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Lesson Plan April 21 2015

What makes someone a bystander? - Lesson Plan
This lesson asks students to explore the psychology of why people choose to remain bystanders instead of choosing to intervene.
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Lesson Plan March 27 2015

Lesson plan: Satire's role in current events

This lesson asks students to think critically about their relationship to satire and explore the question of how it helps us interpret global events.
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Lesson Plan January 29 2015

Lesson plan: six murals tell the story of La Amistad and the African slave trade

On a moonless night in July 1839, several enslaved Africans unshackled themselves and crept up to the deck of La Amistad where they attacked and killed all but two of their captors. In this lesson, students will learn the story of Amistad through videos and six murals by Hale Woodruff, an artist eager to use his skills to create social change.
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Lesson Plan January 24 2015

Lesson plan: Righteous among the nations — Rescuers of the Holocaust

Learn what it means to be counted among the "righteous of the nations"
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Lesson Plan January 22 2015

YouTube stars interview President Obama - Class Activity
As part of his State of the Union strategy, President Barack Obama answered questions from a new cr…
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Lesson Plan January 21 2015

YouTube stars interview President Obama - Resources
By Katie Gould, PBS NewsHour Extra Teacher Resource Producer Building off his 2015 State of …
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Lesson Plan October 27 2014

Ebola outbreak lesson plan update: October 27th, 2014
By Katie Gould, PBS NewsHour Teacher Resource Producer As the Ebola outbreak continues spread, …
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Lesson Plan September 30 2014

Lesson plan: Ebola outbreak
IntroductionThe Ebola outbreak in Western Africa has already claimed the lives of thousands since i…
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Lesson Plan September 19 2014

Ebola outbreak mission instructions and resources - Digital Student Guide
Health workers carry the body of a suspected Ebola victim for burial at a cemetery in Freetown Dece…
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Lesson Plan September 11 2014

Lesson plan: The 9/11 anniversary in the classroom
A man places roses at the 9/11 Memorial ahead of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks i…
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Lesson Plan June 10 2014

Celebrate high school seniors with Flocabulary's "18 years in rap" - Lesson Plan
Looking for a great way to celebrate your graduating seniors? Try out Flocabulary's "18 Years in Rap", which covers major world events from 1996, the year most of this year’s graduating seniors were born, to 2014.
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Lesson Plan May 18 2014

News quiz: How much do you know about this school year’s biggest stories?
A lot has happened in the world since the end of the last school year. With summer vacation just ar…
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