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Daily Video March 19 2013

Republican Party Rethinks GOP Brand
Teachers: this video includes a 3-minute story followed by a discussion. Four months after the …
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Post February 28 2013

Sequestration Is Happening, But Effects Are Unclear
Related Lesson Plan: What is Sequestration? The government in Washington is about to g…
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Daily Video February 19 2013

Debate Over Gun Control Continues After Newtown
After the mass shootings in Aurora, Colo., Virginia Tech and Columbine, Colo., the nation questione…
Guatemalan migrant Corio, who is waiting for her court hearing for asylum seekers that returned to Mexico to await their legal proceedings under a new policy established by the U.S. government, baths her daughter at migrant shelter in Ciudad Juarez
Lesson Plan February 15 2013

A picture is worth a thousand words
Subject(s) Art/Media, Social Studies, ELA, English, Civics Estimated Time Two class …
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Post January 22 2013

Obama Sets Progressive Tone in Inaugural Speech
In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama outlined the issues he intends to tackle in…
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Post December 17 2012

President Obama Vows Action after Elementary School Shooting
President Obama addressed a congregation of citizens from Newtown, Conn. on Sunday after the shooti…
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Post December 10 2012

Supreme Court Considers Same-Sex Marriage

  A gay pride and an American flag cross on the bag of a pro-gay marriage demonstrator in Cali…
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Lesson Plan November 14 2012

Fall off a fiscal cliff, or navigate a fiscal slope? - Lesson Plan
By Shannon Sullivan Subjects Economics, Mathematics, Language Arts Estimated Ti…
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Daily News Lesson August 22 2012

Year-Round Program Commits Kids to Education
For some low income and minority students, graduating high school, much less college, can seem like…
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Student Voices June 28 2012

SCOTUS Decision: America's Youth Speak Out
The Supreme Court ruled today to uphold the controversial Patient Protection and Affordable Care Ac…
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