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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.

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.

The Statue of Liberty is seen on Liberty Island in New York Harbor

Daily Video August 21 2019

How the Statue of Liberty poem provides a lesson in immigration history

Use this NewsHour lesson plan to learn about the Trump administration's changes to immigration policy and how it relates to the Statue of Liberty's famous inscription.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from historic launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center i

Lesson Plan May 28 2019

Lesson plan: How invention will land humans on Mars

Using the invention process, students will explore solutions to some of the problems facing the Mars mission and decide whether or not they are on board with expanding humankind’s reach in the universe

Daily Video March 19 2019

What does opportunity look like? Student journalists explore pipeline jobs in West Virginia

Essential question: How have energy projects like the gas pipeline impacted young people in West Virginia? Find out with this NewsHour lesson plan.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington

Daily Video February 06 2019

2019 State of the Union address recap for students

Use this NewsHour lesson to discuss President Trump's 2019 State of the Union address.

Daily News Lesson January 27 2019

Student breakdown on the government shutdown

Use this PBS NewsHour lesson plan with your students for the latest on the government shutdown.

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Daily Video December 17 2018

Human geography lesson: Why one-third of the Marshall Islands has left for the US

In this lesson plan, students will learn why one-third of the Marshall Islands’ population has moved to the U.S. mainland.

Lesson Plan December 09 2018

Student Reporting Labs STEM Lesson Plan: How can Hawaiian land be used after 100 years of sugarcane monocropping?

The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to the concepts of monocropping and s…

Flags of the U.S., Canada and Mexico fly next to each other in Detroit, Michigan

Daily Video October 09 2018

Inside the new trade deal between the U.S., Mexico and Canada

What's in the new US-Mexico-Canada trade deal that replaced NAFTA? In this lesson, students will strengthen their understanding of economics and trade negotiations.

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