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Daily News Lesson April 04 2023

The life and legacy of Cherokee photographer Jennie Ross Cobb

Learn about the life and legacy of Native photographer Jennie Ross Cobb
Italian Deputy PM Salvini and Hungarian PM Orban hold a joint news conference in Budapest
Lesson Plan March 08 2023

Lesson plan: Hungary's Viktor Orbán and the global wave of democratic backsliding

Explore the factors causing democratic backsliding across the world
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Daily News Lesson March 07 2023

Top Lesson: Brooks & Capehart on state of Republican Party + News wrap 3/7/23 + Student video
NEWS WRAP: CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky discusses what we've learned after three years of COVID
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Daily News Lesson February 22 2023

Top stories: Supreme Court case on regulating the internet + News wrap 2/22/23 + Student video
The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to laws that protect websites from lawsuits
The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach
Daily News Lesson February 06 2023

Top stories: Navy searches for debris from downed Chinese balloon + News wrap 2/6/23 + Student video
The balloon had made its way across the U.S. from Montana to the Carolinas before it plunged 60,000 feet into U.S. waters
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Lesson Plan January 10 2023

Media literacy lesson: Corporate "greenwashing" — how not to be fooled by big business's claims of climate-friendly practices

Learn how businesses that promote themselves as environmentally friendly may not be doing all they claim
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"Strongman" author Kenneth C. Davis talks with educators about teaching Jan. 6 and how democracies fall
In conversation with several dozen teachers, Davis also discusses the need for robust social studies programs for saving our democracy
FILE PHOTO: Congressional delegation to Amazon plant
Lesson Plan September 02 2022

Lesson plan: Role of labor unions today and in the past

Explore the history of workers' rights including examples of working-class Americans standing up to corporate giants
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Lesson Plan September 01 2022

Lesson plan: For Labor Day, explore this labor/management 'negotiation' scenario

In this NewsHour lesson plan, learn about the role unions played in workers' rights and why we have Labor Day.
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Daily News Lesson May 27 2022

Lesson plan: How to talk as a class about gun violence in schools

Develop tools to address anxieties about school violence, including shootings
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