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Discarded face masks in Wampatuck State Park Hingham. Part of a larger issue about medical trash on Tuesday April 13, 2021 Greg

Daily News Lesson April 23 2021

How pandemic pollution contributes to plastic problem

Learn about how single-use plastics are piling up as a result of the pandemic

FILE PHOTO: Israeli teens get COVID-19 vaccine

Daily News Lesson April 21 2021

What are my chances of hospitalization even after being fully vaccinated?

Explore the challenges doctors and other officials face in getting everyone vaccinated.

News conference after the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, in Minneapolis Minnesota

Daily News Lesson April 20 2021

George Floyd’s family vows to ‘keep fighting’ for just policing after Chauvin verdict

Watch George Floyd's family react to Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict and discuss what the verdict means for policing going forward

Mass Shooting At Indianapolis FedEx Facility Leaves Eight Dead

Daily News Lesson April 20 2021

Sikhs reflect on targeted attacks after FedEx shooting

Learn the names and stories of the victims of a recent shooting in Indianapolis, and explore how the shooter was able to obtain firearms despite being a known threat

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity makes its first flight

Daily News Lesson April 20 2021

Ingenuity’s flight on Mars rings in a new era of aviation

Watch the first remote controlled flight on another planet.

Daily News Lesson April 19 2021

Brooks & Capehart on police shootings and Afghanistan

Discuss the roles of US police and the military at home and abroad.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona takes part in a briefing at the White House in Washington

Daily News Lesson April 15 2021

How the U.S. plans to address educational inequities, teacher burnout and school shootings

Hear from the secretary of education about the future of education post-COVID

U.S. military advisers from the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade at an Afghan National Army base in Maidan Wardak province

Daily News Lesson April 15 2021

Will the withdrawal of U.S. troops enable the Taliban? Three Afghanistan experts weigh in

Discuss why the U.S. military has stayed for decades in Afghanistan.

Protesters march for George Floyd on the day of opening statements for the trial of Chauvin in Minneapolis

Lesson Plan April 15 2021

How Derek Chauvin trial highlights trauma of police brutality

This lesson plan has students analyze the facts of the Derek Chauvin trial as well as any potential stereotypes used in the case and the racial undertones thereof

FILE PHOTO: A police officer is seen in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington

Lesson Plan April 15 2021

Were COVID restrictions constitutional?

Research Constitutional considerations surrounding COVID and discuss the balance of private rights and public good

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