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Daily News Lesson June 19 2025

What Juneteenth means for Americans, according to teacher Opal Lee

Learn about the origins of Juneteenth and how it became a federal holiday

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Daily News Lesson May 02 2023

Top lesson: Sudan crisis reaches breaking point + Newswrap 5/2/23 + Student video

Hear the latest about a growing war in Sudan and efforts to help those fleeing

Trump supporters breach the US Capitol

Lesson Plan January 05 2022

Lesson plan: Connecting Post-Civil War mob violence and the Capitol Hill Riot

Explore historical parallels between the aftermath of the Capitol Hill Riot and the Reconstruction period following the Civil War

FILE PHOTO: Participants hold a "Silent March Commemorating the Journey of the Enslaved" to mark 400th anniversary of first enslaved African people arriving in Virginia

Daily Video June 19 2020

Should Juneteenth be a national holiday?

Juneteenth is in the national spotlight this year. Should it be a national holiday?

Displaced Yemeni girls are seen at a refugee camp located between Marib and Sanaa

Daily News Lesson July 05 2018

Yemen study guide: How to explain images of war to your students

More than 9,000 people have died in Yemen's civil war since 2015, according to the UN, and 22 million people require humanitarian assistance every day.

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Daily Video April 05 2017

U.S. condemns chemical weapons attack in Syria

A chemical weapons attack killed dozens of civilians in a town in Idlib province in Syria on Tuesday.

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Daily Video December 01 2016

Aid groups call for access as airstrikes continue in rebel-held Aleppo

Fighting has escalated in Aleppo, Syria as rebel groups try to hold off government forces attempting to take back the eastern section of the city.

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