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New Orleans Celebrates Mardi Gras During COVID-19 Pandemic
Daily Video February 02 2021

Classroom Resource: Adapting a parade under COVID with 'house floats'
Explore how New Orleans is adapting to Mardi Gras under COVID, and then build your own 'house float'
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Daily Video December 16 2020

Classroom resource: After ‘Nutcracker’ cancellations, dance companies get creative
How one holiday tradition is upended—but still alive—in this difficult year.
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Daily Video December 01 2020

Dolly Parton: "A force in American life"
How one beloved artist gives back
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Daily Video October 01 2020

How this city's top prosecutor uses the arts to support criminal justice reform
A program to support artists who have served prison time is just one example of "progressive prosecution"
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Post August 09 2019

Educator Voice: Why The Beatles' message of love never fails me
Members of the Beatles, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, cross Abbey Road…
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Daily Video August 09 2019

Learn about Toni Morrison's life and literary legacy
Use this PBS NewsHour lesson plan to learn about the Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison who died at age 88 on Aug. 5, 2019.
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Daily Video July 12 2019

PBS' Student Reporting Labs discover trove of youth stories in DC
Use this NewsHour lesson plan to explore the impact of youth journalism on civic engagement via PBS Student Reporting Labs' (SRL) program.
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Daily Video March 21 2019

What opportunity looks like for these three teens: Trades, dance and service
Use this NewsHour lesson plan to explore the video series, "Opportunity in America" by PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs, about teenagers who share their dreams, expectations and the barriers they must overcome to achieve their goals.
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Lesson Plan February 26 2018

Lesson plan: Social justice through the lens of the Black Panthers

Hear from Stanley Nelson, director of "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution," who discusses the role social justice plays in documentary filmmaking
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Daily Video October 20 2017

Trombone Shorty inspires a new generation of musicians

The musician Troy Andrews, known as "Trombone Shorty," started playing the trombone on the streets of New Orleans at age 4, and led his first band at age 8.

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