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New Year celebrations in Times Square
Daily News Lesson December 27 2024

Lesson plan: What news stories mattered most to your students this past year?

Create an end-of-year online magazine of the top 10 news stories from this past year
Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers speech conceding 2024 U.S. Presidential Election to President-elect Trump at Howard University in Washington
Daily News Lesson November 07 2024

Harris urges supporters to ‘never give up the fight for our democracy’ in concession

Vice President Harris' concession speech reflected on her whirlwind campaign and left her voters with a message of hope
Illustration shows ChatGPT logo
Daily News Lesson November 05 2024

AI and election misinformation: what you need to know

Learn how AI is used by political actors and others to shape public opinion
People cast their ballots in the Arizona primary election
Daily News Lesson October 24 2024

How one state is planning to counter election conspiracy theories

Learn about approaches Arizona is taking to address election conspiracy theories
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Daily News Lesson October 22 2024

University works to revive liberal arts as key part of the college experience

Discuss liberal arts and humanities and how they can complement education
President Trump Holds MAGA Rally In Support Of State Senator Troy Balderson
Lesson Plan October 21 2024

Lesson plan: Using history to evaluate conspiracy theories

Understand conspiracy theories dating back to early American history
APcall
Daily News Lesson October 16 2024

How do news outlets make calls on election winners?

Learn how the Associated Press uses modeling to call elections before all the votes are finalized
Aftermath of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina
Daily News Lesson October 09 2024

Hurricane recovery complicated by conspiracy theories

Learn how hoaxes, lies and misinformation about emergency response to Hurricane Helene has hampered recovery
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Lesson Plan September 09 2024

Lesson plan: Hosting a presidential debate

Analyze campaign issues and practice formal debate procedures and elements of logic with this lesson
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Butler
Daily News Lesson July 23 2024

How polarization and division leads to political violence

See how increasing polarization led to the assassination attempt of former President Trump
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