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Post November 21 2013

Living Wage Resource Guide
As the cost of living goes up in urban centers throughout the country, stagnant wages are making it…
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Lesson Plan November 19 2013

The Gettysburg Address: how history is made - Lesson Plan
By Katie Gould, Teacher Resource Producer for the PBS NewsHour Extra Tuesday November 19 mar…
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Post October 31 2013

World Leaders Demand No-Spying Agreement with U.S.
One of the American government’s largest spying agencies, the NSA, is in hot water over allegations…
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Post October 22 2013

Congress Votes to Reopen Government, Raise Debt Ceiling
Late Wednesday night, Congress voted to pass a bill that ends the government shutdown and enables t…
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Post September 30 2013

Need-to-Know: Government Shutdown!
  Political negotiations over the government’s budget in Washington, D.C., are at a stan…
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Student Voices September 30 2013

Is Healthcare A Right?
On October 1, the healthcare exchanges in the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, up to t…
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Lesson Plan September 27 2013

Lesson Plan: Analyzing stop-and-frisk through personal narratives and infographics
By Katie Gould, NewsHour Teacher Resource Producer and Allison McCartney, Editor for NewsHour Class…
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Lesson Plan September 24 2013

PBS' "Latino Americans" Documentary - Lesson Plan
LATINO AMERICANS is the first major documentary series for television to chronicle the rich an…
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Lesson Plan September 04 2013

Lesson plan: An attack on Syria — What would you do?
Subjects Social studies, Government & Civics Estimated time One 90-minute class Grade…
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Student Voices August 28 2013

Undocumented Student Looks to DACA for Hope
Dani, a student at Pflugerville High School in Pflugerville, Texas, is one of the many undocumented…
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