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Lesson Plan August 30 2019

Lesson plan: How student inventors can help solve the Earth's plastic problem

Use this NewsHour lesson plan to learn more about invention education and how students are creating solutions to help improve plastic pollution
Anti-extradition bill protesters wave flags with Chinese calligraphy that reads "Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times", at a mass demonstration after a woman was shot in the eye during a protest at Hong Kong International Airport, in Hong Kong
Daily Video August 15 2019

Study guide: Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests
Use this NewsHour Extra lesson plan to learn about the pro-democracy protests taking place in Hong Kong over the past few months.
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Daily Video August 09 2019

Learn about Toni Morrison's life and literary legacy
Use this PBS NewsHour lesson plan to learn about the Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison who died at age 88 on Aug. 5, 2019.
A woman reacts after a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso
Daily Video August 05 2019

What do El Paso, Dayton gun massacres say about America?
Use this NewsHour lesson plan to talk with your students about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, which took place over the weekend.
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Daily News Lesson July 18 2019

Racism, coded language and the "politics of distraction" in U.S. history
Use this NewsHour lesson to discuss how President Trump's tweets serve the "politics of distraction" and how racist language has been used as an intentional device to divide the country throughout U.S. history.
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Daily Video July 17 2019

Super Civics 2020: How to get along with our political opposites
In this NewsHour Extra lesson plan, learn how Americans are struggling to approach opposing political opinions with civility instead of contempt and what can be done to fix the problem.
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Daily Video July 12 2019

PBS' Student Reporting Labs discover trove of youth stories in DC
Use this NewsHour lesson plan to explore the impact of youth journalism on civic engagement via PBS Student Reporting Labs' (SRL) program.
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Post July 11 2019

Educator Voice: What EduTwitter means to #worldgeochat teachers
by James Caudill, #worldgeochat co-moderator and social studies teacher, C…
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Daily Video June 13 2019

How Michigan schools welcome refugees from Syria and Yemen
Use this NewsHour lesson plan to learn about the challenges and the triumphs of recent refugee students to the U.S.
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Daily Video June 03 2019

Virginia Beach and gun violence through a media literacy lens
Learn how the media covers stories about gun violence, including the Virginia Beach shooting.
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