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Post September 17 2024

News Hour Classroom's Journalism in Action website

The site continues to grow covering the role of civic engagement in U.S. history through journalism
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Daily News Lesson September 04 2024

D.C. youth volunteer to preserve historic Black cemeteries

Discuss how students can help preserve the past in their communities
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Daily News Lesson August 12 2024

Art in action: Exhibition highlights less seen works, social ills and democracy in action

Discuss ways that art, activism and community building can intersect
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Daily News Lesson July 31 2024

Venezuelans in standoff over disputed presidential election

Learn why both Nicolás Maduro and Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia are claiming victory
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Daily News Lesson July 29 2024

Art in action: Theater adapts ‘An Enemy of the People’ to address public health after the pandemic

Explore how a classic play highlights the connection between democracy and public health.
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Daily News Lesson July 16 2024

Art in action: How students can explore history through art in a national competiton

See the projects made by students in this year's National History Day competition
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Daily News Lesson July 11 2024

Decades-old lawsuit against the gun industry may soon end

Learn about how changing laws in Indiana may close a 25-year lawsuit effort to reduce gun violence in Gary, Indiana
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Daily News Lesson July 03 2024

Oklahoma education head discusses why he's mandating public schools teach the Bible

Learn about Oklahoma's new requirement for the Bible to be taught in all public schools
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Daily News Lesson May 30 2024

Exhibit explores experiences of humans put on display at 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis

Learn about a museum exhibit that explores ways humans were put on display during a early 20th century World's Fair
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Student Voices May 30 2024

Student Movie Recommendation: 'Bridge of Spies' finds a connection between the two sides of the Cold War

Hear from one high school student about why a movie set in during the Cold War is relevant today
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