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Post November 01 2014

Midterms 2014: resources for students
This year's midterm elections are here and PBS NewsHour Extra wants to share our best resources wit…
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Post October 22 2014

Ebola 101 for the classroom – Q & A
  With the recent outbreak of Ebola in Western Africa and the confirmed case of Ebola …
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Post October 16 2014

Do Now: How can we help fight the Ebola outbreak?
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Daily Video September 30 2014

Hong Kong protests for greater democracy
A Chinese government proposal to limit voting rights in Hong Kong has spurred hundreds of thousands of protesters to fill the streets this week.
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Daily Video September 29 2014

Wave of undocumented students challenges schools
The increased number of unaccompanied minors entering the U.S. has challenged school systems by swelling enrollment numbers.
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Daily Video September 26 2014

Obama calls for international response to Ebola
President Obama told world leaders at the United National General Assembly that the international community is “not moving fast enough” to contain the Ebola epidemic.
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Post September 17 2014

Teaching girls' empowerment in the developing world
PBS NewsHour recently interviewed Malala Yousafzai, who has become a worldwide symbol for girls' em…
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Lesson Plan September 11 2014

Lesson plan: The 9/11 anniversary in the classroom
A man places roses at the 9/11 Memorial ahead of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks i…
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Daily Video August 12 2014

Why we still need Freedom Schools, 50 years later
Half a century ago, students and local organizers banded together to fight to end segregation and discrimination against African-Americans in the United States.
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Daily Video August 12 2014

Anger and unrest in Missouri after police kill unarmed teenager
Witnesses say that Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old from a suburb of St. Louis, did not resist officers and put his hands over his head even as he was shot repeatedly.
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