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PBS drug shortage
Daily News Lesson July 28 2023

Prescription drug shortages make treatment decisions difficult for doctors and patients
The U.S. is in the midst of an ongoing prescription drug shortage with more and more medication in short supply for longer stretches of time
PBS Healthcare
Daily News Lesson July 25 2023

Why Americans are paying each other’s medical bills
Many Americans have enrolled in an alternative to traditional health insurance called health care sharing plans
PBSMilitary
Daily News Lesson July 19 2023

How militaries are using artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence has been a crucial tool for many nations’ militaries and is set to grow in importance
Supporters of those arrested in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol protest between the U.S. Supreme Court and the Capitol in Washington
Daily News Lesson July 13 2023

How the American Revolution has become part of the current political divide
And the role of historians in helping more Americans understand history
Thomas Edison And His Big Bulb
Lesson Plan July 13 2023

Lesson plan: Learn how to pitch your invention

Pitch ideas for solving problems in your community
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Lesson Plan July 13 2023

Lesson plan: What does an inventor do?

Learn what strategies inventors use to solve problems they see around them
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Lesson Plan July 13 2023

Lesson plan: Who is an inventor, anyway?

Learn what makes an inventor and how you can use skills you already have to become one today
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Lesson Plan July 07 2023

Educator Voice: How issues of inequality affect how teachers teach

Teachers join Jeremy Ney to discuss inequality in the U.S.
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Lesson Plan July 03 2023

Lesson plan: Patent pending! Learn how to patent your invention

So, you finally put your great idea for an invention down on paper. Now what happens?
U.S. Supreme Court rejects affirmative action in university admissions
Daily News Lesson June 30 2023

Supreme Court strikes affirmative action + Newswrap 6/30/23 + Student video
Discuss the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against long-standing race-conscious college admissions programs
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