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Post December 18 2015

World News Quiz: What were the highs and lows of 2015?
Were your students paying attention in 2015? Give them this fun, 5-minute quiz to find out!
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Daily Video December 17 2015

Trial of first officer in Freddie Gray case ends in mistrial
The trial for one of the six Baltimore police officers implicated in the death of Freddie Gray while in their custody last April ended in a mistrial Wednesday after the jury failed to reach consensus.
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Student Voices December 17 2015

Paris Agreement is "first step" in addressing threat of climate change
Before I took a class on human impact on the environment, I would not have considered myself an environmentalist. Sure, our use of the environment was destroying the earth, but we wouldn’t see the consequences anytime soon, at least not here. Right?
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Daily Video December 16 2015

Republican candidates clash over national security in fifth debate
Nine Republican presidential candidates met Tuesday night in Las Vegas to debate how to keep the co…
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Daily Video December 15 2015

Immigration issue separates GOP from many Latino voters
DOWNLOAD VIDEO As Republican presidential candidates square off in Las Vegas Tuesday night…
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Lesson Plan December 15 2015

How has technology changed the way candidates run for president? - Lesson Plan
Subject(s) Social studies, U.S. Government, Civics Estimated Time: Two to three …
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Daily Video December 14 2015

Young Muslims feeling backlash of extremist terror attacks
Many Muslim communities in the United States say they feel unsafe after a recent string of violence directed at them following attacks by Islamic extremists in San Bernardino, California and Paris, France.
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Daily Video December 11 2015

Podcast renews controversy over soldier who abandoned post
Debate reignited this week over the case of Bowe Bergdahl — the U.S. Army sergeant who deserted his Afghanistan post in 2009, only to be captured by the Taliban and held captive for five years.
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Post December 11 2015

Finish the week with a World News Quiz!
Did your students keep up with major news events taking place around the world this week? Give them this fun, 5-minute quiz as a way to review or learn a little about what they may have missed!
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Daily Video December 10 2015

What do early election polls tell us?
History has shown that early opinion poll numbers often do not predict the candidates that will ultimately win their party’s nomination going into a presidential election.
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