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Use this NewsHour Extra lesson plan to learn about the pro-democratic protests taking place in Hong Kong for the past 10 weeks. Continue reading
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Teachers with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs created lessons on the importance of public art based on the work of SRL’s teen reporters. Check out these uplifting resources that cut across various disciplines! Continue reading
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Members of the Beatles, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, cross Abbey Road in London, Britain, August 8, 1969. Picture taken August 8, 1969. Iain Macmillan, courtesy Apple Corps/via REUTERS by Sean Gaillard, elementary school principal, Winston-Salem, North…
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Use this PBS NewsHour lesson plan to learn about the Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison who died at age 88 on Aug. 5, 2019. Continue reading
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Colorado high school student Lily Wilshire shares her thoughts on gun violence in America and why she speaks for most students when she begs for people to do something. Continue reading
Student Reporting Labs
Student Reporting Labs connect students to local PBS stations and news professionals in their community to produce original, student-generated video news reports. Check out our full curriculum and find out how you can become a lab! Learn more on the SRL
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Lesson Plans
Browse free, high-quality lesson plans and teaching tools that make it easy to bring current events and issues into the classroom. Lesson plans are aligned to National and Common Core Standards.
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Lesson plan: Watergate and the limits of presidential power
August 8, 2019, marks the 45th anniversary of the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Use this resource to teach young people about this period in U.S. history. Continue reading
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Lesson plan – How teens deal with the spread of misinformation
Find out what young people really think about the news and the spread of misinformation using a variety of short videos produced by PBS NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs. Continue reading
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Lesson plan: How inventions will land humans on Mars
Using the invention process, students will explore solutions to some of the problems facing the Mars mission and decide whether or not they are on board with expanding humankind’s reach in the universe. Continue reading
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10 lesson plans teaching the power of invention
Learn how inventions are solving problems around the world and then have students design their own inventions that help their communities. Continue reading
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Lesson Plan: Girl coders crack glass ceiling | STEM Student Reporting Labs
In this lesson, students will learn about the engineering design process and use it to address the gender gap in STEM. Continue reading
News and Media Literacy
Use these classroom resources to teach students the importance of becoming smart news consumers. Learn more
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