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Grades 6-12

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Classroom features daily news lessons based on PBS NewsHour, full-length video-based lesson plans and opportunities for teachers and students to be published on Classroom Voices

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Lesson plan: Inflation Reduction (F)Act check

Lesson plan: Inflation Reduction (F)Act check

Sort through the noise surrounding the most consequential legislation passed by Congress this year
Teachers share fear, outrage about book bans on season three opener of PBS NewsHour Classroom's 'Educator Voice'

Teachers share fear, outrage about book bans on season three opener of PBS NewsHour Classroom's 'Educator Voice'

Hear how educators are feeling about the new school year
Lesson plan: Constitution Day and active citizenship

Lesson plan: Constitution Day and active citizenship

Explore the U.S. Constitution on Constitution Day!

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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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