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An elections official demonstrates a touch-screen voting machine at the Fairfax County Governmental Center in Fairfax Virginia
Lesson Plan November 14 2017

Monitoring the midterms: Do midterm elections matter?

Understand midterm elections and discuss reasons why voter turnout remains low
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Daily Video June 16 2017

After 70 years, voices of Holocaust survivors sing again
When the concentration camps of Europe were liberated at the end of World War II, David Boder, a psychologist from Chicago, recorded interviews with dozens of former prisoners.
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Lesson Plan June 08 2017

Lesson plan: Build empathy with stories about disabilities
Are you an empathetic person? Use these stories about individuals with disabilities, all conceived …
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Daily Video March 14 2017

Federal courts rules Texas gerrymandering unconstitutional
A panel of federal judges in Texas ordered the state to redraw its congressional district map because it discriminates against Hispanic voters.
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Daily Video November 21 2016

DACA Dreamers fear Trump’s immigration policy
Throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised to crack down on undocumented immigration, including hundreds of thousands of young people who have obtained temporary legal status under the Obama Administration.
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Lesson Plan November 01 2016

Know Your Vote, Know the Issues
Every election year and for years after elections, there are several major issues that persistently trouble Americans. Every election year, politicians pledge that they will address these issues, and nearly every year they fall short of many peoples’ expectations. In this lesson, we examine problems surrounding health care costs, funding higher education and preserving social security. Then, students look at how the current presidential candidates are proposing to address these issues, and formulate a short media presentation.
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Daily Video October 31 2016

FBI investigates new set of Clinton-related emails
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Essential question How important do you think the last week of…
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Lesson Plan October 25 2016

Lesson Plan: To Vote or Not to Vote

Explore why voting is an important responsibility for citizens
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Daily Video October 19 2016

How teachers and students discuss the election in the classroom
Ahead of the third and final debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, educators around the country have found themselves struggling to teach and discuss this turbulent election in the classroom.
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Daily Video September 28 2016

Trump and Clinton on race and police in first presidential debate
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump faced off Monday night in the first of three presidential debates leading up to this year’s election on Nov. 8.
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