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Ex-Felons Register To Vote Under Florida's New Law
Lesson Plan October 19 2022

Lesson plan: What is felony disenfranchisement?

Discuss ways people convicted of crimes are punished beyond prison as part of our Searching for Justice series of lessons.
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Lesson Plan October 17 2022

Be MediaWise lesson 9: Identifying news sites that aren't actually legit

Learn how some media sources have been built to deceive, and how to spot them
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Lesson Plan October 05 2022

Media literacy lesson: How to understand statistics and data in the news

Make sense of statistics presented on social media
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Lesson Plan September 21 2022

Media literacy lesson: How to fact-check partisan social media posts

Sort through the noise surrounding the most consequential legislation passed by Congress this year
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Lesson Plan September 10 2022

Lesson plan: Make a playlist of top news stories from the summer
Take a look at the biggest stories from the summer and decide which ones you think are most important
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Lesson Plan September 02 2022

Lesson plan: Role of labor unions today and in the past

Explore the history of workers' rights including examples of working-class Americans standing up to corporate giants
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Lesson Plan September 01 2022

Lesson plan: For Labor Day, explore this labor/management 'negotiation' scenario

In this NewsHour lesson plan, learn about the role unions played in workers' rights and why we have Labor Day.
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Lesson Plan July 13 2022

Lesson plan: How overturning Roe will adversely affect historically marginalized women
Students will learn about the ways that the end of Roe v. Wade and the rise of abortion bans across the country will fall most heavily on poor women, women of color and women experiencing domestic violence
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Lesson Plan June 29 2022

Lesson plan: What's in the frame? How media literacy helps students watch and dissect the news

Learn how editorial choices about what goes in the camera frame influence our understanding of news and media
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Lesson Plan June 28 2022

Lesson plan: Life of LGBTQ+ activist Marsha P. Johnson and her legacy at Stonewall

June 28 is the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Learn about Black trans activist Marsha P. Johnson's role at Stonewall.
Poor People's Campaign hosts Moral March on Washington
Lesson Plan June 23 2022

Lesson plan: Amid rising economic inequality, does America need a third Reconstruction?

Learn about the Poor People's Campaign and explore its historic roots
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Lesson Plan June 08 2022

Be MediaWise lesson 1: How Images Help Spread Misinformation

Learn how to sort through misinformation online in this lesson produced by Student Reporting Labs and the Poynter Institute
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