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campaign finance
Lesson Plan June 07 2016

Understanding Campaign Finance Law
Campaign finance has been a major point of discussion among the three remaining presidential candidates. How much do students know about the history of campaign finance law?
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Lesson Plan June 04 2016

Lesson plan: Are teens addicted to technology?
What roles do social media and technology play in teens' lives? Is it possible that teens are addicted to their phones? In this lesson plan, students will respond to PBS NewsHour's Brief but Spectacular episode, "Teens on Tech."
immigration
Lesson Plan June 03 2016

Take a poll, debate the issue: Immigration
Where do students stand on immigration policy? In this lesson plan, have students take a poll befor…
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Lesson Plan May 31 2016

Take a poll, debate the issue: Environmental policy
Where do students stand on environmental policy? In this lesson plan, have students take a poll before and after they debate the issue to see if their views change.
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Lesson Plan May 27 2016

Historic Presidential Visit to Hiroshima
President Obama became the first sitting United States president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, seven decades after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city. Have your students learn more about this historic visit by watching videos and researching images of the Hiroshima bombing then and now.
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Lesson Plan May 27 2016

Can You Define Winning Words from the Scripps National Spelling Bee?
Have students test their obscure word knowledge through a fun Kahoot game. Can they define winning Scripps National Spelling Bee words from the past several years?
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Lesson Plan May 26 2016

Take a poll, debate the issue: Gun policy
Where do students stand on gun policy? In this lesson plan, have students take a poll before and after they debate the issue to see if their views change.
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Lesson Plan May 25 2016

Who said it? Presidential candidates' quotes activity
Start your class off with this fun election activity! Using PBS' Election Central interactive map, students can test their knowledge of candidates' policy stances by matching quotes with the candidate who they think said it.
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Lesson Plan April 11 2016

Clues to Queen Nefertiti's Hidden Tomb - Lesson Plan
Could the famous ancient Egyptian queen secretly be hidden behind the tomb of her son, King Tut? Explore new developments in Egyptology and find out how archeologists may have recently uncovered clues about the location of Queen Nefertiti's remains.
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Lesson Plan March 29 2016

"Well-behaved women seldom make history"
This lesson plan challenges students to identify negative stereotypes about women and men, introduces students to Anne Bonny (a woman who breaks traditional gender stereotypes) and gives them the opportunity to use creative writing skills to create their own profile on one of four other “rule-breaking” women in history.
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Lesson Plan March 21 2016

Women with Character, Women Who Inspire – Lesson Plan
For Women's History Month, PBS NewsHour Extra would love to know the women in your students' lives who have inspired them. Share a picture and description on social media using the hashtag #PBSWomenWhoInspire
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Lesson Plan March 08 2016

"He Named Me Malala": Understanding student activism through film - Lesson Plan
Subject(s) English, Social Studies, U.S. History, Civics Estimated Time: One to tw…
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