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All Rights Reserved. 144144http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/images/rss/promo_rss.jpg http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/world/july-dec09/karzai_11-20.htmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:00 ESTFacing rampant government corruption and a growing threat from Taliban militants, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for his second five-year term.Storyhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 ESTNearly 10 months after President Obama asked the Democrat-led Congress to send him a health care reform bill, the Senate has come closer than ever to debating Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's $848 billion bill in the face of stubborn Republican opposition.Daily Video Cliphttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2009/11/bosnia_still_fragile_after_14.htmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 13:00:00 ESTThis video looks at the political instability that still exists in Bosnia Herzegovina 14 years after the end of a civil war that killed 100,000 people.Daily Video Cliphttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2009/11/hunger_in_america_on_the_rise.htmlWed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00:00 ESTAccording to a new report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 50 million Americans had a hard time putting food on the table in 2008 -- one in seven American households, an increase of 13 million people the year before.Daily Video Cliphttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/world/july-dec09/china_11-17.htmlTue, 17 Nov 2009 15:00:00 ESTAdmitting that his thumbs "are too clumsy" to Tweet, President Barack Obama made a pitch for greater freedom and access to the Internet while visiting China and other parts of Asia.Storyhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2009/11/beijing_residents_react_to_oba.htmlTue, 17 Nov 2009 14:00:00 ESTWith President Obama making his three-day trip to China this week, GlobalPost correspondent Josh Shin hits the streets of Beijing to talk to residents about their thoughts on how the U.S. president is doing.Daily Video Cliphttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2009/11/president_obama_visits_japan_a.htmlMon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:00 ESTPresident Obama kicked off a nine-day trip to Asia with a visit to Japan, where the newly elected prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, is seeking a more "equal partnership" with the U.S. and the closing of an unpopular Marine base in Okinawa.Daily Video Cliphttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/july-dec09/forthood_11-11.htmlWed, 11 Nov 2009 16:00:00 ESTPresident Barack Obama and victim families paid last respects at Fort Hood, Texas, as the alleged shooter in the attack recuperates and investigators look into possible motives.Storyhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:00:00 ESTOver the past three years, nearly 32,000 Iraqi refugees have arrived in the U.S. to escape persecution back home, but many find a whole new host of challenges here in America where jobs and resources are becoming scarce.Daily Video Cliphttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/speakout/us/july-dec09/dreamact_11-10.htmlWed, 11 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST"American schools and financial aid should be only for legal citizens of the United States. There should be no exceptions to this."Student Voicehttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/world/july-dec09/berlinwall_11-06.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:00 ESTThis month is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event that precipitated the collapse of the communist-run Soviet Union and signaled the end of the Cold War.Storyhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2009/11/800_years_of_financial_crises.htmlMon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:00 ESTOne year since the onset of the financial crisis, some signs of recovery have already taken hold. But is this financial meltdown really any different from crises of the past? "No", say economists Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhardt in their new book, "This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly".Daily Video Cliphttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2009/11/turning_pond_scum_into_fuel.htmlMon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:00 ESTThe Solix Biofuels Company out in the Colorado Desert is one of about 200 companies trying to find a way to make biofuels out of algae by extracting its natural oils.Daily Video Cliphttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2009/10/borneo_clinic_helps_patients_a.htmlThu, 29 Oct 2009 11:30:00 ESTDr. Kinari Webb runs an environmentally friendly health clinic in the Southeast Asian island of Borneo that offers patients living in extreme poverty access to affordable health care.Daily Video Cliphttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/health/july-dec09/blue_zones.htmlWed, 28 Oct 2009 15:00:00 ESTSardinia, Italy, Okinawa, Japan, The Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica, and Loma Linda in California are full of people who are 75 years and older living healthy lives. How can we all live longer and fuller lives?Lesson Planhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/july-dec09/climatechange_10-23.htmlFri, 23 Oct 2009 16:00:00 ESTThe United Nations Climate Change Summit, to take place this December in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a major event in the worldwide effort to deal with the problem of global warming.Storyhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2009/10/h1n1_vaccine_shortage.htmlThu, 22 Oct 2009 12:00:00 ESTIn this video, NewsHour Health Unit correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on concerns over the possible H1N1 flu vaccine shortage that is causing chaos at hospitals as flu season approaches.Daily Video Cliphttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/world/july-dec09/sudan_10-21.htmlWed, 21 Oct 2009 17:00:00 ESTSecretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a new strategy for Sudan this week, shifting from isolation to greater engagement with the Sudanese government to end genocide and war in Darfur.Storyhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/july-dec09/scotus_10-07.htmlWed, 07 Oct 2009 17:00:00 ESTThe Supreme Court begins its term considering questions such as: do businesses have the same rights as people? Are animal cruelty movies free speech? And where is the line between church and state?Storyhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/science/july-dec09/ardi_10-02.htmlFri, 02 Oct 2009 15:00:00 ESTAnthropologists have found a skeleton of a human-like creature that lived more than a million years before "Lucy," opening a window into how humans diverged from a common ancestor with chimpanzees.Storyhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/health/july-dec09/fluvaccine.htmlFri, 25 Sep 2009 12:00:00 ESTStudents investigate how scientists make vaccines.Lesson Planhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/world/july-dec09/how_to_talk_to_the_enemy.htmlThu, 06 Aug 2009 18:00:00 ESTIn this lesson, students review the current condition in Afghanistan and explore the possibility of negotiating with the Taliban. Students will develop a briefing paper on the current conditions, develop and evaluate a plan for resolving the conflict in Afghanistan.Lesson Planhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/middle_east/iran_democracy.htmlWed, 08 Jul 2009 13:55:00 ESTStudents will review Iran's political history particularly as it relates to the United States and understand Iran's political structure and operation and the degree of democracy that exists there.Lesson Planhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/science/green_schools.htmlTue, 21 Apr 2009 15:00:00 ESTStudents will define attributes of an energy efficient "green" school and identify areas of energy waste in their school.Lesson Planhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/us/jan-june09/affirmative_action.htmlMon, 13 Apr 2009 14:00:00 ESTStudents will explore key points related to the different positions on affirmative action for race and class.Lesson Planhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/world/jan-june09/npt_2009.htmlMon, 06 Apr 2009 15:00:00 ESTStudents will track the outcomes of the Nonproliferation Treaty Review using primary sources.Lesson Planhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/economics/july-dec09/undercounting_unemployment.htmlThu, 18 Sep 2008 15:00:00 ESTStudents will begin to understand how the United States defines unemployment and determines unemployment numbersLesson Planhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/world/pakistan_overview.htmlWed, 19 Dec 2007 16:00:00 ESTStudents learn about Pakistan, where it is in the world, its customs and culture, and why it is in the news. Then they work in groups to complete a research project and presentation comparing Pakistani life and American life.Lesson Planhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/arts/july-dec09/artist_cards_08-31.htmlThu, 01 Nov 2007 14:00:00 ESTSociety is comprised of a myriad of opposing views and opinions. Individuals form thoughts based on their perceptions and experiences. By exploring opposing perceptions of a nondescript shape, students will begin to explore differing views of the same subject.Lesson Plan