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Daily News Lesson April 16 2023

Top lesson: Brooks and Capehart on Election 2024 + Newswrap 4/17/23 + Student Video

Hear New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics

Tennessee Republicans vote to expel Democratic lawmakers from statehouse in Nashville, TN

Lesson Plan April 12 2023

Lesson plan: Why Frederick Douglass and Rep. Justin Pearson discussed the Fourth of July in their speeches

In this lesson, students will read excerpts from Rep. Justin Pearson’s speech and Frederick Douglass’s famous speech, “What To The Slave is the Fourth of July?”

Daily News Lesson April 03 2023

Top lesson: Brooks and Tumulty on Trump indictment + News wrap 4/03/23 + Student Video

Hear from David Brooks and Karen Tumulty on implications of Trump indictment and more

Trump hosts New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago resort, in Palm Beach, Florida

Daily News Lesson March 23 2023

Top lesson: Trump faces possible indictments + News wrap 3/23/23 + Student video

Discuss the legal risks around the former president and how that might effect the future of the GOP

Daily News Lesson March 22 2023

Top lesson: Brooks and Capehart on banking crisis + News wrap 3/22/23 + Student video

Discuss the bank collapse, Russia–U.S. relations and more

Daily News Lesson March 08 2023

Top Lesson: Fox News' Tucker Carlson spreads misinformation about Jan. 6th + News wrap 3/8/23 + Student video

Daily News Lesson February 22 2023

Lunar New Year shooting in California

Lesson includes resources to help you talk with your students about traumatic events

Lesson Plan January 17 2023

Lesson plan: The March on Washington and its impact

Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech and explore themes such as the social conditions in the U.S. that led to the Civil Rights Movement

Educator Voices January 12 2023

Educator Voice: Tips for teaching history in today's political environment

Hear from Jessica Ellison, the new executive director of National Council of History Education (NCHE)

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