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In this NewsHour lesson, students will examine the message and goals of poet Amanda Gorman as she prepares to speak at the presidential inauguration. Continue reading
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DOWNLOAD VIDEO Teachers: This past two weeks have been full of news that can be hard to process, but for that reason, is all the more important to discuss with your classes. At NewsHour EXTRA, we’ve been developing lessons and…
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Plan an inaugural ceremony fit for the moment. Continue reading
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Use this lesson plan to discuss Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” following the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Continue reading
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“Strongman” author Kenneth C. Davis on how democracies fall and teaching the Capitol insurrection
authoritarianismKenneth C. Davis/Photo by Nina Subin In these NewsHour educator Zooms, historian Kenneth C. Davis and author of “Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy” (Henry Holt & Co. 2020) discusses the role of teachers…
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