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Daily Video June 12 2020

Coronavirus update: How states are preparing to reopen
Find out the latest updates on the coronavirus and how states are preparing to reopen.
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Daily Video June 10 2020

Inequality in education funding
In this lesson plan, learn about one state's attempts to remedy an alarming gap between the funding of its wealthiest and poorest school districts.
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Daily Video June 02 2020

Could working from home become the new norm?
In this NewsHour lesson plan, discuss how working from home could become the new norm.
U.S. President Trump visits Ford Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan
Daily Video May 27 2020

Economic role of government now and during Great Depression
In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson, learn how the coronavirus is impacting the economy and how it compares to the Great Depression.
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Daily Video April 09 2020

PBS news summary: Choose your own current event activity
In this current events lesson, check out the PBS NewsHour's 2-minute news wrap from April 8, 2020.
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Daily Video April 02 2020

Social justice and the coronavirus
In this NewsHour Extra lesson plan, learn how the coronavirus relates to issues of social justice.
U.S. President Trump speaks about the U.S response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House
Daily Video March 12 2020

Coronavirus update: Health questions, Trump's speech, schools' response
Use this NewsHour Extra lesson to learn about Trump's address concerning the coronavirus and how schools and colleges are reacting.
Protest against Chile's state economic model in Santiago
Daily Video October 28 2019

Chile protests for greater economic equality
Use this NewsHour story to learn about the protests taking place in Chile and why they are so historically significant.
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Daily Video October 02 2019

Frontline's "The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia" and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi
In this NewsHour lesson, learn more about Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the latest PBS Frontline special.
FILE PHOTO: Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) look on after executing search warrants and making some arrests at an agricultural processing facility in Canton
Daily Video August 22 2019

ICE immigration raids took this school superintendent by surprise
Use this lesson plan to learn more about the ICE immigration raids in Mississippi and how schools have been affected.
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