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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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Daily News Lesson June 01 2021

Tulsa Massacre's effects on Black community 100 years later
Discuss the Tulsa Massacre and how the attack still shapes a city today
All-Seeing Eye of God on American dollar
Lesson Plan February 12 2021

Lesson plan: Conspiracy theories, then and now
For a Google doc of this lesson, click here. (Note: You will need to make a copy of the Google doc …
A child looks at a display of front pages as he visits the Newseum during its last week of operation before closing the museum in Washington
Lesson Plan February 09 2021

Lesson plan: Media literacy — news that's nice to know, news you need to know

Practice media discernment by identifying need-to-know stories vs. want-to-know stories
75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz and International Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day
Lesson Plan January 26 2021

Lesson plan: The Holocaust — Assessing responsibility and conscience

Students will learn about the pressures of society and the struggles of conscience that operated during the Holocaust and in contemporary situations.
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Lesson Plan September 11 2020

Lesson plan: Decode the Electoral College and predict the next president
 Let your students predict the next president with the Electoral Decoder, an interactive carto…
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Lesson Plan September 04 2019

Lesson plan: PBS 'Time for School' series explores what going to school in six countries is like
Using the art of the personal essay and social media, explore what school means
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Daily Video April 16 2019

Teacher's guide: Notre Dame Cathedral fire
Learn more about the Notre Dame fire and the history of the cathedral with this PBS NewsHour lesson plan.
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