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Lesson Plan June 19 2025

Lesson plan: History of Juneteenth and why it became a national holiday

Explore the significance of Juneteenth and the value of making it a national holiday
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Daily News Lesson June 19 2025

What Juneteenth means for Americans, according to teacher Opal Lee

Learn about the origins of Juneteenth and how it became a federal holiday
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Post February 17 2025

Q&A: Author Kenneth C. Davis on the Founding Fathers and slavery, America's "great contradiction"

A conversation about U.S. history, the presidents and slavery and how we teach it
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Daily News Lesson November 02 2024

A Democracy Minute: Edna Greene Medford on what the nation could be

Watch and reflect on these 60-second video clips about democracy in America
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Lesson Plan January 31 2024

Lesson plan: Exploring the wreckage of slave ships and the 'untold American story'

Learn about the ways history is still being uncovered today
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Lesson Plan September 13 2023

Lesson plan: How America's history of racism continues to shape us today

Discuss the ways political divisions in the U.S. today are informed by a history of racism
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Daily News Lesson June 21 2022

Juneteenth celebrated as national holiday for second time
The holiday celebrates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought word of slavery’s end to Galveston, Texas.
Coronavirus Pandemic Causes Climate Of Anxiety And Changing Routines In America
Daily News Lesson May 02 2022

Harvard University details its ties to slavery and promises a reckoning
FILE PHOTO: Participants hold a "Silent March Commemorating the Journey of the Enslaved" to mark 400th anniversary of first enslaved African people arriving in Virginia
Daily Video June 19 2020

Should Juneteenth be a national holiday?
Juneteenth is in the national spotlight this year. Should it be a national holiday?
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Daily News Lesson May 07 2020

Pulitzer Prize winners' Ida B. Wells and 1619 Project's Nikole Hannah-Jones
In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson plan, learn about The 1619 Project and Pulitzer Prize winners Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ida B. Wells (1862-1931).
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