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Daily News Lesson July 08 2025

The Smithsonian is creating a time capsule of hopes and wishes for the next 50 years

Learn more about the Smithsonian's newest time capsule, which will not open to the public until 2075.

Daily Life in Washington D.C. as U.S. President Donald Trump Comteplates Military Action in Iran

Daily News Lesson July 08 2025

What the U.S. has accomplished in 250 years of innovation and what’s next

Explore technological, artistic and scientific innovations throughout U.S. history

Daily News Lesson July 03 2025

A look at what's behind the efforts to reshape how American history is taught

Learn about how politicians are trying to reshape how American history is taught and the important actions people are taking in response

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Educator Voices June 17 2025

Educator Voice: This class invented a board game to teach the history of Juneteenth

Learn how student-led game invention brought together a community for Black History Month

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Educator Voices February 25 2025

Educator Voice: Author Alice Faye Duncan discusses history of Juneteenth

For Black History Month, listen to Duncan discuss her book and how her hometown of Memphis celebrates Juneteenth

Post February 17 2025

Q&A: Author Kenneth C. Davis on the Founding Fathers and slavery, America's "great contradiction"

A conversation about U.S. history, the presidents and slavery and how we teach it

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Daily Video February 17 2025

Revealing the painful last moments of George Washington's life

A series of historical documents sheds light on the final moments of George Washington, whose cause of death has been a mystery for hundreds of years.

FILE PHOTO: A procession carrying signs for equal rights, integrated schools, decent housing, and an end to bias during the civil rights march on Washington D.C.

Daily News Lesson February 14 2025

The history of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in America

This Black History Month, explore the origins of DEI in America with News Hour's “Hidden Histories” series

Daily News Lesson December 23 2024

National Cathedral stonemasons work to tell a more truthful history

And learn more about its first female stonemason, Brianna Castelli

World War II veterans and Pearl Harbor survivors Seelie, and "Chick" Gallela attend an annual Memorial Day commemoration ceremony in New York

Lesson Plan December 06 2024

Lesson plan: Pearl Harbor remembered — 'A date which will live in infamy'

Discuss what the attack on Pearl Harbor means today and how it shaped U.S. history

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