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Daily Video February 09 2016

Hillary Clinton supporters clash with young females, Sanders supporters
Hillary Clinton found herself navigating controversy this week stemming from comments made by her supporters.
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Lesson Plan December 08 2015

Meet the presidential candidates in Election 2016 - Lesson Plan
Subjects Social Studies, Government, Civics Estimated Time Two to three 45-minut…
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Daily Video October 20 2015

Politics Monday: Biden for president? Why doesn’t anyone want to be House Speaker?
Speculation continued this week over whether Vice President Joe Biden will enter the Democratic race for president and whether Republican Paul Ryan will run for the embattled Speaker of the House position.
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Daily Video September 08 2015

Should the U.S. take in Syrian war refugees?
As the refugee crisis continues in Europe, candidates running for president have begun to weigh in on what the U.S. should be doing.
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Daily Video September 04 2015

Kentucky clerk sent to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses
A county clerk in Kentucky went to jail Thursday for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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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 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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Daily Video July 02 2015

Opening for business could end Internet isolation for Cuba
After decades of isolation, Cuba could soon expand access to consumer technology and the Internet.
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Daily Video June 23 2015

Military conducted race-based experiments during WWII
The U.S. tested the effects of highly toxic mustard gas on troops in nonconsensual, race-based experiments during World War II, according to a new NPR investigation.
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Lesson Plan June 10 2015

Lesson Plan: Constitutional amendments and marriage equality

Students will get the chance to write their own amendments to the Bill of Rights
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