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Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch III poses with his President's Award backstage at the 48th NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena
Daily News Lesson August 05 2026

Lonnie Bunch on how the Smithsonian can help America understand its identity

Learn about how the Smithsonian's director uses history for future learning
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Daily News Lesson August 03 2026

How music has helped tell America's story from the very beginning

Discuss what makes a song "quintessentially American"
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Daily News Lesson July 29 2026

Jason Epperson on the history found at national parks

Learn about how one podcaster is exploring and educating on the national parks
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Daily News Lesson July 29 2026

The overlooked history of Asian Americans and the struggle for belonging

Discuss the history of Asian Americans and how that history has shaped the law for all immigrants in the U.S.
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Daily News Lesson July 28 2026

Student Reporting Labs: Celebrating everyday life in D.C.

Hometown DC is an oral history project that works to share the lives of DC residents, in commemoration to America 250
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Daily News Lesson July 27 2026

Student Reporting Labs: Exploring America's history in 30 objects

Learn about a special exhibit dedicated to historical memory featured at the Smithsonian
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Daily News Lesson July 24 2026

Thomas Jefferson's complicated legacy 250 years after the Declaration of Independence

Learn about the complicated past of an important founding father
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Daily News Lesson July 08 2026

Student Voices: America 250 series on a nation in progress

The founding-era documents are traveling beyond Washington, D.C., for the first time
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Daily News Lesson July 06 2026

How climate change and rising seas endanger historic sites like Jamestown, Virginia

Learn about how climate change is threatening the future of America’s most significant historical sites
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Daily News Lesson May 29 2026

New museum spotlights Thaddeus Stevens' abolitionist legacy

Learn about Thaddeus Stevens, a fierce abolitionist and advocate for racial equality, from student reporters
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