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Daily News Lesson February 26 2026

As America turns 250, historian Joseph Ellis examines the founders’ promise and their failures

Learn more why Ellis describes slavery and the treatment of Native Americans as great contradictions in American history

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Daily News Lesson February 09 2024

How America's history of racism connects to divisions today

This daily news lesson is based on Judy Woodruff's America at a Crossroads series

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Daily News Lesson July 06 2022

How Americans view their country and identity

Have your students write their own response to the question “What does it mean for you to be an American?” for a chance to be published on PBS NewsHour Classroom!

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