year marks 40 years of God’s WORLD News! On August 10, 1981, God’s World News’ first publication, It’s God’s World, began bringing students news that was told from a biblically objective position. Over the last four decades, WORLD News Group has grown to reach hundreds of thousands of people around the globe with God-glorifying, honest journalism delivered through print, radio, internet, and now video. Let’s see what more God will do!

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OVERVIEW WORLDkids readers, usually elementary ages between seven and 10, have begun piecing together in new and more complicated ways. They’re ready for an awareness of current events, but they need lots of background knowledge to build their understanding of what’s going on in the world. WORLDkids connects the news to things kids can already relate to, and then uses those touchpoints to take their understanding deeper. Along the way, WORLDkids drops Christian worldview “bread crumbs,” adding wisdom to news and knowledge. WORLDkids organizes current events into six topic areas, each with multiple stories that provide context and give opportunity to expand knowledge, delve into a subject more deeply, and consider various facets of the same theme. Our original Explore It! interactives, offered on our website, further the topical learning experience with elements of multi- sensory engagement and fun.

EACH TOPIC SECTION INCLUDES: • Four stories • Online interactive activity • Photo slideshows with each online story • Knowledge-reinforcing activities and puzzles • Quiz for comprehension and application

RECOMMENDED PACING: Daily— • Read the daily News Shorts online to grow an appreciation for what’s happening around the world.

Weekly— • Work through one topic section during the week. Read all four stories with the online photo slideshows, do the interactive activity, and take the quiz. Each section should be done as a whole to better understand the topic and how to engage current events. • Complete one of the printable worksheets included with the teaching guide to gauge reading comprehension and increase understanding.

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S SCIENCE SOUP STORIES CIENCE SOUP Check the box after reading each story, and then take the quiz.

1. Citizen Scientists to the Rescue: Citizen scientists are volunteers who do research that helps professional scientists. During the pandemic, citizens became even more important in the collection of data.

2. Take a Good Look!: One critical key to doing good science is observation. Look closely. Pay attention to details. Make careful note of what you see, hear, feel, and so on.

3. God’s Little Earth-Movers: It’s not a porcupine. It’s an echidna! This small, spiny creature can have a big, positive impact on soil and habitats. Learn about its unique skills!

4. Little Things, Big Jobs: The echidna is not the only animal God made with a larger-than-life task on this Earth. Think about the role each of these animals holds and how all affect the wellbeing of others on the planet.

5. You’re the Scientist: Click through our original Explore It! interactive for lots of ideas about how you can make your own contributions to science count! powerful storms!

READING QUIZ 1. What is a citizen 2. What do birds do 3. Echidnas are 4. What is a keystone 5. Name three scientist? in a large storm? native to which species? natural events you’d country? like to observe a) a person who a) crawl under a) the first-born this spring and counts scientists ground a) Honduras animal of a species summer as a “citizen b) someone who b) hide under their b) Austria b) an animal that scientist.” Explain goes to school to nests eats animals that c) Bolivia in a sentence or two learn science have no other c) hold on tightly d) why each of those predators c) a citizen who to tree branches interests you. takes science d) catch a ride on c) animals that live classes the wind under stones d) a volunteer who d) an animal does research or species that eats observation for rocks scientists

VOCABULARY QUIZ 1. data 2. massive 3. excavate 4. eddy a) information a) small a) build a tower a) a whirlpool of water b) photographs b) large b) make a hole by digging b) a river’s dam c) bugs c) loud c) fall asleep c) an above-ground swimming pool

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T TIME MACHINE STORIES IME MACHINE Check the box after reading each story, and then take the quiz.

1. One Family, Two Pandemics: A nurse serving others in today’s pandemic is also the daughter of a nurse who served in the 1918 influenza pandemic. Like mother, like daughter!

2. Mystery Flu: A little over 100 years ago, another mystery illness began to spread around the world. It was a form of influenza. Dubbed the Spanish flu, this sickness sickened many millions.

3. Waking Up through History: How did people get up on time in the days before cellphones and electric alarm clocks? Read about many inventions that have been used to keep track of time.

4. Living in Time: Do you feel pressured to be punctual (on time)? Or are you more relaxed, content to show up a minute or two late? Different cultures around the world put different values on timeliness.

5. Like Clockwork: Sand. Water. A pendulum. Gears. Atoms. Crystals. Use our original Explore It! interactive online to learn about the history of time tracking devices through the ages.

READING QUIZ b) a bell swung back and forth 1 . S i g r i d S t o k e s ____. c) people turned a wheel a) cares for coronavirus patients b) gives the COVID-19 vaccine 4. Cultures that value schedules and see time as moving in a line toward the future are called ____. c) was a nurse during the 1918 flu pandemic a) polychronic d) invented the flu shot b) time-oriented c) relationship-oriented 2. The Spanish flu ____. d) monochronic a) was unusually mild b) was the same as COVID-19 5. Name several ways people have tracked time c) affected the respiratory system throughout history. Can you come up with a way d) had a vaccine in 1918 of your own? Describe your idea. Then consider telling us about it. Send your best time-tracking 3. What made mechanical clocks of the Middle ideas to [email protected]. Ages work? a) water dripped into a bowl b) gravity pulled weights down

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CITIZEN SHIP STORIES CITIZEN SHIP Check the box after reading each story, and then take the quiz.

1. Love and Sacrifice: Margaret Stegall saw a post on social media about a woman in need of a liver. Right away, she felt God was calling her to pay attention and see if she could help.

2. Wonderfully Made: The liver is one of the human body’s five vital organs. That means a person cannot live without it. But God made our bodies marvelous. Some organs can be shared!

3. Go for the Goal: Captain Tom Moore wanted to encourage others to stay positive during the pandemic. He set a goal to walk 100 laps around his garden before he turned 100 years old.

4. Leave a Legacy: What would you like to be remembered for? A “legacy” is a word for a gift left behind for others who come later. If you could choose your legacy, what would it be?

5. Heart to Heart: Explore the five vital organs of the human body. What does each one do? Find out in our original online Explore It! interactive.

READING QUIZ 2. A vital organ is 3. How did Margaret 4. What action did 5. Think about ____. Payne raise money Boaz do to bless Margaret Stegall’s 1. People with for NHS? Ruth? scar. Then read John type ____ blood can a) any organ that 20:26-27. Even donate blood to the grows back a) by selling a) He wrote her a after rising from other types. b) a major organ cookies note. the dead, Jesus has a) A necessary for life b) by kicking a b) He invited her to marks on His body. soccer ball eat at his table. b) B c) a diseased organ Why do you think c) by climbing c) He gave her oil c) O d) any organ that His wounds or scars does not grow back stairs for cooking. remain? d) AB d) by walking in d) He permitted her garden her to glean from his fields.

VOCABULARY QUIZ 1. prevents 2. subside 3. substantial 4. legacy a) stops a) start over a) significant a) a problem or dilemma b) encourages b) relocate b) minimal b) something left by one person to others c) assists c) go away c) gifted c) a type of counterfeit money

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T AK RT TAKE APART SMART STORIES E APART SMA Check the box after reading each story, and then take the quiz.

1. Stumped by Second Language: Some adults think learning a new language is fun. But they’re not the majority. For many, it’s hard work. That’s because of how God made our brains to work!

2. The Word Map: Every new word you learn gets a place in your brain that scientist call your own personal “word map.” When the map is filled up, it’s hard to find places for new languages to squeeze in.

3. Rolling Home: After 139 years in the same spot, this two-story house got to move. What? Houses don’t move, do they? People move! Every now and then, someone does decide to move a whole house.

4. How (and Why) To Move a House: Why would anyone go to all the trouble to move a house? And what is involved? Read here to find the answers to both those questions.

5. A Moveable House: Have you ever seen a yurt? Why was God’s tabernacle in the Old Testament a big tent? When did mobile homes first catch on? Find out in our original Explore It! interactive online now!

READING QUIZ 1. Which side of the brain is helpful for problem- 3. Moving the San Francisco house was tricky solving skills needed for learning a second b e c a u s e ____. language? a) the house was already falling apart a) the right side b) the house had no value b) the left side c) the house had to go downhill c) the back side d) the house had to travel to another state d) the front 4. The job of a floor joist is ____. 2. What does it mean to be bilingual? a) to hold up a house a) to be young b) to move a house b) able to speak two languages c) to measure a house c) to have two brothers d) to weigh a house d) to speak one language 5. What are some benefits to learning to speak more than one language?

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CRITTER FILE STORIES CRITTER FILE Check the box after reading each story, and then take the quiz.

1. Mole-Rats Talk Too: These east African rodents live in family groups called colonies. And even though they don’t see well at all, they can recognize the chirps of their own colony members. Each group has its own dialect!

2. Animal Family Ties: A mob. A troop. A pack. Do these groups sound frightening to you? These are just some of the names for animal communities. Read to find out about these and more.

3. What Is a Cetacean?: What is the difference between a cetacean and a fish? Both live in the ocean, but there are many factors that show how God made them to be very different creatures.

4. Jonah and the …?: Was Jonah swallowed by a whale or a very large fish? Artwork and children’s books through the ages may have been picturing the wrong animal.

5. Explore Animal Dialects: Listen to the song of the humpback whale, the whooping call of the gibbon ape, and the chirpy sound of a bat. Animal sounds can change with family groups and over different geographical areas.

READING QUIZ 1. How do naked 2. What is the name 3. Which three 4. Where did the big 5. Does the area mole-rat family of a prairie dog animals are fish swallow Jonah? you live in have members recognize family that tunnels cetaceans? a) Pacific Ocean its own dialect? each other? together? List some words a) whales, sharks, b) Mediterranean or phrases you a) by their dialect a) a coterie shrimp Sea use that people in b) by their skin b) a parliament b) dolphins, c) Atlantic Ocean other areas would color whales, porpoises c) a mob d) Artic Sea say differently. c) by their d) an army c) porpoises, underground porcupines, turtles tunnel d) sharks, dolphins, d) by their age porpoises

VOCABULARY QUIZ 1. dialect 2. regurgitate 3. fluke 4. krill a) a two-syllable word a) nourish a) whale’s tail a) grown sharks b) a strong accent b) bring up swallowed b) whale’s blowhole b) baby sea turtles food c) a form of a language c) whale’s flipper c) small, shrimp-like used by a specific group c) regrow animals

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JET BALLOON STORIES JET BALLOON Check the box after reading each story, and then take the quiz.

1. Elephants or Avocados?: Kenya has a good climate for growing avocados. But will avocado farms interfere with the trails and paths that elephants already use?

2. Old Friends . . . and Foes: Elephants have a place in Kenyan legends, history, and even daily life today for many people in that African country. Can people provide for themselves and continue to care for the giant beasts?

3. Send in the Clones: Heavy snow from a cyclone destroyed century-old cork oak trees in . But scientists hope to restore the much-loved trees by cloning them.

4. Passport to: SPAIN!: Hola! Buenas dias! You’ve arrived in Spain! Read here to learn about what you will see, taste, hear, and say on your visit.

5. Grow Your Own Avocado Tree: Follow along with the instructions in our online Explore It! interactive to sprout your own avocado tree from the big seed you’ll find inside the creamy, healthful fruit. Then watch the WORLD Watch video story about elephants and avocados in Kenya!

READING QUIZ 1. Why are avocados so popular right now? 3. What knocked down the cork oaks in Madrid? a) Avocado farms benefit elephants. a) a typhoon b) Avocados are nutritious. b) bulldozers c) Avocados are cheap. c) snow d) Avocado farms don’t require fences. d) tornadoes

2 . H e r i t a g e i s ____. 4. Which is a major language spoken in Spain? a) an elephant breed a) Catalan b) what one generation hands down to the next b) French c) a type of business c) Portuguese d) a branch of Kenya’s government d) Amharic

5. Find Kenya on a map. Why do you think it’s such a good location for producing avocados?

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ANSWER KEY:

Science Soup: Reading Quiz: 1. d, 2. c, 3. d, 4. b, 5. Answers will vary but may include such ideas as charting the phases of the Moon, counting a certain type of backyard bird, collecting cicada shells and estimating the number per acre, measuring rainfall, collecting different types of tree seeds, etc. Vocabulary Quiz: 1. a, 2. b, 3. b, 4. a

Time Machine: Reading Quiz: 1. b, 2. c, 3. b, 4. d, 5. Answers will vary but may include watching the Sun, sundials, tracking stars, hourglasses, water wheels, and so on.

Citizen Ship: Reading Quiz: 1. c, 2. b, 3. c, 4. d, 5. Answers will vary but should include something related to remembering for all eternity Christ’s great suffering and sacrifice made for His people, whom He loves. Vocabulary Quiz: 1. a, 2. c, 3. a, 4. b

Take Apart Smart: Reading Quiz: 1. a, 2. b, 3. c, 4. a, 5. Answers will vary but may include: Being bilingual or multilingual lets a person communicate with others from different cultures, travel with ease, stretch one’s mental abilities, and share the good news of Jesus with many people.

Critter File: Reading Quiz: 1. a, 2. a, 3. b, 4. b, 5. Answers may vary but could include soda versus “Coke” or pop; buggy versus cart; tennis shoes or sneakers; you, you all, y’all, or you guys; how you pronounce crayon or pajamas; and whether you ice or frost a cake. Vocabulary Quiz: 1. c, 2. b, 3. a, 4. c

Jet Balloon: Reading Quiz: 1. b, 2. b, 3. c, 4. a, 5. Answers may vary but should include that its position near the equator means it stays warm year-round, and that climate is good for growing much fruit like avocados.

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TOPIC EXPLORER

Is your student interested in volcanoes? Ancient Egyptian mummies? Or love reading about horses? Use the WORLDkids Topic Explorer to find relevant current-events stories quickly.

The WORLDkids Topic Explorer is a regularly updated index of popular topics you can easily browse or search for age-appropriate news stories. Get more from your WORLDkids membership by using the WORLDkids Topic Explorer—your gateway to an extensive article archive on WORLDkids.

To SEARCH individual articles on the WORLDkids website:

Use the SEARCH function on the WORLDkids website to retrieve articles based on your own keyword searches. Your search results may include sets of feature articles with their SEARCH related stories and photo slideshows. Your search may also display standalone News Shorts articles—brief stories from the daily News Shorts section of the WORLDkids website. The website content and potential search results are always expanding as new articles are added day by day.

To BROWSE broader topic areas in this list:

The list of topics on the following page is arranged alphabetically and grouped within the six subject categories used in the WORLDkids magazine and website. When viewing the list electronically, click on any of the topics to jump to content on the WORLDkids website. The topic list will be regularly updated as content is published in the WORLDkids magazine.

CITIZEN SHIP CRITTER FILE JET BALLOON

(Civics) (Animals) (Geography)

T S AK RT T CIENCE SOUP E APART SMA IME MACHINE (Science) (Technology) (History)

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CITIZEN SHIP CRITTER FILE JET BALLOON SCIENCE SOUP TAKE APART SMART! TIME MACHINE (Civics) (Animals) (Geography) (Science) (Technology) (History)

Art Restoration Bats and Fireflies Alexandria Sinking Artificial Reefs Archaeology: Bible Astronauts: Historical Figurine Badminton: Saina Nehwal Beekeeping Veterans Arctic Exploration Bananas Australia: Matthew Bears: Spreading Seeds Flinders Baltimore: Arabbers Beluga Whales Babylon Bends Birds: Extinct Bible History Bicycles: Biomimicry: Bats Babylon, Iraq Biomimicry Bumble Bees Bible, Writing Of Blindness: Glasses Cat Tongues Cat Cafés Bugs: Declining Cars: Design Bicycle: History Bolivia: Cable Cars Cetaceans China: Great Wall Cat DNA Chocolate Boat: Reed Brexit Crane: Sarus China: History Cereal, Breakfast Clocks Boston Light Lighthouse China Christianity Crayfish: Invasive China: Tea Cheese: Competition Cookie Design Braceros China: Diplomacy, Pandas Dinosaur: Fossils China: Walmart Citizen Scientists Da Vinci Bradstreet, Anne Circus Dogs: Exhibit Fish as Food Derechos Dinosaur: Tyrannosaurus Cars: Self-Driving Delivery Dental Care Dogs: Nose Ghost Towns Echidnas Rex Catacombs: Rome Disability Dugong Baby Haiti Eyesight and Screens Dr. Seuss: The Lorax Civil War, U.S.: Reenacting Electric Scooters Dugong, Marine Haiti Vetiver Glider: Perlan 2 Flying Mechanics Mammals Clocks Food: Raising Your Own Hawaii: Taro GMO Salmon Food Olympics Grasshopper Columbus Statue Gardening Horses: NYC Police Helium Food: Science Hellbenders Computer History Goats: Fire Prevention Hurricane Maria Horned Toads Frogs: Red-Legged Hippos: Fiona Cursive Humanitarianism : Religions Human Skin Indoor Farm Honeybees Dogs, Eyes Hurricanes: Puerto Rico Ice Expedition, Iceberg Jupiter Horses: Choctaw Earhart, Amelia: Bone Landlords Iraq: Christians Immune System Learning Languages Theory Hurricane Animals Lebanon International Space Lightning Lobster Fishing Egypt: Tombs Invasive Species Station Legacy Lionfish Mars Rover Tires Gateway Arch Llamas, Bolivia Jamaica Coral Model Building Maggots, Leaping Mars Rovers Hurricanes Murder Hornets : Emperor Nile River Malaria Mayflower II Ice Age Wolf Mutations Kenya: Ballet Organ Donation Manganese Mekong River Jousting Naked Mole-rats Kenya: Elephants Pony: Chincoteague Mars: InSight Spacecraft Mona Lisa Lightsaber Fencing Olms Korea: Reunions Proverbs Library Mars: Preparation Moving Houses Lunchboxes Orangutan Lakes Puppies in Jail Mars: Simulation Puppets Marriage Orca vs. Shark Mongolia: Bankhar Dog Rome, Mississippi River: Model Quilting Mines, Abandoned Owls: Airport Morocco Sahel Region Modified Salmon Robots: Bipedal Old West Owls, Snowy Mount Everest: Records SCOTUS History Monarch Migration Saffron Pandemic: 1918 Pandas Nigeria: Dyeing Sports: India Mushrooms Salt Peru: Ruins Parrot Nile River Statue of Liberty Paleontologists: What School: History Pompeii Python North Korea: Food They Do UK, EU Sea of Galilee Puebloan Native Rabbit: New England Oceans Plant for Pain ­Americans : Scot- Cottontail Sign Language land and England Pacific: Garbage Patch Polarstern Voyage Salt, from Sea Sea Otter, Comeback Sign Language: Babies Venezuela Royalty: Young Royals Prairie Progess Shackleton, Ernest Shark: Whale sharks Space Exploration Washington, Shipping Routes Rock Raft Ships: Ocean Liners D.C.: Boundaries Spider Silk Space Ovens Shipwreck: Lake Erie Seeds Shipwrecks: Albania Washington, D.C.: Rats Stinky Beach, Whale Falls Space Oven, Baking in Snake Catcher Solar Eclipse: U.S., 2017 Space Story Hour Water Infrastructure: Super-Cows Spain Sourdough Space Travel Streetcars NYC & VE Tasmanian Devils St. Helena Island Spaceship, Launch Spinal Cord Tut Coffin Wildfires, Fighting : Wild Stuck on Ships Telescope Storytelling Underground Railroad Wild Pigs Walrus: Migration Sudan Twins Surfing Victory Gardens Wind Power Whales, Decomposing Tacos Volcanoes Tennis, Ball Boys and Vikings: Bluetooth’s Worship, Bibles White House Pets Vetiver, Hispaniola Wolves, Isle Royale Girls Treasure Zimbabwe Woolly Rhino Volcanoes: Ring of Fire Tennis, Line Judges Washington, George Zoos: Aardvark Milk Vermeer Wolf, Frozen Head Water Bears Wolves in Literature

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Six Questions in a Story Name:

Directions: Read a WORLDkids story and look for answers to the questions Date: that journalists use to tell a story—Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

Title of the story:

The WORLDkids topic area the story is in (such as Science Soup or Critter File):

Who was involved?______

What happened?______

When did it happen?______

Where did it happen?______

Why did it happen?______

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Vocabulary Builder Name:

Directions: Read all four of the stories in a WORLDkids topic area and Date: look for five words you don’t know well. Look up each word in a dictionary and write its meaning below.

Topic area you chose (such as Science Soup or Critter File):

Word #1: ______Definition: ______

Word #:______Definition: ______

Word #______: Definition: ______

Word #______: Definition: ______

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Picture It! Name:

Directions: Choose a WORLDkids story and read it carefully. In the space below, Date: draw a picture that illustrates some part of the story that impressed you.

Write a sentence explaining what part of the story you chose to draw. ______worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • WORKSHEET

Photo Interpreter Name:

Directions: Select a photo from WORLDkids. In your own words, answer the Date: following questions about the photo. Use complete sentences in your answer.

What is happening in the photo? ______

What do you see in the photo that led you to your answer? ______

What else can you find in the photo? ______worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • WORKSHEET

Mapmaker Name:

Directions: In the space below, draw the outline of a state, province, Date: or country that is the subject of a WORLDkids story. Show where its capital is located, and write its name. Below your map, write something you learned about this area from the WORLDkids article. worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • WORKSHEET

Graph Reader Name:

Directions: Select a graph or infographic from WORLDkids. Date:

In your own words, explain what the image illustrates. What is its main point? ______

What information does it present? ______

Why was it included in the article instead of using more text to explain the information? ______worldkids MAY/JUNE 2021 • WORKSHEET

Favorite Stories Name:

Directions: Choose a story from WORLDkids that you especially liked. Date: Use complete sentences to answer the following about the story.

Story Headline: ______

The story’s topic area in WORLDkids (such as Critter File or Jet Balloon): ______

Why did you choose this story?______

Describe an interesting thing you learned from reading this story.______worldkids WORKSHEET

Imagine It! Name:

Directions: Choose a story or photo from WORLDKids. Date: Imagine you were there when the photo was taken or the event happened.

Title of the story:

The WORLDkids topic area the story is in (such as Science Soup or Critter File):

What would you see? ______

What would you hear? ______

What would you smell?______

What would you feel?______

What would you taste?______

Pick one of the items you wrote down. On another piece of paper, write a new story. Be creative! It can be long or short. It doesn’t need to be a true story like the one in WORLDKids. You can use your imagination and make it up.