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Daily News Lesson September 26 2025

Citizen historians preserve details of Smithsonian exhibits

Learn why some volunteers are documenting exhibits in Smithsonian museums

Protest against Brazilian President Bolsonaro's government, Brazil's National Indian Foundation (FUNAI)'s President Marcelo Augusto Xavier da Silva and for the search for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, in Brasilia

Daily News Lesson June 20 2022

Third arrest made in murder of journalist, Indigenous activist in the Amazon — and other news for June 21, 2022

Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: General view of the Walney Extension offshore wind farm operated by Orsted off the coast of Blackpool

Lesson Plan July 28 2021

Lesson plan: Invent ways to bring green energy to your community

Explore the promise and challenges of bringing renewable energy generation to your community

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Daily News Lesson April 12 2021

What 'vaccine passports' say about global equity

As vaccines continue to roll out globally, wealthier nations have been inoculating their populations at a much higher rate than the global South, sparking the debate over “vaccine passports.”

Law enforcement vehicles line up at the perimeter of a shooting site at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder

Daily News Lesson March 25 2021

Senate debates gun control amid mass shootings

Discuss gun violence in the United States, and what it means to normalize gun violence

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