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Daily News Lesson September 12 2022

Politics Monday team on the end of primary season — and other news for Sept. 13, 2022

Primary season officially comes to a close Tuesday, and attention now turns toward the general election

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Daily News Lesson August 17 2022

Four election terms your students should know from the Alaska and Wyoming's primaries

Hear about the results of this week's primary elections and learn critical election terminology

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Educator Voices July 17 2022

Educator voice: How digital citizenship helps keep youth safe and productive online

Diana Graber discusses her book 'Raising Humans in a Digital World: Helping Kids Build a Healthy Relationship With Technology'

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Lesson Plan June 08 2022

Be MediaWise lesson 1: How Images Help Spread Misinformation

Learn how to sort through misinformation online in this lesson produced by Student Reporting Labs and the Poynter Institute

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Lesson Plan June 06 2022

Lesson plan: D-Day stories from WWII veterans

Learn about D-Day with your students using this PBS NewsHour lesson plan

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Daily News Lesson April 22 2022

Lesson plan: For Earth Day, examine other 'Don't Look Up' moments in history

In this lesson, explore the ways crises such as climate change are often ignored and why

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington

Daily News Lesson March 23 2022

Activity: Dissecting the questions Senators are asking nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

Discuss what happened on the second day of Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearing

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Daily News Lesson December 20 2021

Weekend wrap-up: News summary with video & discussion questions

Omicron variant’s spread causes record case numbers in New York state and a series of lockdowns in Europe

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House

Daily News Lesson December 14 2021

What the Jan. 6 panel hopes to learn from Meadows, and how executive privilege affects it

Learn why executive privilege can be a shield against investigation, and why it has limits

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Lesson Plan December 11 2021

Lesson plan: Decoding media bias

Examine current news stories and how they’re covered by the news media

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