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President Richard Nixon seated at his desk in the White House Oval Office
Lesson Plan April 12 2024

Lesson plan: Watergate and the limits of presidential power

On August 9, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon resigned from the Oval Office. Use this resource to teach young people about this period in U.S. history.
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Daily Video January 09 2019

Lesson plan: Trump's government shutdown speech through a media literacy lens
In this NewsHour lesson plan, students will analyze President Trump's primetime speech about immigration and the government shutdown.
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Daily Video December 07 2015

Obama urges nation not to give in to fear
President Obama told the nation that the U.S. will destroy the Islamic State (ISIS) in an address from the Oval Office Sunday night.

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