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By Lisa Prososki Subject(s) Social Studies, Communication Arts, Technology, Science, Journalism Estimated Time: Part 1: One 90-minute class period, two 50-minute class periods Part 2:…read more
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March is Women’s History Month, where we highlight and celebrate the accomplishments of women who…
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In March 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the island nation of Japan, causing a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three years later, experts are trying to assess how recovery efforts in the nuclear-affected area are progressing. Continue reading
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By Katie Gould, PBS NewsHour Extra Teacher Resource Producer and Elizabeth Jones, PBS NewsHour Production…
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The State Department released its annual human rights report last week and concluded that last summer’s chemical weapons attack in Syria, which killed more than 1,400 people, was the worst human rights violation of 2013. Continue reading
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By Katie Gould, PBS NewsHour Extra Teacher Resource Producer Introduction Each year the festival of…
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