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Lesson Plan January 26 2016

Student activity: Small business stories where you live

Students get to know their neighborhood more by talking to a small business owner
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Post November 23 2015

Class Activity — The Great Thanksgiving Listen
  By Adelyn Baxter "Back when I was a kid..." Some of you may recall hearing o…
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Daily Video July 28 2015

Fallen WWII soldiers teach students about sacrifice
In the more than 70 years since allied soldiers stormed the beach at Normandy, firsthand accounts of the lives lost that day are slipping away.
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Daily Video June 23 2015

Military conducted race-based experiments during WWII
The U.S. tested the effects of highly toxic mustard gas on troops in nonconsensual, race-based experiments during World War II, according to a new NPR investigation.
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Post June 16 2015

Five things your class needs to know about U.S.-Cuban relations
  By Gabby Shacknai President Barack Obama announced this year that the U.S. would …
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Lesson Plan January 29 2015

Lesson plan: Six murals tell the story of La Amistad and the African slave trade
On a moonless night in July 1839, several enslaved Africans unshackled themselves and crept up to the deck of La Amistad where they attacked and killed all but two of their captors. In this lesson, students will learn the story of Amistad through videos and six murals by Hale Woodruff, an artist eager to use his skills to create social change.
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Lesson Plan January 24 2015

Lesson plan: Righteous among the nations — Rescuers of the Holocaust

Learn what it means to be counted among the "righteous of the nations"
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Post January 02 2015

Women who ruled 2014
By Caroline Davenport Female professionals and activists have raised the global conversati…
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Post November 21 2014

A fresh look at Thanksgiving

We're bringing you a fresh look on America's original holiday with a roundup of the best basic reso…
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Post November 04 2014

Post-election resources for your class
Looking for a way to start a conversation in your class about the 2014 midterm election and results…
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