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A city view of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administrated Kashmir

Daily News Lesson May 07 2025

India strikes sites in Pakistan in response to attack on tourists

Learn about conflict between two major powers in South Asia

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Daily News Lesson September 13 2024

Women in Afghanistan describe Taliban's brutal repression, 3 years after U.S. withdrawal

Learn about life for women under the Taliban following U.S. pulling its military out of the country

FILE PHOTO: 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks

Daily News Lesson September 08 2021

Discussing 9/11 and partisan polarization with your students

Discuss the impact of 9/11 on the country's politics and polarization

Democrats debate one article of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Daily Video January 13 2021

Daily News Lesson: The House impeaches President Trump for a second time

Discuss what's expected from the second impeachment of President Trump.

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump protest outside the Capitol in Washington

Daily Video January 12 2021

Daily News Lesson: Capitol attack forces reckoning with radical, right-wing political factions

Discuss why extremist violence is a threat and what's being done to counter it.

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Daily Video September 10 2019

On the 19th anniversary of 9/11, ask your students: How has the world changed?

Discuss with your students how the U.S. and the world have changed

Rabbi Goldstein consoles a man at the funeral for Gilbert-Kaye in Poway

Daily Video May 02 2019

Responding to growing domestic terrorism amid California synagogue shooting

Use this NewsHour lesson plan with your students to discuss the shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in San Diego and what the government is doing to prevent more attacks.

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Daily Video March 17 2019

How teachers can discuss New Zealand, violent extremism and Islamophobia

Use this NewsHour lesson plan to teach your students about the shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the concepts of white nationalism and Islamophobia.

A Home Depot truck which struck down multiple people on a bike path killing several and injuring numerous others is seen in lower Manhattan in New York

Daily Video November 01 2017

Using media literacy with students to discuss New York City terror attack

In this PBS lesson, teachers use media literacy with their students to discuss New York City's deadliest terror attack since 9/11.

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Daily Video June 30 2016

Turkey blames ISIS for attack on Istanbul airport

An attack on a major international airport in Istanbul, Turkey on Tuesday night left more than 40 dead and upwards of 200 injured.

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