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Lesson Plan August 29 2021

Lesson plan: Native American boarding schools and human rights

Students will examine primary source photos before and after learning about Native American boarding schools in the U.S. and the long-term effects of such policies
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Lesson Plan June 03 2021

Lesson plan: Design a generator to help meet UN Sustainable Development Goals

Learn about a promising source of renewable energy and make your own sustainable design
Reaction In Hong Kong As WHO Considers Emergency Decree
Daily Video January 31 2020

What students should know about the coronavirus
Use this NewsHour Extra lesson to teach your students about the novel coronavirus.
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg participates in a youth climate change protest in front of the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan
Daily Video September 21 2019

Greta Thunberg on the urgency of the climate crisis
Use this NewsHour Extra lesson plan to learn more about Greta Thunberg and other youth activists' fight against climate change.
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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 News Lesson October 15 2018

UN Climate Change Report: What your students need to know
Talk with your students about the UN's latest report on climate change and how young people can use their voice to support policies that protect the environment.
Displaced Yemeni girls are seen at a refugee camp located between Marib and Sanaa
Daily News Lesson July 05 2018

Yemen study guide: How to explain images of war to your students
More than 9,000 people have died in Yemen's civil war since 2015, according to the UN, and 22 million people require humanitarian assistance every day.
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Daily News Lesson May 15 2018

How to discuss what's happening in Gaza and Israel with your students
A total of 61 Palestinians, including eight children, have been killed since Monday by Israeli gunfire along the Gaza border as the U.S. opened its new embassy in Jerusalem.
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Daily Video August 22 2016

All refugee team competes in 2016 Olympic Games
The first-ever Refugee Olympic Team competed in Rio de Janeiro during the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
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Daily Video February 26 2016

Two-week Syrian ceasefire begins Friday
A two-week ceasefire has been accepted by fighting parties in Syria and will take effect Friday night in the nation where a four-and-a-half-year civil war has cost more than 250,000 lives and displaced millions.
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