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Daily News Lesson July 22 2022

Book Q&A: Frances Kai-Hwa Wang on discovering identity in 'You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids'

NewsHour Classroom intern Evelyn Chi speaks with author and journalist Frances Kai-Hwa Wang about her new book, 'You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids.'

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Student Voices July 22 2022

Book Q&A: Frances Kai-Hwa Wang on discovering identity in 'You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids'

NewsHour Classroom intern Evelyn Chi speaks with author and journalist Frances Kai-Hwa Wang about her new book, 'You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids.'

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Student Voices July 12 2022

Student Recommends: 'My First and Only Love,' a novel about 20th century Palestine through one girl's eyes

Student Eshaan Mani recommends Sahar Khalifeh's novel that spans Palestinian history in the 20th century

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Daily News Lesson July 11 2022

How these elementary students paid homage to Native Americans who first lived on their school land

Have your students research what Native American tribes lived on the land your school is located on and murals in your community.

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Lesson Plan June 08 2022

Be MediaWise lesson 1: How Images Help Spread Misinformation

Learn how to sort through misinformation online in this lesson produced by Student Reporting Labs and the Poynter Institute

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Lesson Plan April 08 2022

Lesson plan: Build a 'media literacy survival kit'

In this media literacy lesson, students design media literacy survival kits to help combat misinformation and conspiracy theories online

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Daily News Lesson April 06 2022

Activity: Watch Ocean Vuong’s take on grief, then write your own poem

Learn about poet Ocean Vuong and write your own poem

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Lesson Plan April 06 2022

Lesson plan: How to fight truth decay through media literacy

In this media literacy lesson, students learn tools for verifying information online and spotting propaganda and conspiracy theories

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Student Voices March 30 2022

Student Recommends: Tahereh Mafi’s novel 'An Emotion of Great Delight'

In this first entry of our new Student Recommends series, Eshaan Mani says, "As an Indian American, I could identify with some aspects of Shadi’s struggle to find her place living between cultural lines — sometimes she feels like she’s leading two lives..."

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Daily News Lesson March 16 2022

Poet Cornelius Eady on exploring the everyday lives of a Black people in America

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