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Lesson Plan November 04 2024

Choose one: 7 engaging civics lessons

Check out these 7 video lessons on voting rights, political parties, media bias and more

Daily News Lesson April 17 2024

Supreme Court questions obstruction charges in Jan. 6 cases

Discuss a case before the Supreme Court about whether or not defendants can be charged with obstructing the business of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021

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.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Waco, Texas

Daily News Lesson March 30 2023

Top lesson: Donald Trump indicted + News wrap 3/31/23 + Student video

Learn more about the indictment of former president Donald Trump

Impeachment trial of former U.S. President Trump begins in Washington

Daily Video February 10 2021

Classroom Resource: Discuss the big questions of Trump's second impeachment trial

Discuss what attorneys argued about on the first day of former President Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate

Daily Video August 10 2020

Explainer: Trump's executive orders and the limits of presidential power

In this lesson, explore the long-standing constitutional controversies around the power of executive orders.

An election worker places mail-in ballots into an election box at a drive-through drop off location at the Registrar of Voters in San Diego, California

Daily News Lesson August 04 2020

How the Electoral College and claims of voter fraud may complicate election 2020

Listen to this podcast produced by EXTRA interns and discuss the electoral college and mail in voting

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies before House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Mueller Report on Capitol Hill in Washington

Daily Video July 25 2019

Main takeaways from Robert Mueller's testimony

Use this NewsHour Extra lesson plan to examine the testimony of Robert Mueller during Wednesday's House hearing.

President George H.W. Bush Interviewed for "The Presidents' Gatekeepers"

Daily Video December 03 2018

President George H.W. Bush's life as a public servant

Students will learn about the life of President George H.W. Bush in this PBS NewsHour lesson plan.

A man selling fried plantain walks along a street in Port-au-Prince

Daily News Lesson January 12 2018

DACA debate upended by President's explicit language

Today's Daily News Story contains explicit language that lawmakers say President Donald Trump used at a meeting while discussing immigration. The text below reflects the latest updates in the story.

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