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Daily News Lesson July 10 2025

Go-Go music lives on in D.C.’s Anacostia at this unique museum and café

"I want to give people the same opportunity that D.C. gave me" — Angelina Rose, head chef at The Go-Go Museum & Café

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Daily News Lesson October 03 2024

Art in Action: 'You Are Here' celebrates poetry in National Parks

A project by the US poet laureate focuses on the natural world and climate change

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Daily News Lesson August 12 2024

Art in action: ‘Monuments of Solidarity’ exhibition highlights activist approach to art

Discuss ways that art, activism and community building can intersect

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Daily News Lesson July 16 2024

Art in action: How students can explore history through art in a national competiton

See the projects made by students in this year's National History Day competition

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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

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Daily News Lesson December 12 2022

Why activists are targeting famous art to protest climate change

Discuss the impact of activists vandalizing famous works of art to draw attention to climate change

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Student Voices August 01 2022

Student Voices: Watch these 5 TikToks on student-led reporting by PBS Student Reporting Labs

Watch TikTok videos by PBS NewsHour Classroom interns Ella Cohen and Vivien Williams based on stories from Student Reporting Labs

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Daily News Lesson July 11 2022

How these elementary students paid homage to Native Americans who first lived on their school land

Have your students research what Native American tribes lived on the land your school is located on and murals in your community.

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Daily News Lesson April 20 2022

Citizen poets share details of their pandemic lives in ‘Dear Vaccine’

Learn about a collection of poems written by everyday people in response to the pandemic and contribute your own

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Daily News Lesson January 23 2022

How this drawing class of an artist turned art teacher went viral

Hear about one artist who came up with a creative way to teach children online

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