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Daily Video July 16 2020

Explainer: Why record COVID-19 testing is not enough
Explore the challenges of testing for COVID-19 in the US months after the pandemic began.
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Daily Video July 06 2020

Can students use social media to make positive change?
How can students cultivate good outcomes for themselves and their communities through social media?
Vistors pass a face mask sign near the boardwalk at Bethany Beach in Delaware
Daily Video June 22 2020

How should authorities persuade citizens to wear masks in public?
Even as states across the south and southwest experience a spike in COVID-19 cases, local and state governments wrestle with how to ensure citizens wear masks in public.
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Daily News Lesson June 17 2020

How Generation Z is changing the world
In this lesson plan, discuss ways Generation Z is taking new approaches to activism and demands for reform.
Protesters rally against racial inequality and the police shooting death of Rayshard Brooks, in Atlanta
Daily Video June 16 2020

Atlanta shooting of Rayshard Brooks
Discuss Atlanta police shooting of Rayshard Brooks, use of force rules and police reforms.
An election worker places a mail-in ballot into an election box at a drive-through drop off location at the Registrar of Voters in San Diego, California
Daily Video June 12 2020

Will more voters vote by mail this fall?
Examine the debate around increasing access to vote by mail as coronavirus presents new challenges.
House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability
Daily Video June 11 2020

Philonise Floyd testifies before Congress day after brother's funeral
Reflect on the changes in American society since the killing of George Floyd and discuss the changes that may still be yet to come.
Voters line up to cast their ballots in Atlanta
Daily Video June 10 2020

Election 2020 update: As Biden clinches nomination, candidates set strategies
In this lesson plan, explore the strategies of Democratic and Republican presidential nominees while learning about the impact of polling station closures.
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Daily Video June 10 2020

Inequality in education funding
In this lesson plan, learn about one state's attempts to remedy an alarming gap between the funding of its wealthiest and poorest school districts.
Protests after the death of George Floyd, in Washington
Daily Video June 09 2020

What does it mean to “defund the police”?
In this NewsHour lesson plan, learn about the current debate over defunding the police.
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