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Daily Video November 02 2020

Teaching Resources for Election Day: Gen Z's Prom at the Polls!
Engage your students this Election Day with these outside-the-box activities!
Voters line up to cast ballots on the first day of early voting in New York
Daily Video November 01 2020

News Roundup: Record voting as election draws near
Officials expect this election to set records in swing states against backdrop of ongoing crisis
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Post October 30 2020

Halloween lesson plans: Neuroscience and zombies!

Use these Halloween-themes lessons to learn about neuroscience!
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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.
Early voting in Maryland
Daily Video October 28 2020

What we can tell—and what we can't—from early voting
Explore what polls and early voting numbers can tell us about an election and what won't be known until after Election Day
FILE PHOTO: In-person early voting in Milwaukee
Daily Video October 27 2020

What should students know with one week until the election?
With one week to go before the election, what should students understand about the presidential race and other races?
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Daily Video October 26 2020

Teens discuss mental health during COVID-19
How has the isolation brought on by COVID-19 affected teens' mental health?
In-person early voting in Milwaukee
Daily Video October 26 2020

The growing political influence of American millennials
Explore how voters from different generations may have different concerns at the ballot box—and different strategies to engage as citizens
Donald Trump And Joe Biden Participate In Final Debate Before Presidential Election
Daily Video October 23 2020

What students can take away from the final presidential debate
What message did each candidate need to get across, and were they successful?
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Lesson Plan October 22 2020

Lesson plan: Contested elections in American history

Learn more about contested elections in U.S history and the role of the 12th Amendment
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