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Turning Point Action Conference in Florida

Daily News Lesson August 15 2023

What we know about Trump’s 2020 election indictment

Learn about the latest federal charges facing Donald Trump

Daily News Lesson August 14 2023

America at a Crossroads: How the loss of local newspapers fueled political divisions

Learn about the ways changes in local media might fuel political division

Lesson Plan October 27 2022

Be MediaWise lesson 4: Effective keyword searches

Learn how social media designed to scare can lead some to share misinformation

Lesson Plan October 24 2022

Be MediaWise lesson 10: Recognizing satire before sharing it as misinformation

Equip your students with the tools to distinguish satirical news sources from legitimate news sources

Student Voices July 21 2022

Student Voices: From cutlery to biotech — meet the young inventors building a new future

Watch interviews with young student inventors who participated in the annual Invention Convention earlier this summer

Lesson Plan July 13 2022

Lesson plan: How overturning Roe will adversely affect historically marginalized women

Students will learn about the ways that the end of Roe v. Wade and the rise of abortion bans across the country will fall most heavily on poor women, women of color and women experiencing domestic violence

Daily News Lesson April 22 2022

Lesson plan: For Earth Day, examine other 'Don't Look Up' moments in history

In this lesson, explore the ways crises such as climate change are often ignored and why

Mail-in ballots are counted in Chester County, Pennsylvania

Lesson Plan November 06 2020

Lesson plan: Ballad of the ballots

Understand the history of ballots in the U.S. and why voting reform has always been a topic of debate

Lesson Plan July 29 2020

Lesson plan: Civic engagement and how students can get involved

Why does civic engagement matter? How can your students get involved?

Lesson Plan December 09 2018

Lesson plan: how can Hawaiian land be used after 100 years of sugarcane monocropping?

OverviewAfter 140 years of a successful sugarcane industry in Hawaii, the last sugarcane plantation…

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