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Daily News Lesson August 22 2023

First Republican primary debate recap with BINGO game!

Learn about the Republican field for the 2024 presidential nomination ahead of the first primary debate

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Powell attends a press conference, in Washington

Daily News Lesson July 31 2023

How the Federal Reserve uses higher interest rates to fight inflation

Lesson examines the meaning of interest rates and why the Fed is raising them

Daily News Lesson July 19 2023

Affirmative action ruling prompts new push to end legacy admissions

The Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action in college admissions has renewed the debate over legacy admissions

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Lesson Plan March 14 2023

Media literacy lesson: The deceitful practice of quoting someone out of context

Learn how quotes have been manipulated to spread conspiracies about the 9/11 attacks and read upstream to find the original sources to explain how “contextomy” changed the meaning of quotes about a historical event.

Post December 30 2022

Classroom activity: Write a New Year poem inspired by Amanda Gorman's 'New Day's Lyric'

Read Amanda Gorman's poem marking the end of a difficult year and then write your own

Ex-Felons Register To Vote Under Florida's New Law

Lesson Plan October 19 2022

Lesson plan: What is felony disenfranchisement?

Discuss ways people convicted of crimes are punished beyond prison as part of our Searching for Justice series of lessons.

Lesson Plan July 13 2022

Lesson plan: How overturning Roe will adversely affect historically marginalized women

Students will learn about the ways that the end of Roe v. Wade and the rise of abortion bans across the country will fall most heavily on poor women, women of color and women experiencing domestic violence

Daily News Lesson July 11 2022

Media literacy: How disinformation about abortion spread in a post-Roe America

Learn about the spread of misinformation following the landmark Dobbs decision

Daily News Lesson July 05 2022

Writer, activist and comedian Baratunde Thurston on ‘America Outdoors’

Discover a new show that highlights the rewards of getting outside and away from social media

Multiple People Shot At Fourth Of July Parade In Chicago Suburb

Daily News Lesson July 05 2022

Mass shooting at Fourth of July parade in Illinois kills at least six

Learn the known details about a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois

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