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Canada’s Prime Minister Carney campaigns in Mississauga, Ontario
Daily News Lesson April 28 2025

What’s on voters’ minds as Canada elects a new prime minister

Learn more about Canada's federal election and dominant political parties
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Lesson Plan April 28 2025

Lesson plan: Civil war in Syria and the human impact

Learn about the Syrian Civil War through news reports and comics
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere in Washington
Daily News Lesson April 25 2025

Hegseth reportedly has unsecured internet line in Pentagon office for Signal

Learn why the head of the Defense Department is under scrutiny for using private communication apps
Students and others demonstrate during a protest outside the gates to Columbia University in New York
Daily News Lesson April 23 2025

Different views on Trump administration’s student activist crackdown

Examine the role of due process in incidents of students' visas being revoked
Pope Francis waves during his "Urbi et Orbi" address from a balcony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican
Daily News Lesson April 22 2025

A look at Pope Francis' legacy and focus on social justice

Learn why Pope Francis was overwhelmingly popular among majority of Catholics
FILE PHOTO: Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang
Daily News Lesson April 16 2025

China cuts exports of vital rare earth minerals as trade war with U.S. intensifies

Learn how the restriction of rare earth exports to the US from China affects both countries
FILE PHOTO: Cargo ship at the port of Oakland, California
Daily News Lesson April 09 2025

How businesses are dealing with the impacts of tariffs

Learn how small businesses are making sense of the Trump administration's shifting tariff policies
Traders work on the floor of the NYSE in New York
Daily News Lesson April 04 2025

How Trump’s sweeping new tariffs could shake up U.S. and global economies

Discuss how President Trump's trade barriers will affect markets in the U.S. and abroad
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a residential building, in Deir Al-Balah
Daily News Lesson March 19 2025

Israel resumes bombing in Gaza after failed negotiations

Learn why a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel has fallen apart, and what Israel seeks to do next in the conflict
ArtinAction
Daily News Lesson February 12 2025

Art in action: ‘Poet of Havana’ uses his music to address pain caused by politics

Learn about an artist who takes a unique approach to politics in art
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