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Shooting reported near elementary school in Uvalde, Texas
Daily News Lesson May 24 2022

19 children, 2 adults killed in Texas elementary school shooting
Learn what happened in an attack by a gunman on an elementary school in Texas
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Daily News Lesson May 24 2022

Cancer survivor and amputee defies the odds running marathons and breaking records
Discuss the story of an athlete who overcame health crisis to set records
Gang violence in Haiti's capital forces residents to flee their homes
Daily News Lesson May 24 2022

Hundreds of years after Haiti paid to be free from slavery the costs are still being felt
Learn why a colonial legacy in Haiti has impacted life there today
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Daily News Lesson May 23 2022

Georgia Republicans vote in a heated primary — and other news for May 24, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
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Daily News Lesson May 23 2022

Students confront gun violence through one way they know how — theater
Learn how some students are using the arts to confront the trauma of gun violence
Wildfires near Las Vegas, New Mexico
Daily News Lesson May 22 2022

New Mexico wildfires amid historic drought — and other news for May 23, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
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Daily News Lesson May 19 2022

How abortion debate in Latin America compares to the U.S.
Lesson features NewsHour video and discussion questions
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Educator Voices May 18 2022

Today my daughter was called n—. Here's my advice to parents.

Hear from one educator and mother on what steps helped her address a racist incident that her daughter experienced in school
Scene of a shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York
Daily News Lesson May 17 2022

Remembering the victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo — and other news for May 18, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
People are tested for COVID-19 at the Tower Theatre in Oklahoma City
Daily News Lesson May 16 2022

Why the fight against COVID appears to have stalled in the U.S. — and other news for May 17, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
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