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Lesson Plan May 30 2017

Lesson plan: Invent an app that helps your community

Design an app that helps your community, modeled after young entrepreneurs in California's rural Salinas Valley
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Lesson Plan December 13 2016

How to teach your students about fake news
Fake news is making news, and it's a problem. This lesson gives students media literacy skills they need to navigate the media, including how to spot fake news.
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Lesson Plan July 06 2016

How to use anti-LGBTQ laws to explore social justice
In order to learn more about social justice issues, students will look at important laws affecting members of the LGBTQ community, including Mississippi's House Bill 1523.
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Lesson Plan June 07 2016

PBS Student Reporting Labs STEM lesson plan: Climate change and your community
Ninety-seven percent of scientists currently agree that global surface temperatures have incre…
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Lesson Plan June 04 2016

Lesson plan: Are teens addicted to technology?

What roles do social media and technology play in teens' lives? Is it possible that teens are addicted to their phones? In this lesson plan, students will respond to PBS NewsHour's Brief but Spectacular episode, "Teens on Tech."
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Lesson Plan May 27 2016

Historic Presidential Visit to Hiroshima
President Obama became the first sitting United States president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, seven decades after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city. Have your students learn more about this historic visit by watching videos and researching images of the Hiroshima bombing then and now.
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Lesson Plan December 08 2015

What is social media's role in Election 2016? - Lesson Plan
Subject(s) Government, U.S. History, Civics, Journalism Estimated Time One …
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Lesson Plan April 21 2015

What makes someone a bystander? - Lesson Plan
This lesson asks students to explore the psychology of why people choose to remain bystanders instead of choosing to intervene.
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Lesson Plan October 27 2014

Ebola outbreak lesson plan update: October 27th, 2014
By Katie Gould, PBS NewsHour Teacher Resource Producer As the Ebola outbreak continues spread, …
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Post February 05 2014

Resources to teach the life and impact of Martin Luther King Jr.
Use these resources to teach your students about the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and his impact …
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