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Daily News Lesson September 11 2024

Takeaways from the Trump/Harris presidential debate

Watch clips from the first (and possibly only) debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris

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Lesson Plan September 09 2024

Lesson plan: Hosting a presidential debate

Analyze campaign issues and practice formal debate procedures and elements of logic with this lesson

FILE PHOTO: Voters gather to watch first presidential debate

Daily News Lesson June 28 2024

Debate: Biden struggles significantly, Trump continues with falsehoods

SUMMARYThe CNN Presidential Debate was the first time President Joe Biden and former President Dona…

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Daily News Lesson August 22 2022

Remembering historian David McCullough: Why history is more than military and politics

Hear about the life of Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough, who believed history was more than military and politics

Donald Trump And Joe Biden Participate In Final Debate Before Presidential Election

Daily Video October 23 2020

What students can take away from the final presidential debate

What message did each candidate need to get across, and were they successful?

FILE PHOTO: A combination picture shows U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate, in Cleveland

Lesson Plan October 19 2020

Four mini-lessons on presidential debates

Explore what makes a debate format work and why presidential debates are important to voters, then watch the next presidential debate

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in their first 2020 presidential campaign debate in Cleveland

Daily Video October 02 2020

News Roundup: President Trump contracts COVID-19 days after first debate

The president tests positive for COVID-19, days after the first presidential debate.

U.S. presidential election debate in Cleveland, Ohio

Daily Video September 30 2020

What students can take away from the first presidential debate

Despite chaos and interruptions, presidential candidates managed to outline sharp differences in policy

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Daily Video October 19 2016

How teachers and students discuss the election in the classroom

Ahead of the third and final debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, educators around the country have found themselves struggling to teach and discuss this turbulent election in the classroom.

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Daily Video October 12 2016

Trump responds to 'locker room banter' at second debate

DOWNLOAD VIDEO ( Editor's note: Note that this video includes references to inappropriate…

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