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Lesson plan: After helping Pilgrims, today's Wampanoag tribe fight for their ancestral lands

Lesson plan: After helping Pilgrims, today's Wampanoag tribe fight for their ancestral lands

Examine current issues facing the Wampanoag people, the descendants of the Native American tribes who welcomed and helped the Pilgrims
Lesson plan: How to spot fake screenshots on social media

Lesson plan: How to spot fake screenshots on social media

Learn how screenshots can be manipulated and why manipulated screenshots often show up on social media
Lesson plan: Gun laws and book bans — how to find the missing context

Lesson plan: Gun laws and book bans — how to find the missing context

Learn why context is as important as any other tool in determining what is true or not online

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JOURNALISM IN ACTION

Civic Engagement and Primary Sources Through Key Moments in History

The Journalism in Action website allows students to investigate the role journalism has played in U.S. history and what it means to have a free press.

Using the Library of Congress' databases, students analyze primary sources ranging from Civil War photographs to broadcasts of the Watergate hearings.

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