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Daily News Lesson May 26 2022

Monkeypox spreads amid struggle to contain COVID-19
Understand why the spread of an uncommon virus is complicating efforts to control COVID-19
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Daily News Lesson May 24 2022

Cancer survivor and amputee defies the odds running marathons and breaking records
Discuss the story of an athlete who overcame health crisis to set records
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Lesson Plan April 08 2022

Lesson plan: The barriers to reentering society after prison

Discuss the barriers to reentry that returning citizens face after time in jail or prison
Rural Texas doctors fuming after being left out in cold on vaccine
Daily News Lesson April 06 2022

Biden proposes expansion of Affordable Care Act — and other news for April 6, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
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Daily News Lesson January 28 2022

Jamaica’s bobsled team qualifies for Winter Olympics for the first time in 24 years
Hear why it's notable that Jamaica's bobsled team is back in the Olympics after two decades
COVID-19 pandemic in New York
Daily News Lesson January 05 2022

Some schools temporarily return to virtual learning to avoid post-holiday COVID spike
Learn what is triggering in-person school closures and what to expect over the next month
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Daily News Lesson December 29 2021

Texas doctor reflects on the lessons and loss in 2021
Hear from one front-line health worker on what surprised him about the course of the pandemic
Coronavirus variant sequencing at the University of Pennsylvania
Daily News Lesson December 16 2021

As the holiday season nears, concerns of a resurgent virus are growing
What should the country expect for the latest wave of COVID?
Tourists struggle with the heat as temperatures soar in Rome
Lesson Plan December 16 2021

Lesson Plan: Inventing smarter cities to minimize extreme heat

Plan and design a city block adapted for a changing climate using the power of invention
The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is seen in this undated NASA image
Daily News Lesson December 15 2021

Melting of massive Antarctica ice shelf could rewrite global coastline
Learn why melting ice at the poles could affect coastlines everywhere
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