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Daily Video August 21 2013

Senate passes 2013 landmark bi-partisan immigration bill
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Post August 15 2013

The Top 15 Lesson Plans for Back to School
With students heading back into the classroom, NewsHour Extra is here to help teachers with their b…
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Lesson Plan August 14 2013

Racial equality: how far have we come and how far do we have to go?

Explore the challenges faced by the civil rights movement fifty years after the historic March on Washington
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Post August 09 2013

Tech and Privacy Advocates Clash Over Possibilities for Google Glass
Internet giant Google’s latest venture, a computer worn over the eye like conventional glasses, is …
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Lesson Plan August 08 2013

Debating race, justice and policy in the case of Trayvon Martin - Lesson Plan
by Katie Gould,  Teacher Resource Producer for NewsHour Extra Subjects Government and…
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Lesson Plan August 08 2013

The Great Gatsby curve - Lesson Plan
By Katie Gould, Teacher Resource Producer for NewsHour Extra Subjects Economics, Gove…
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Student Voices August 06 2013

Firefighting Summer Camp Seeks Female Recruits
by Elizabeth Jones Fewer than four out of every 100 firefighters are women, accordin…
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Lesson Plan August 05 2013

Lesson Plan: Child labor in Burkina Faso
by Katie Gould, Teacher Resource Producer at NewsHour Extra Article by Marc Sollinger …
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Post July 26 2013

Trayvon Martin Case Provokes Justice and Race Debate
On the night of February 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in a Florida neig…
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Post July 03 2013

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Gay Rights

Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court issued two rulings on the ongoing debate over same-sex marriag…
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