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Daily Video November 30 2017

Study guide: What is in the GOP tax bill
Help your students understand what's in the current GOP tax plan and how it may impact them.
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Lesson Plan September 16 2017

Student Reporting Labs STEM Lesson Plan: Protecting green space through hands-on learning
In this PBS NewsHour lesson, students take a hands-on approach to nature by exploring green spaces in their community.
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Daily Video August 07 2017

Republican leaders look ahead to a tax reform battle this fall
Health care reform has occupied the spotlight on Capitol Hill in recent months, but an equally contentious issue is on the Republican agenda next: tax reform. A team of six Republican leaders has already developed some broad policy goals.
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Lesson Plan May 30 2017

Lesson plan: Invent an app that helps your community

Design an app that helps your community, modeled after young entrepreneurs in California's rural Salinas Valley
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Lesson Plan May 22 2017

Lesson plan: How to create a balanced budget — it's a 'Balancing Act'

How do we know that our government is fulfilling its duties to us, the public? How do we decide what those duties are? As efforts to pass the federal budget get underway, students will have the power to re-prioritize how money is spent using the interactive tool Balancing Act. What changes will they make?
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Daily Video October 24 2016

Will Americans living in poor rural areas vote?
Some poorer residents of rural America say their voices are not being heard as part of the national political dialogue and the presidential election.
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Lesson Plan June 11 2016

How the Deck is Stacked: Income Inequality in the U.S. - Lesson Plan
According to research by the Pew Research Center, the American middle class is shrinking and the gap between high-income and low-income households is growing. This lesson plan will introduce students to the reality of income inequality in America.
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Daily Video May 25 2016

Controversial soda tax could help fund pre-K in Philadelphia
The city of Philadelphia will consider a controversial way of funding pre-K by creating a 3 cent tax on every ounce of sugary soft drink sold in the city.
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Daily Video May 24 2016

Children of Vietnamese refugees return home
After the Vietnam War ended, nearly 1.5 million Vietnamese migrated to the United States in search of better lives. Today, some of the younger generation that grew up there are returning to a more prosperous Vietnam.
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Daily Video April 15 2016

​​Water ATMs offer relief to India's poorest
Many people around the world take easy access to safe drinking water for granted, but in India, one of the world's most populous nations, people are not so fortunate.
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