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Tag: "social-studies"

Lesson Plan March 29 2016

"Well-behaved women seldom make history"

This lesson plan challenges students to identify negative stereotypes about women and men, introduces students to Anne Bonny (a woman who breaks traditional gender stereotypes) and gives them the opportunity to use creative writing skills to create their own profile on one of four other “rule-breaking” women in history.

Lesson Plan March 21 2016

Women with Character, Women Who Inspire – Lesson Plan

For Women's History Month, PBS NewsHour Extra would love to know the women in your students' lives who have inspired them. Share a picture and description on social media using the hashtag #PBSWomenWhoInspire

Daily Video March 21 2016

Shields and Brooks talk Trump, Supreme Court nominee

Political columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks usually sit on different sides of the political aisle, but they currently agree on one thing: Donald Trump is looking like the Republican nominee for president.

Daily Video March 14 2016

Cleanup continues at Japan power plant five years after tsunami

Over the past five years, radioactive contamination levels have decreased at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. But they still pose a threat to the 7,000 workers who aid in the cleanup.

Lesson Plan February 18 2016

Lesson Plan: How the Civil Rights Movement embodied a time of change

The Civil Rights Movement did not begin suddenly in the 1960s, nor was it a short battle. To understand the enormity of the famous March on Washington, we compiled a timeline of major civil rights events in the 100 years leading up to August 20, 1963.

Daily Video February 10 2016

Outsiders Trump and Sanders win New Hampshire primary

Washington outsiders Donald Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders won big in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night.

Lesson Plan February 06 2016

Lesson Plan: A history of discrimination and its consequences

"A History of Discrimination and Its Consequences" lesson plan allows students to think about the battles fought during the Civil Rights Movement in order for every citizen to be able to achieve the American Dream.