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Daily News Lesson May 27 2022

Lesson plan: How to talk as a class about gun violence in schools

Develop tools to address anxieties about school violence, including shootings
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Daily News Lesson May 26 2022

Sen. Chris Murphy seeks ‘common ground’ with Republicans on new gun laws in wake of Texas school shooting
Hear from one Senator who is trying to lead bipartisan legislation on guns
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Daily News Lesson May 26 2022

Monkeypox spreads amid struggle to contain COVID-19
Understand why the spread of an uncommon virus is complicating efforts to control COVID-19
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Daily News Lesson May 25 2022

How Uvalde, Texas, is mourning after school massacre
Hear how a community is coming together after a deadly school shooting
Shooting reported near elementary school in Uvalde, Texas
Daily News Lesson May 24 2022

19 children, 2 adults killed in Texas elementary school shooting
Learn what happened in an attack by a gunman on an elementary school in Texas
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Daily News Lesson May 24 2022

Cancer survivor and amputee defies the odds running marathons and breaking records
Discuss the story of an athlete who overcame health crisis to set records
Gang violence in Haiti's capital forces residents to flee their homes
Daily News Lesson May 24 2022

Hundreds of years after Haiti paid to be free from slavery the costs are still being felt
Learn why a colonial legacy in Haiti has impacted life there today
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Daily News Lesson May 23 2022

Georgia Republicans vote in a heated primary — and other news for May 24, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
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Daily News Lesson May 23 2022

Students confront gun violence through one way they know how — theater
Learn how some students are using the arts to confront the trauma of gun violence
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Daily News Lesson May 22 2022

New Mexico wildfires amid historic drought — and other news for May 23, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
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Daily News Lesson May 20 2022

Buffalo shooting: How we can respond to white nationalist violence
Discuss the issue of white nationalism in the U.S. and what can be done about it
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Daily News Lesson May 19 2022

Baby formula shortage prompts Biden to invoke Defense Production Act — and other news for May 20, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
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