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Lesson Plan December 15 2020

The vicious cycle of incarceration and homelessness

Explore the ways homelessness affects those released from prison, their families and communities.

Lesson Plan December 14 2020

Obstacles facing those released from prison after felony convictions

In this NewsHour lesson plan, students will examine the challenges faced by those individuals formerly convicted of felonies in reintegrating into their communities.

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Lesson Plan November 16 2020

What is the difference between mis- and disinformation?

Learn to define and distinguish misinformation and disinformation

Lesson Plan November 11 2020

Voter suppression then and now

Explore voter suppression in the United States from Reconstruction to today

Mail-in ballots are counted in Chester County, Pennsylvania

Lesson Plan November 06 2020

Ballad of the Ballots

Understand the history of ballots in the U.S. and why voting reform has always been a topic of debate

Lesson Plan October 29 2020

Five memorable presidential campaigns

Does President McKinley's Front Porch campaign ring a bell? How about Harry Truman's Whistlestop campaign? Have students find patterns by studying these five presidential campaigns.

FILE PHOTO: A combination picture shows U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate, in Cleveland

Lesson Plan October 19 2020

Four mini-lessons on presidential debates

Explore what makes a debate format work and why presidential debates are important to voters, then watch the next presidential debate

Lesson Plan August 28 2020

Lesson plan: Build your own knowledge of the suffrage movement

Learn some of the often overlooked stories of the suffrage movement

Lesson Plan August 28 2020

Lesson plan: Music and speeches at the March on Washington

Examine the words and art of individuals who helped lead the March on Washington

Lesson Plan April 02 2020

Lesson plan: What is the role of civil disobedience today?

Learn about the practice of civil disobedience with examples like Cesar Chavez and Rosa Parks

Lesson Plan February 22 2020

What are the Primaries and Caucuses?

Learn about the primaries and caucuses ahead of Election 2020

Lesson Plan September 22 2019

Lesson plan: How animals help us design new inventions to solve environmental problems

Learn how farm animals are improving energy output on solar farms and design their own device to improve a problem that relies on an eco-friendly solution

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