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Gang violence in Haiti's capital forces residents to flee their homes

Daily News Lesson May 24 2022

Hundreds of years after Haiti paid to be free from slavery the costs are still being felt

Learn why a colonial legacy in Haiti has impacted life there today

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Daily News Lesson May 12 2022

Report details brutal treatment of Indigenous children attending U.S. boarding schools

Learn about a recent report that outlines the 'cultural genocide' of Native American boarding schools in the U.S.

Coronavirus Pandemic Causes Climate Of Anxiety And Changing Routines In America

Daily News Lesson May 02 2022

Harvard University details its ties to slavery and promises a reckoning

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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

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Daily News Lesson April 04 2022

Ancient footprints in New Mexico raise questions about when humans inhabited North America

Hear about a discovery that is changing historical understanding about when people first arrived in the Americas

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Educator Voices March 18 2022

Why we have to teach 'sad things'

Hear from one teacher on why its so important to teach accurate history, especially when it causes discomfort

Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on pending U.S. judicial nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington

Daily News Lesson February 25 2022

Biden reportedly chooses Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court nomination

Learn about President Biden's reported choice to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer

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Daily News Lesson February 09 2022

Black scuba divers explore the wreckage of slave ships and the ‘untold American story’

Hear what new explorations are uncovering about the lives of those carried to slavery in the Americas

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Daily News Lesson January 28 2022

Activity: The economy grew faster in 2021 than year any since 1984 -- and what a progressive's take on that might mean

ADDITIONAL STORIES: Cardona wants COVID money spent on tutoring, update on vaccine mandate for federal workers, Russia says no plans to invade Ukraine

Trump supporters breach the US Capitol

Lesson Plan January 05 2022

Lesson plan: Connecting Post-Civil War mob violence and the Capitol Hill Riot

Explore historical parallels between the aftermath of the Capitol Hill Riot and the Reconstruction period following the Civil War

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