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Lesson Plan February 16 2024

Lesson plan: Analyze 2020 and 2024 presidential campaign ads

In this lesson plan, students will discuss what makes advertisements effective and examine ads produced by the 2020 presidential campaigns.
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Lesson Plan January 15 2024

Lesson plan: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech as visual text

Examine why the speech was a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement through a visual drawing or illustration
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Lesson Plan August 01 2023

Lesson plan: Dolores Huerta — a lifetime of activism

Learn about activist Dolores Huerta, who has spent her life trying to change and educate people on oppressive labor systems
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Lesson Plan August 01 2023

Lesson plan: Historic oil spills and their aftermath

Learn about the consequences of fossil fuels
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Daily News Lesson July 18 2023

How an aging population poses challenges for U.S. economy, workforce and social programs
Explore why a changing median age in the U.S. might affect life for everyone
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
Aftermath of an Israeli military operation, in Jenin
Daily News Lesson July 10 2023

Palestinians struggle to recover from what UN deems "excessive use of force" by Israel
The destruction after the fighting is massive, and the anger boiling
Local residents carry their belongings from a flooded house after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached, in Kherson
Daily News Lesson June 08 2023

Ukraine dam breach floods major area + Newswrap 6/8/23 + Student video
Learn about the environmental and humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine following the destruction of a major dam
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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
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Daily News Lesson April 09 2023

Top lesson: Capehart and Abernathy on Trump’s hold on the GOP + Newswrap 4/10/23 + Student Video
Hear Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and columnist Gary Abernathy to discuss the week in politics
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