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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

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.
Daily Life in Washington D.C. as U.S. President Donald Trump Comteplates Military Action in Iran
Daily News Lesson July 08 2025

What the U.S. has accomplished in 250 years of innovation and what’s next

Explore technological, artistic and scientific innovations throughout U.S. history
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Daily News Lesson July 03 2025

A look at what's behind the efforts to reshape how American history is taught

Learn about how politicians are trying to reshape how American history is taught and the important actions people are taking in response
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