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Daily Video February 22 2017

75 years later, Japanese internment executive order remembered
February 19, 2017, marked the 75th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s controversial executive order, which allowed the government to incarcerate Japanese Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II.
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Daily Video February 17 2017

Local sheriff shares concerns over federal immigration laws
Dozens of cities throughout the United States have been deemed "sanctuary cities," where local governments resist cooperating with federal immigration officials, including handing over undocumented immigrants who have may committed very minor offenses.
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Lesson Plan February 15 2017

Lesson plan: What public libraries can teach us about immigration

In this PBS NewsHour Extra lesson, students will explore what immigration looks like at grassroots levels across the country. Students will research if their community has programs that welcome immigrants and explore options for creating similar civic activities.
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Daily Video February 06 2017

American Muslim Marine hopes to foster dialogue about religion
Mansoor Shams is a former U.S. Marine who served from 2000 to 2004. Shams has been traveling around the U.S. with a sign that reads, “I’m a Muslim and a U.S. Marine, Ask Me Anything.”
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Daily Video January 30 2017

Refugees concerned over Trump's decision to suspend arrival of Syrians
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday which put an indefinite freeze on Syrian refugees entering the country.
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Daily Video January 26 2017

Trump signs executive order for border wall construction
President Donald Trump moved forward Wednesday on his campaign promise to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico.
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Daily Video November 21 2016

DACA Dreamers fear Trump’s immigration policy
Throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised to crack down on undocumented immigration, including hundreds of thousands of young people who have obtained temporary legal status under the Obama Administration.
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Lesson Plan October 25 2016

Lesson Plan: To Vote or Not to Vote

Explore why voting is an important responsibility for citizens
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Daily Video June 20 2016

Murder of British politician changes tone of U.K. Brexit debate
The man accused of murdering a British member of parliament last Thursday made his first court appearance in London on Saturday. Authorities believe Thomas Mair shot and stabbed Jo Cox to death on a street in broad daylight, because of her position to keep the U.K. in the European Union.
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Lesson Plan June 03 2016

Take a poll, debate the issue: Immigration
Where do students stand on immigration policy? In this lesson plan, have students take a poll befor…
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