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Daily News Lesson June 12 2025

A look inside community groups working to build trust to bridge divides

Learn how projects like Journeymen and Weave are helping bring community members back together
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Daily News Lesson May 12 2025

How a social network is bringing communities together in divisive times

Learn about the locally-owned social network, Front Porch Forum
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Daily News Lesson April 03 2025

Art in action: West Philadelphia uses art to confront neighborhood problems and threats to democracy

Learn how local arts organizations are taking action
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Daily News Lesson March 27 2025

How San Bernardino is fighting for a comeback after decades of decline

Hear from community members who are working together to inspire change
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Lesson Plan January 31 2025

Lesson plan: Identifying the problem you want to solve using invention

Learn how to identify problems you care about using the invention process
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Lesson Plan August 01 2023

Lesson plan: Dolores Huerta — a lifetime of activism

Learn about activist Dolores Huerta, who has spent her life defying the oppressive labor systems created to bring down farmworkers.
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Daily News Lesson June 05 2023

Miles-long freight trains cause problems for communities near railroad crossing
. But these trains, especially when they stall, are cutting some communities in half. That's the focus of a new report from Investigate TV and ProPublica. William Brangham discussed the impact with Joce Sterman.
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Daily Video May 12 2020

PBS NewsHour EXTRA: Choose your own current event!
In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson, students choose their own current event! We also highlighted a special segment about a photographer who took photos of American bald eagles who was deported back to Yemen.
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Daily Video May 24 2019

High school journalists report on sex education and public health
Learn how PBS' teen reporters are covering important health care issues like teen pregnancy in this STEM Student Reporting Labs "Health Innovators" series.
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Daily Video July 21 2015

Chicago debates how to stem gun violence
After seeing the murder rate drop over the past two years, Chicago police and residents have seen a startling rise in gun violence this summer, with dozens shot each weekend.
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