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Lesson Plan September 06 2019

Lesson plan: Inventing assistive devices that give people their independence

Learn about assistive devices and how innovation plays a key role in the invention process
Jose Enrique, Founder of World Kitchen Central, speaks on a cellphone at Odyssey Aviation in Nassau, Bahamas
Daily Video September 05 2019

How chef José Andrés feeds the storm-stricken Bahamas
In this PBS NewsHour lesson, find out why José Andrés, now a Nobel Prize nominee, decided to create an organization focused on providing homemade meals to people in disaster zones.
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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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Lesson Plan August 30 2019

Lesson plan: How student inventors can help solve the Earth's plastic problem

Use this NewsHour lesson plan to learn more about invention education and how students are creating solutions to help improve plastic pollution
FILE PHOTO: Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) look on after executing search warrants and making some arrests at an agricultural processing facility in Canton
Daily Video August 22 2019

ICE immigration raids took this school superintendent by surprise
Use this lesson plan to learn more about the ICE immigration raids in Mississippi and how schools have been affected.
The Statue of Liberty is seen on Liberty Island in New York Harbor
Daily Video August 21 2019

How the Statue of Liberty poem provides a lesson in immigration history
Use this NewsHour lesson plan to learn about the Trump administration's changes to immigration policy and how it relates to the Statue of Liberty's famous inscription.
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Daily Video August 13 2019

How public art builds community - Student Reporting Labs
Teachers with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs created lessons on the importance of public art based on the work of SRL's teen reporters. Check out these uplifting resources that cut across various disciplines!
A woman reacts after a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso
Daily Video August 05 2019

What do El Paso, Dayton gun massacres say about America?
Use this NewsHour lesson plan to talk with your students about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, which took place over the weekend.
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Daily News Lesson July 18 2019

Racism, coded language and the "politics of distraction" in U.S. history
Use this NewsHour lesson to discuss how President Trump's tweets serve the "politics of distraction" and how racist language has been used as an intentional device to divide the country throughout U.S. history.
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Daily Video July 17 2019

Super Civics 2020: How to get along with our political opposites
In this NewsHour Extra lesson plan, learn how Americans are struggling to approach opposing political opinions with civility instead of contempt and what can be done to fix the problem.
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