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Daily News Lesson January 22 2023

Top stories: Ozone layer recovers + News wrap 1/23/23 + Student video
Learn about a success story in global environmental action
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Daily News Lesson January 19 2023

Top stories! Helping refugees + News wrap 1/20/23 + Student video
Learn about a program that allows U.S. citizens to help support refugees
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Daily News Lesson January 18 2023

Top stories! Massive tech layoffs + News wrap 1/19/23 + Student video
Learn how layoffs in the tech industry may be a danger sign for the larger economy
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Daily News Lesson January 17 2023

Top stories! China population decline + News wrap 1/18/23 + Student video
Discuss why a decreasing population in China could have ripple effects around the world
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Lesson Plan January 17 2023

Lesson plan: The March on Washington and its impact

Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech and explore themes such as the social conditions in the U.S. that led to the Civil Rights Movement
People celebrate Juneteenth in Washington
Daily News Lesson January 16 2023

Martin Luther King III on his father's legacy

Hear from Martin Luther King III on his father's legacy and how he might lead today
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Daily News Lesson January 13 2023

Top stories! Biden docs + News wrap 1/13/23 + Student video
Special counsel appointed to investigate classified docs at Biden's former place of work and home
The U.S. Capitol Building is stormed by a pro-Trump mob on January 6, 2021
Daily News Lesson January 06 2023

Exploring the threats to democracy that remain two years after Jan. 6
Learn why democracy in the U.S. is still under threat years after the attack on the Capitol
The U.S. Capitol Building is stormed by a pro-Trump mob on January 6, 2021
Daily News Lesson January 05 2023

PBS NewsHour stories + Student Video of the Day — Jan. 6, 2023
Current events for social studies, science, English, STEM and more with discussion questions for grades 6-12
U.S. representatives gather to try to elect a new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol in Washington
Daily News Lesson January 05 2023

Speaker vote deadlocked amid infighting among House Republicans
Hear why Congress is unable to start its latest term until Republicans agree on a Speaker of the House
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