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FILE PHOTO: Former Soviet Union President Gorbachev speaks at a meeting with former US President Bush in Moscow

Daily News Lesson August 31 2022

Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union

Learn about the legacy of the Mikhail Gorbachev, the final head of the Soviet Union who helped bring an end to the Cold War

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Lesson Plan June 06 2022

Lesson plan: D-Day stories from WWII veterans

Learn about D-Day with your students using this PBS NewsHour lesson plan

Journalists hold placards depicting Al Jazeera reporter Sireen Abu Akleh during a protest in Mogadishu

Daily News Lesson May 17 2022

Media literacy lesson on coverage of renowned Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israeli forces

People take part in Unity March in Lviv

Daily News Lesson March 08 2022

Ukraine’s history and its centuries-long road to independence

Learn about Ukraine's history and long relationship with Russia

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 …

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers a wreath to the cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan

Daily Video August 06 2020

Teach your students about the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima

Learn about the 75th anniversary of America's dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Lesson Plan September 04 2019

Lesson plan: PBS 'Time for School' series explores what going to school in six countries is like

Using the art of the personal essay and social media, explore what school means

The Statue of Liberty is seen on Liberty Island in New York Harbor

Daily Video August 21 2019

How the Statue of Liberty poem provides a lesson in immigration history

Use this NewsHour lesson plan to learn about the Trump administration's changes to immigration policy and how it relates to the Statue of Liberty's famous inscription.

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Daily Video May 15 2019

Study guide: What's happening in Venezuela?

Use this NewsHour lesson to learn more about the political situation in Venezuela.

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Daily Video April 16 2019

Teacher's guide: Notre Dame Cathedral fire

Learn more about the Notre Dame fire and the history of the cathedral with this PBS NewsHour lesson plan.

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