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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden in downtown Nantucket

Daily News Lesson December 04 2024

What are the limits of the presidential power to pardon?

Learn why some say President Biden's pardon of his son sets a dangerous precedent

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Lesson Plan January 06 2024

Student guide to Jan. 6: Lesson plans, timeline, key terms

View this study guide to learn more about the Jan. 6 hearings and to access a timeline, key terms and class activities

U.S. House of Representatives continues to try to elect a new Speaker at U.S. Capitol in Washington

Daily News Lesson October 19 2023

House Republicans continue to struggle to choose Speaker

Learn about how the majority party in Congress choses a leader for the House

Turning Point Action Conference in Florida

Daily News Lesson August 15 2023

What we know about Trump’s 2020 election indictment

Learn about the latest federal charges facing Donald Trump

Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs Trump Tower for a deposition two days after FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach home

Lesson Plan June 26 2023

5 things to know about Trump's charges

Learn about the charges former president Donald Trump has against him

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Lesson Plan May 01 2023

Be MediaWise lesson 6: How social media algorithms create echo chambers

Learn how algorithms work and how they can create echo chambers

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Daily News Lesson March 08 2023

Top Lesson: Fox News' Tucker Carlson spreads misinformation about Jan. 6th + News wrap 3/8/23 + Student video

The U.S. Capitol Building is stormed by a pro-Trump mob on January 6, 2021

Daily News Lesson January 06 2023

Exploring the threats to democracy that remain two years after Jan. 6

Learn why democracy in the U.S. is still under threat years after the attack on the Capitol

FILE PHOTO: Oath Keepers founder, Stewart Rhodes, speaks during the Patriots Day Free Speech Rally in Berkeley

Daily News Lesson November 29 2022

Oath Keepers founder convicted of seditious conspiracy for role in Jan. 6 attack

Lesson includes ADDITIONAL NEWS STORIES for students to choose from for November 30, 2022

Protest outside the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center as vote counting continues inside, in Phoenix, Arizona

Daily News Lesson November 15 2022

How election deniers fared in their midterm races

Discuss how voters responded to midterm candidates who claimed the previous elections were marked by large-scale fraud

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