Classroom

Subject: U.S. history

Post December 02 2019

Educator Voice: Why private schools need more student journalists

I n order to fulfill school mission statements that extol leadership and student voice, high sch…

Post March 28 2019

6 things to know about Trump's national emergency

Directions: Read the summaries, watch the videos and answer the discussion questions below. If stra…

Daily Video February 18 2019

At George Washington's Mount Vernon, remembering the enslaved people who built America

Presidents Day is observed on George Washington's birthday, Feb. 18. Follow a tour guide at Washington's Mount Vernon estate, who is also a distant relation of an enslaved person at the former plantation, who offers his perspective about American history, slavery and the founding fathers.

Daily Video January 21 2019

Lessons from Martin Luther King Jr. for today

Use this lesson on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to discuss dreamed of an America where people would "not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character"

Lesson Plan February 26 2018

Lesson plan: Social justice through the lens of the Black Panthers

Hear from Stanley Nelson, director of "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution," who discusses the role social justice plays in documentary filmmaking

Lesson Plan November 28 2017

Lesson plan: Climate change and a particularly fierce hurricane season

In this NewsHour lesson plan, students study the storms which ravaged the southeastern region of the U.S. and the Caribbean during the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season and look at the role climate change plays in extreme weather events.

An elections official demonstrates a touch-screen voting machine at the Fairfax County Governmental Center in Fairfax Virginia

Lesson Plan November 14 2017

Monitoring the midterms: Do midterm elections matter?

Understand midterm elections and discuss reasons why voter turnout remains low

Daily Video July 20 2017

America's National Parks: Lessons in STEM from early Native Americans

America the Beautiful is a video series produced by PBS Student Reporting Labs in celebration of the U.S. National Park Service's 100-year anniversary in 2016