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Lesson Plan January 19 2026

Martin Luther King Jr. Day classroom resources

Examine Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy with these lesson plans and videos
US-HISTORY-INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY
Lesson Plan November 27 2025

Lesson plan: After helping Pilgrims, today's Wampanoag People continue to fight for their lands

Examine current issues facing Wampanoag People, the Native people who welcomed and helped the Pilgrims
White House East Wing Demolition Continues For Trump Ballroom Construction
Daily News Lesson October 24 2025

East Wing of White House torn down as Trump clears space for his ballroom

Learn of the White House exemption to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
Native American activist Leonard Peltier welcomed after release from prison
Daily News Lesson October 16 2025

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier on adjusting to life at home after decades in prison

Learn about an indigenous leader who was pardoned by President Biden at the end of his term
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Daily News Lesson September 26 2025

Citizen historians preserve details of Smithsonian exhibits

Learn why some volunteers are documenting exhibits in Smithsonian museums
People walk by a Target store in midtown Manhattan in New York
Daily News Lesson August 25 2025

Why Target is being boycotted, and how the company has responded

Learn more about the Target boycott and connections to political boycotts of the past
FILE PHOTO: Trump escalates attacks against the Smithsonian Institution
Daily News Lesson August 21 2025

Scholar says Trump's efforts to reframe U.S. history is 'reminiscent of McCarthyism'

Learn more about the Trump administration's review of 22,000 museums in the United States
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Daily News Lesson July 22 2025

A Brief But Spectacular take on understanding the past

Learn more about African American history and how it's taught in schools
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Lesson Plan July 11 2025

Lesson plan: Brown v. Board of Education and the story of Prince Edward County Schools

Learn more about the life of Linda Brown and the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education case in the U.S. today
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Daily News Lesson July 08 2025

Ahead of America 250, the Smithsonian is creating a time capsule of hopes and wishes for the next 50 years

Learn more about the Smithsonian's newest time capsule, which will not open to the public until 2075.
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