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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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Lesson Plan August 08 2013

The Great Gatsby curve - Lesson Plan
By Katie Gould, Teacher Resource Producer for NewsHour Extra Subjects Economics, Gove…
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Post July 26 2013

Trayvon Martin Case Provokes Justice and Race Debate
On the night of February 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in a Florida neig…
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Post July 03 2013

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Gay Rights

Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court issued two rulings on the ongoing debate over same-sex marriag…
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Post June 25 2013

Supreme Court Strikes Down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court issued a ruling today that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is no longe…
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Daily Video June 22 2013

Supreme Court Reconsiders the Voting Rights Act
Forty-eight years after it was first passed into law, the Voting Rights Act that sought to end acts…
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Post June 21 2013

Manning Case Challenges Definition of “Whistleblower”
The court martial for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning began on June 3 in Fort Meade, Md. Manning was arre…
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