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Daily News Lesson January 22 2023

Top stories: Ozone layer recovers + News wrap 1/23/23 + Student video
Learn about a success story in global environmental action
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Daily News Lesson January 19 2023

Top stories! Helping refugees + News wrap 1/20/23 + Student video
Learn about a program that allows U.S. citizens to help support refugees
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Daily News Lesson January 18 2023

Top stories! Massive tech layoffs + News wrap 1/19/23 + Student video
Learn how layoffs in the tech industry may be a danger sign for the larger economy
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Daily News Lesson January 17 2023

Top stories! China population decline + News wrap 1/18/23 + Student video
Discuss why a decreasing population in China could have ripple effects around the world
People celebrate Juneteenth in Washington
Daily News Lesson January 16 2023

Martin Luther King III on his father's legacy

Hear from Martin Luther King III on his father's legacy and how he might lead today
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Daily News Lesson January 13 2023

Top stories! Biden docs + News wrap 1/13/23 + Student video
Special counsel appointed to investigate classified docs at Biden's former place of work and home
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Daily News Lesson January 12 2023

Top stories! Using heat pumps instead of fossil fuels + News wrap 1/12/23 + Student video
Will the move help reduce the negative effects on our environment from global warming?
Howard University receives bomb threats in Washington
Daily News Lesson January 11 2023

White House offers new student loan payment plans as debt cancellation held up in court
Who do the new plans help and why do tens of millions of Americans have student loan debt?
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representatives try again to elect a Speaker on the third day of the 118th Congress at U.S. Capitol in Washington
Daily News Lesson January 10 2023

Local paper broke George Santos scandal before November election — why didn't the rest of the news media?
An important lesson in media literacy, politics and power
Kevin McCarthy is elected next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington
Daily News Lesson January 08 2023

What Speaker McCarthy’s concessions to a tiny group of Republicans means for the nation
And learn why the Rules Committee has taken center stage
The U.S. Capitol Building is stormed by a pro-Trump mob on January 6, 2021
Daily News Lesson January 06 2023

Exploring the threats to democracy that remain two years after Jan. 6
Learn why democracy in the U.S. is still under threat years after the attack on the Capitol
The U.S. Capitol Building is stormed by a pro-Trump mob on January 6, 2021
Daily News Lesson January 05 2023

PBS NewsHour stories + Student Video of the Day — Jan. 6, 2023
Current events for social studies, science, English, STEM and more with discussion questions for grades 6-12
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