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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Mumbai
Daily News Lesson May 04 2021

Discuss India’s deepening COVID-19 crisis
Understand why India is experiencing its worst COVID crisis even as other countries begin to recover
FILE PHOTO: Morning rises over the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington
Daily News Lesson May 03 2021

Student free speech makes it to the Supreme Court
Discuss whether public schools should be able to punish students for speech outside of the school
Protesters rally outside the Turkish Consulate in commemoration of the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian genocide in Los Angeles
Daily News Lesson April 29 2021

Significance of Biden's recognition of the Armenian genocide
Learn about the Armenian genocide and how it affects international relationships today
U.S. President Joe Biden's first address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in Washington
Daily News Lesson April 29 2021

Discuss Biden's address with your students
Watch clips from Biden's address to Congress and discuss what should be national priority going forward
FILE PHOTO: A Fox News channel sign is seen on a television vehicle outside the News Corporation building in New York City, in New York
Daily News Lesson April 29 2021

How misinformation is used to amplify and strengthen ideology
Discuss why correcting disinformation can have less of an impact than disinformation itself
Handout photo of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signing a restrictive voting bill
Post April 28 2021

Compare state voting laws today with laws of the Jim Crow era
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Lesson Plan April 28 2021

Lesson plan: Poetry as a window into modern history

This poetry lesson illuminates U.S. history, as the poets address profound human connections amid critical events
FILE PHOTO: A person holds census information at an event where U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spoke at a Census Town Hall at the Louis Armstrong Middle School in Queens, New York City
Daily News Lesson April 27 2021

How the 2020 census affects balance of power in Congress
Discuss the ways the census affects political outcomes, and look into the results of the census on the official site
FILE PHOTO: A person holds census information at an event where U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spoke at a Census Town Hall at the Louis Armstrong Middle School in Queens, New York City
Daily News Lesson April 27 2021

How the 2020 census affects Washington’s balance of power
Discuss the ways the census affects political outcomes, and look into the results of the census on the official site
Arsenal fans protest against owner after failed launch of a European Super League
Daily News Lesson April 26 2021

Plans for European soccer ‘Super League’ backfire on team owners
Learn why an attempt to create an international super-league failed
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