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Daily Video November 05 2018

Teen reporters interview Senate candidates about gun control and immigration
If you were born in 2000, there's a good chance you will be eligible to vote in the 2018 midterm elections. The PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab's Mason Berger reports on how organizations in Florida are trying to mobilize young voters around issues like the cost of college and gun violence.
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Student Voices November 05 2018

Student Voice: Three ways voters can support transgender students
"It is our job to vote with everyone’s best interests at heart," writes seventh grader Ava Michelman of Virginia, who asks voters to think of transgender youth on Election Day.
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Post November 02 2018

Listen to this teacher and student talk about gun control this election
Editor's note: This election season, Wisconsin Public Radio is going “ Beyond The Ballot …
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Daily Video November 01 2018

Youth vote in America: Why these teens say low voter turnout days are done
Why do young people hold some of the lowest voter turnout levels in the U.S.? Is it really their fault? NewsHour's teen reporters talk about the youth vote in America and why the 2018 elections could see young people voting in historic numbers.
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Daily Video October 24 2018

Monitoring the Midterms: Voter ID laws and America's history of voter suppression
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Read the summary with your students, watch the video (…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Upsets Rep. Joseph Crowley In NY Primary
Daily News Lesson July 14 2018

Monitoring the midterms: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other primary result indicators
Interested in clear, unbiased news coverage for your students on the 2018 midterm elections? Check out NewsHour Extra's resources on what the primaries could mean for the Democratic Party, especially 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory in New York. June's primaries also went well for President Trump's candidates.
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Daily News Lesson July 10 2018

Trump’s Supreme Court pick is a lesson in the three branches of government
On Monday, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to become the next justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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