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Daily Video February 22 2021

Daily News Lesson: Recovery may take months even as more help reaches storm-hit Texas
What do you think federal and local authorities should do in response to an emergency like the storms in Texas?
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Lesson Plan February 22 2021

Lesson plan: How community programs can help pave the road from prison

Discuss ways to make the path easier for returning citizens released from prisons.
Undated illustration handout of Perseverance rover being lowered to Martian surface by jet-powered "sky crane" descent vehicle
Daily Video February 19 2021

Classroom Resource: NASA rover lands on Mars, resuming search for remnants of life
Discuss the significance of NASA's latest mission to Mars.
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Daily Video February 16 2021

Classroom Resource: Is the recent wave of severe weather across the U.S. a harbinger for climate change?
Discuss the extreme winter weather this week and how it might be linked to climate change
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Post February 16 2021

Educator Voice: Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding on what it takes to keep classrooms safe
Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, epidemiologist, fellow at Federation of American Scientists and father to a 7-…
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Daily Video February 15 2021

News Roundup: Trump acquitted, but majority votes to convict
Discuss the impeachment trial and other events from the past week
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Daily News Lesson February 14 2021

On Parkland anniversary, learn about Fred Guttenberg's daughter Jamie and 'finding the helpers' in life
Students will meet Fred Guttenberg, father of 14-year-old Jamie Guttenberg, who was killed in the Parkland school shooting four years ago.
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Post February 13 2021

How Fred Guttenberg's book "Find the Helpers" teaches ways to overcome loss
Fred Guttenberg on PBS NewsHour EXTRA Educator Zoom Today is the third anniversary of the Pa…
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Lesson Plan February 12 2021

Lesson plan: Conspiracy theories, then and now
For a Google doc of this lesson, click here. (Note: You will need to make a copy of the Google doc …
FILE PHOTO: General view of Tahrir Square as fireworks explode during a pro-democracy supporters' celebration in Cairo
Daily Video February 12 2021

Classroom Resource: Ten years after the Arab Spring, democracy remains elusive in Egypt
Explore a decade of push for democracy in Egypt and the surrounding region.
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