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Reflect on one teacher’s project to help students see the living history in their own time Continue reading
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Teacher Sarah Lerner (top left), Dr. Joseph Sakran (bottom left) and teacher Meleah Hall (right) during the PBS NewsHour EXTRA Zoom discussion on gun violence, Feb. 17, 2021. If you are a school faculty or staff member and would…
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Classroom Resource: Regina King’s directorial debut examines meeting of civil rights voices
Arts & CultureDiscuss the film One Night in Miami and the reasons it was made Continue reading
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Daily News Lesson: Recovery may take months even as more help reaches storm-hit Texas
classroom resourceWhat do you think federal and local authorities should do in response to an emergency like the storms in Texas? Continue reading
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Discuss ways to make the path easier for returning citizens released from prisons. Continue reading
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Lesson Plan: How community programs can help pave the road from prison
Discuss ways to make the path easier for returning citizens released from prisons. Continue reading
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Lesson Plan: Conspiracy theories, then and now
For a Google doc of this lesson, click here. (Note: You…
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Lesson Plan: Media literacy — news that’s nice to know, news you need to know
Practice media discernment by identifying need-to-know stories vs. want-to-know stories Continue reading
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Lesson Plan: Invent ways to help get your own community vaccinated
Learn about the COVID-19 vaccines, then use that knowledge to invent ways to improve vaccine distribution in your own community. Continue reading
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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. Continue reading
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