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Lesson Plan January 09 2019

Lesson plan: The life and death stakes of health inequality
It has been long documented that African Americans have been historically under-served when it come…
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Post November 08 2018

How to talk with children in the immediate aftermath of a mass shooting
On Wednesday night, at least 12 people including a sheriff's deputy were killed in a mass shooting …
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Lesson Plan July 20 2018

Lesson plan: How mice could help fight Lyme Disease

In this STEM lesson, students will watch the PBS NewsHour video, "Could genetically engineered mice reduce Lyme disease?", and design their own inventions that could help solve public health issues
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Lesson Plan August 02 2017

Lesson plan: How new inventions help people with disabilities and injuries
For a Google version of this lesson plan, click here. (Note: you will need to make a copy of the do…
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Post June 13 2017

Game on: Key facts about the Republican health care bill
  This week might determine the fate of a Republican-backed bill to repeal and replace…
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Lesson Plan October 24 2016

Student Reporting Labs: How well are our wells?
In the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab video, "Water Scarcity for New Mexico Natives," Las Cruces High School students describe climate changes and human activities which impact quality and availability of groundwater. In the lesson plan, students gather information from a low-cost physical model, choose a part of the groundwater and well problem, propose a solution and defend their proposal.
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Lesson Plan September 30 2014

Lesson plan: Ebola outbreak
By Katie Gould, PBS NewsHour Extra Teacher Resource Producer Introduction The Ebola outbrea…
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Post May 19 2014

12 top education resources to teach at the end of the school year
It's nearly the end of another school year and NewsHour Extra wants to help you celebrate. Here are…
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Post February 04 2014

Classroom resources for teaching the 2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics are set to take place February 7 -23 in Sochi, Russia, a resort town on th…
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Post October 16 2013

6 Resources to Teach World Food Day
Every year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations marks October 16 as World F…
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