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Daily News Lesson October 25 2024

A Democracy Minute: Jim Lehrer on journalistic integrity

Watch and reflect on these 60-second video clips about democracy in America

FILE PHOTO: NASA/SpaceX launch of the first operational commercial crew mission in Cape Canaveral

Daily Video January 04 2021

2020 in Review: Stories you might have missed and why they matter

Discuss what stories were under-reported amid a year of consequential change

Women's World Cup Final - United States v Netherlands

Daily Video July 09 2019

How the U.S. women's World Cup victory is the perfect civics lesson

In this NewsHour Extra lesson, students will learn about the U.S. women's soccer World Cup victory and how it is also a good civics lesson.

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Daily Video November 29 2018

Teaching resources for talking with teens about suicide

There are a variety of mini-lessons and activities contained in this PBS NewsHour lesson on suicide prevention and awareness. You may wish to invite your school counselor to your class, and let your administrator know you are teaching about suicide.

Guatemalan migrant Corio, who is waiting for her court hearing for asylum seekers that returned to Mexico to await their legal proceedings under a new policy established by the U.S. government, baths her daughter at migrant shelter in Ciudad Juarez

Lesson Plan February 15 2013

A picture is worth a thousand words

Subject(s) Art/Media, Social Studies, ELA, English, Civics Estimated Time Two class …

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