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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

Parade to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, in Ho Chi Minh city

Daily News Lesson May 08 2025

50 years after the fall of Saigon, a look at the partnership between Vietnam and the U.S.

Learn about the history between the U.S. and Vietnam, and where they stand now

A woman stands in front of National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington

Daily News Lesson May 02 2025

Exploring the efforts to control how U.S. history is presented in museums and monuments

Discuss how society chooses to memorialize its history

Code Talkers listen to Obama speak at tribal nations conference in Washington

Daily News Lesson March 19 2025

Pentagon history purge highlights which stories are told and why others are ignored

Learn why these web pages are being removed and how to find alternative sources of information

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