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Close-Up Of Doctor Preparing Syringe For Patient
Lesson Plan April 08 2021

Lesson plan: Race and vaccine hesitancy in the U.S.

Explore the facts and myths about vaccine hesitancy numbers and relationship to race
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Educator Voices March 12 2021

Jackie Robinson and the perils of freezing superheroes in time
Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers, posed and ready to swing in 1954. Photo by Bob Sandberg vi…
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Daily Video March 02 2021

Classroom resource: Civil rights leader Vernon Jordan dies at age 85
Learn more about the life of Vernon Jordan, civil rights leader and lawyer, who died on Monday at the age of 85.
All-Seeing Eye of God on American dollar
Lesson Plan February 12 2021

Lesson plan: Conspiracy theories, then and now
For a Google doc of this lesson, click here. (Note: You will need to make a copy of the Google doc …
Inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States
Daily Video February 08 2021

Classroom resource: Explore Amanda Gorman's Super Bowl poem

Explore Amanda Gorman's poem "Three Captains" that she recited during the Super Bowl.
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.
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Post January 12 2021

Educator Voice: Voices on teaching the insurrection at the Capitol
PBS NewsHour EXTRA held a Zoom with educators, staff and students, on Jan. 7, just one day after th…
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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Lesson Plan January 10 2021

Insurrections in American History: 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries

To discuss after the mob violence at the Capitol on January 6th: How are race and class connected to insurrections in the history of our country?
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Post January 09 2021

Educator Voice: Jackie Robinson -- How "42" was a compelling and complex leader
Dr. Yohuru Williams of the University of St. Thomas on PBS NewsHour EXTRA's educator Zoom on Jackie…
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