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Post October 08 2015

First Lady honors National Student Poets — Class Discussion
  (Anita Wright/NewsHour Extra) Have your students read the following articl…
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Post September 28 2015

How do people of different backgrounds view racial equality in the U.S.? — Class Discussion
Race relations have been a major topic recently in the United States. Incidents like the death of M…
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Post September 03 2015

Remembering Japan's surrender to Allied forces — Class Activity
Seventy years ago, Japan formally surrendered World War II aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Ja…
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Post August 27 2015

Five things your class should know on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
  By Gabby Shacknai Aug. 29 marks the 10-year anniversary of one of the most c…
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Post August 10 2015

Teaching Ferguson in the classroom
It's been one year since the encounter with a white police officer that resulted in the death of bl…
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Post August 06 2015

Five things your class should know on the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing
World War II, Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki (right), August 1945, …
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Post July 24 2015

Eight female authors your class should know for the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s 'Emma'
  By Gabby Shacknai Jane Austen is known throughout the world as one of the mo…
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Post July 15 2015

Five things your class needs to know about the Iran nuclear deal
  By Gabby Shacknai On Tuesday, after two years of negotiations, a group of si…
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Post July 14 2015

The science of caffeine — Class Activity
By Gabby Shacknai Millions of Americans use caffeine, the world’s most popular drug, every d…
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Post July 01 2015

Five things your class needs to know about U.S.-Iranian relations
  By Gabby Shacknai Iran’s nuclear program has been a point of international attenti…
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Post June 26 2015

Breaking down the SCOTUS decision on marriage equality for your class
  Background of Obergefell v. Hodges In the case Obergefell v. Hodges ,…
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Post June 23 2015

Two soldiers receive Medal of Honor posthumously - Class Discussion
By Jordan Mambert The Great War, also known as World War I, was fought from 1914-1918 betwee…
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