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Daily Video August 30 2017

How media literacy helps you talk about Hurricane Harvey with your students
Students will have many questions and concerns about Hurricane Harvey in the coming days. Use this PBS lesson to help you discuss the effects of extreme weather events with your students and helpful media literacy tools when it comes to media coverage of the hurricane.
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Daily Video August 23 2017

Afghanistan: What your students should know about the new strategy in America's longest war
On Monday, President Donald Trump announced plans to deploy 4,000 more U.S. troops in the 16-year long Afghanistan War, the longest war in our country's history.
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Daily Video August 21 2017

Fun facts about the 2017 solar eclipse
August 21, 2017, will provide an out-of-this-world experience for millions of Americans when the moon passes between the sun and earth, climaxing with momentary darkness. This scientific event is called a solar eclipse.
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Daily Video August 17 2017

The role of media literacy in teaching your students about Charlottesville
Use this PBS NewsHour video and discussion questions to teach your students about the events in Charlottesville. Extension activities include the history of Confederate monuments and the debate as to whether or not the statues should remain standing.
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Daily Video August 15 2017

How to discuss the history of white nationalism with your students in the wake of Charlottesville
Today's Daily News Story provides video, key terms and discussion questions to help teachers talk with their students about the events in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Daily Video August 11 2017

James Madison's Montpelier tells the stories of the enslaved people who lived there
Montpelier, the home of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, recently opened a new permanent exhibit at the Virginia estate to inform visitors about Madison's slaves and the lives they led.
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Daily Video August 10 2017

Antibiotics keep animals healthy, but some dangerous superbugs are resistant
As high-density, industrial-scale livestock feeding operations become the norm, farmers have had to take extra steps to keep animals healthy. Illnesses and diseases grow and spread quickly when large numbers of similar animals are kept in close proximity.
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Lesson Plan August 08 2017

Lesson plan: How renewable energy inventions protect the environment

Explore inventions that harness the power of water to make electricity
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Daily Video August 08 2017

Invasive parakeets threaten Hawaii's ecosystem
Rose-ringed parakeets have multiplied by the thousands on the Hawaiian island of Kauai since the 1960s, when a few parakeets kept as pets escaped. The birds have since caused problems by damaging native plants and farm crops.
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Daily Video August 07 2017

Republican leaders look ahead to a tax reform battle this fall
Health care reform has occupied the spotlight on Capitol Hill in recent months, but an equally contentious issue is on the Republican agenda next: tax reform. A team of six Republican leaders has already developed some broad policy goals.
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