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Daily News Lesson April 22 2022

Lesson plan: For Earth Day, examine other 'Don't Look Up' moments in history

In this lesson, explore the ways crises such as climate change are often ignored and why
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Lesson Plan February 02 2022

Lesson plan: Explore art and movement inspired by Jacob Lawrence's Migration series

Engage in a "close reading" of a timeless Jacob Lawrence painting through art-making, observation and analysis
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Daily News Lesson July 07 2021

New PBS doc explores the history of Confederate statues
Hear from a comedian and journalist about what Confederate monuments mean in one community
General view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington
Daily News Lesson July 02 2021

Supreme Court's latest ruling further guts Voting Rights Act of 1965

PBS NewsHour gets experts to weigh in and explain the recent upholding of new Arizona voting laws
A Virginia School board meeting reflects a battle playing out across the country over a once-obscure academic doctrine known as Critical Race Theory, in Ashburn
Daily News Lesson July 02 2021

Why so-called 'critical race theory' has become a flashpoint in some public schools
Discuss the recent push to frame 'critical race theory' as dangerous in schools
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Daily News Lesson June 29 2021

New Netflix series fights erasure and honors the influence of Black cuisine in America
Explore Netflix's new series "High on the Hog" honoring the influence of Black cuisine in America
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Daily News Lesson June 23 2021

One Indigenous man’s journey in fatherhood, addiction and healing
View from atop the Grinnell Glacier Overlook trail in Glacier National Park in Montana
Daily News Lesson June 22 2021

Should national parks be given (back) to Native Americans?
Hear a proposal to give U.S. national park lands to Native American tribes to manage, as part of reparations for a violent history of settling on their land
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Daily News Lesson June 14 2021

Pulse shooting survivors continue fight for gun reform on fifth anniversary
Five years after the Pulse shooting discussion continues around gun reform and gay rights
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Daily News Lesson June 08 2021

One elder's survival story at Indigenous residential boarding school
Learn about the painful legacy of residential schools
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