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How2Internet: Safely setting up
Lesson Plan January 24 2024

How2Internet: Safely set up social media accounts

Learn to safely set up a social media account
disability
Lesson Plan January 19 2024

Lesson plan: Key economic issues concerning disability advocates

Learn about some of the most critical issues that people with disabilities face in the U.S.
disability
Lesson Plan January 19 2024

Lesson plan: How shortage of direct care workers affects people with disabilities

Discuss ways home health shortages have become a major obstacle for people with disabilities
reframing
Lesson Plan January 18 2024

Lesson plan: Understanding the impact of climate change on people with disabilities

Discuss ways climate change might disproportionately affect people with disabilities
Separate fact from opinion and satire online
Lesson Plan January 16 2024

How2Internet: Separate fact from opinion and satire online

Learn to safely set up a social media account
A person walks past a mural of Martin Luther King Jr. during the celebration of MLK Community Service Day in Washington
Lesson Plan January 15 2024

Lesson plan: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech as visual text

Examine why the speech was a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement through a visual drawing or illustration
Tourists walk past the U.S. Capitol in Washington
Lesson Plan January 12 2024

Lesson plan: Shutting down government shutdowns

Learn about government shutdowns and discuss the best way to end or prevent them
Open door to prison cell
Lesson Plan October 04 2023

Lesson plan: Investigating prison abuse inside the state system

Investigate treatment of prisoners in New York prisons as well as ways to prevent abuse
SNAP and EBT Accepted here sign. SNAP and Food Stamps provide nutrition benefits to supplement the budgets of disadvantaged families.
Lesson Plan September 23 2023

Lesson plan: How past drug convictions means a ban from food stamps and social safety net

Learn about SNAP benefits and discuss obstacles to access for many
American flag fluttering in the breeze on a deserted main street
Lesson Plan September 13 2023

Lesson plan: How America's history of racism continues to shape us today

Discuss the ways political divisions in the U.S. today are informed by a history of racism
Group of men arrested after they were found in the rear of a U Haul van in Coeur d'Alene
Lesson Plan September 12 2023

Lesson plan: Should Congress pass a domestic terrorism bill?

Discuss recent attempts in Congress to pass a domestic terrorism bill, and why it failed
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain meets with striking UAW members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant, as they picket in Delta Township
Lesson Plan September 06 2023

6 facts about labor union history in the U.S.

Labor history is a key aspect of U.S. history — learn more about it here!
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