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Student Voices April 19 2022

Student Voice: How Hindsight 20/21 project gave students an artful avenue to reflect on the pandemic

In the Spring of 2021, PBS NewsHour Classroom and CoBuild19 invited students, educators and families to share your stories through art, text or multimedia to express how the pandemic affected you and your communities as part of our Hindsight 20/21 project.

FILE PHOTO: Biden visits a class at East End Elementary School in North Plainfield, New Jersey

Daily News Lesson April 18 2022

Federal judge strikes down mask mandate on planes, mass transit

Learn how a federal judge was able to shut down mask mandates on airlines and what happens next

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Daily News Lesson April 13 2022

Why corporations are reaping record profits with inflation on the rise

Discuss why rising costs have also meant record profits for many companies

FILE PHOTO: COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai

Daily News Lesson April 03 2022

China orders millions in Shanghai to shelter in place as COVID cases surge

Find out what China is doing in one of its largest cities to try to stave off a wave of COVID

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Daily News Lesson March 25 2022

States call in the National Guard to mitigate school staffing shortages

Hear why some schoolrooms across the country have turned to national guard troops to fill teacher shortages

FILE PHOTO: A general view of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta

Daily News Lesson March 23 2022

Half of U.S. adults have not received booster shot and other news for March 23, 2022

Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions

Student Voices March 18 2022

'I learned to relish the details' — Student Logan Tsukiyama on anniversary of pandemic

Read what these students think about what the last two years have been like and where to go from here

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Student Voices March 17 2022

'Be strong enough to ask for help' — Student Owen Shao on anniversary of pandemic

Read what these students think about what the last two years have been like and where to go from here

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Daily News Lesson March 16 2022

Poet Cornelius Eady on exploring the everyday lives of a Black people in America

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Daily News Lesson March 16 2022

Americans describe the momentous mental health toll of the pandemic

Hear how two years of pandemic have taken a toll on Americans' mental health, and what can be done about it

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