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FILE PHOTO: A worker walks past pump jacks at UdmurtNeft's Gremikhinskoye oil field east of Izhevsk

Daily News Lesson March 07 2022

Biden administration considers ban on U.S. imports of Russian oil

Discuss the challenges faced by the U.S. government in deciding whether or not to ban oil from Russia

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Daily News Lesson March 07 2022

What is it like being a Ukrainian refugee? — Gathering heirlooms, clothes, pets amid Russian bombardment

Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions

A view shows a residential building destroyed by recent shelling in Irpin

Daily News Lesson March 03 2022

Lesson Plan: Updates on Russia's invasion of Ukraine with key historical context between the two nations

This lesson consists of the latest developments in Ukraine, a timeline of events, biographies of key players and a contextual video as to why Russia invaded Ukraine

People wait to board an evacuation train at Kyiv central train station

Daily News Lesson March 02 2022

Ukrainian parents living amid war discuss the struggle to keep their families safe

Hear from two parents in separate cities in Ukraine that are under siege

A charred armoured vehicle is seen on a street in Bucha

Daily News Lesson March 01 2022

March 1, 2022: Choose from these 7 news stories including UN report on climate change

Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions

People arrive in Przmesyl after fleeing Russian invasion of Ukraine

Daily News Lesson February 28 2022

How Europe is responding to a flood of Ukrainian refugees

Learn how Russia's attack on Ukraine is creative a refugee crisis, and how the rest of Europe plans to help

Military vehicles are seen during the joint exercises of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus in the Brest Region

Daily News Lesson February 21 2022

Putin orders Russian troops into Ukraine’s separatist regions as the West levies sanctions

Learn about Russia's latest resolution to invade Ukraine

Ukrainian service members guard the area near the line of separation in the Donetsk Region

Daily News Lesson February 13 2022

Why a Russian invasion of Ukraine appears imminent despite intense diplomatic efforts

Hear the latest on why Russia invading neighboring Ukraine may be happening soon

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Daily News Lesson January 28 2022

Activity: The economy grew faster in 2021 than year any since 1984 -- and what a progressive's take on that might mean

ADDITIONAL STORIES: Cardona wants COVID money spent on tutoring, update on vaccine mandate for federal workers, Russia says no plans to invade Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a formal news conference at the White House

Daily News Lesson January 19 2022

Biden acknowledges setbacks to domestic agenda in rare press conference

Hear what President Biden said about the successes and failures of his first year

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