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Educator Voices September 11 2023

Educator Voice: Teachers discuss teaching plans and experiences from 9/11

Hear from educators on how they've approached teaching the events of 9/11

United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain meets with striking UAW members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant, as they picket in Delta Township

Lesson Plan September 06 2023

6 facts about labor union history in the U.S.

Labor history is a key aspect of U.S. history — learn more about it here!

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

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

Tennessee Republicans vote to expel Democratic lawmakers from statehouse in Nashville, TN

Lesson Plan April 12 2023

Lesson plan: Why Frederick Douglass and Rep. Justin Pearson discussed the Fourth of July in their speeches

In this lesson, students will read excerpts from Rep. Justin Pearson’s speech and Frederick Douglass’s famous speech, “What To The Slave is the Fourth of July?”

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

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Educator Voices March 30 2023

Educator Voice: Artificial intelligence attempts Black history (and fails)

Read about one school librarian's experiment in artificial intelligence

Lesson Plan January 17 2023

Lesson plan: The March on Washington and its impact

Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech and explore themes such as the social conditions in the U.S. that led to the Civil Rights Movement

Educator Voices January 12 2023

Educator Voice: Tips for teaching history in today's political environment

Hear from Jessica Ellison, the new executive director of National Council of History Education (NCHE)

Kevin McCarthy is elected next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Daily News Lesson January 08 2023

What Speaker McCarthy’s concessions to a tiny group of Republicans means for the nation

And learn why the Rules Committee has taken center stage

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