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Lesson Plan September 01 2022

Lesson plan: For Labor Day, explore this labor/management 'negotiation' scenario

In this NewsHour lesson plan, learn about the role unions played in workers' rights and why we have Labor Day.

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Daily News Lesson June 13 2022

Skyrocketing home prices and rents create housing crisis

Learn about why home prices are spiking and how that impacts housing availability

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Daily News Lesson June 05 2022

Americans struggle with the high cost of living — and other news for June 6, 2022

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

FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington

Daily News Lesson May 04 2022

Federal Reserve implements largest interest rate hike since 2000 — and other news for May 5, 2022

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

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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

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Lesson Plan April 08 2022

Lesson plan: The barriers to reentering society after prison

Discuss the barriers to reentry that returning citizens face after time in jail or prison

FILE PHOTO: A combine harvests wheat in a field in Kyiv region

Daily News Lesson March 22 2022

Russia’s war in Ukraine disrupts worldwide food prices and supply

Learn how war in Ukraine leads to threats to a larger part of the world

FILE PHOTO: Members of Russia's National Guard patrol the Red Square in Moscow

Daily News Lesson March 20 2022

How Western sanctions are affecting the lives of Russians

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the St. Basil's Cathedral in central Moscow

Daily News Lesson March 13 2022

How Russia views the situation in Ukraine and the price exacted by Western sanctions

Understand how Russian citizens are reacting to the widespread sanctions impacting their economy

FILE PHOTO: A worker walks past pump jacks at UdmurtNeft's Gremikhinskoye oil field east of Izhevsk

Daily News Lesson March 07 2022

Biden administration considers ban on U.S. imports of Russian oil

Discuss the challenges faced by the U.S. government in deciding whether or not to ban oil from Russia

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