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Daily Video May 15 2020

How COVID disproportionately affects people of color
In this PBS NewsHour EXTRA current events lesson, learn how COVID-19 disproportionately affects communities of color and what is being done to address the problem.
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Daily Video May 13 2020

Super Civics 2020: Voting during a pandemic
In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson plan, find out out different options for voting in November.
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Daily Video May 12 2020

PBS NewsHour EXTRA: Choose your own current event!
In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson, students choose their own current event! We also highlighted a special segment about a photographer who took photos of American bald eagles who was deported back to Yemen.
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Daily Video May 10 2020

Shields and Brooks on the politicization of American institutions
In this NewsHour lesson plan, watch the Shields and Brooks segment on the politicization of American institutions.
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Daily Video May 09 2020

Ahmaud Arbery’s family speaks of their son's murder
In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson plan, learn about the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed African American in Georgia over two months ago, and steps law enforcement are now taking.
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Daily News Lesson May 07 2020

Pulitzer Prize winners' Ida B. Wells and 1619 Project's Nikole Hannah-Jones
In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson plan, learn about The 1619 Project and Pulitzer Prize winners Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ida B. Wells (1862-1931).
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Daily Video May 06 2020

PBS 4-minute news summary: Choose your own current event!
In this current events lesson, check out PBS NewsHour's 4-minute news wrap and choose your own story to dive into!
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Daily Video April 30 2020

Brief But Spectacular: Bonding with family and friends during pandemic
In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson plan, watch this Brief But Spectacular video about a mother and daughter relationship during the pandemic, and learn how you and your students can make your own Brief But Spectacular videos.
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Post April 24 2020

Teaching in the age of coronavirus: Week 4 -- Spring break
Photo credit: Maximillian Re-Sugiura By Sari Beth Rosenberg This week was supposed to be s…
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Daily Video April 17 2020

Brief But Spectacular: One COVID-19 survivor's story
In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson plan, watch the uplifting story of a COVID-19 patient, and learn how you and your students can make your own Brief But Spectacular videos.
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