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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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Daily Video August 21 2013

Senate passes 2013 landmark bi-partisan immigration bill
NOTE: This story is from 2013!See NewsHour's latest stories from 2024 below, and check out our…
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Post August 15 2013

The Top 15 Lesson Plans for Back to School
With students heading back into the classroom, NewsHour Extra is here to help teachers with their b…
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Daily Video August 08 2013

Political Cartoons Make an Art out of Controversy
This story is from 2013. Research proposal: How could you find out about any new developments on th…
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Lesson Plan August 08 2013

Debating race, justice and policy in the case of Trayvon Martin - Lesson Plan
by Katie Gould,  Teacher Resource Producer for NewsHour Extra Subjects Government and…
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