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Use this NewsHour lesson plan to learn about the challenges and the triumphs of recent refugee students to the U.S. Continue reading
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Learn about D-Day with your students using this PBS NewsHour lesson plan. Continue reading
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Learn how the media covers stories about gun violence, including the Virginia Beach shooting. Continue reading
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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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Use this NewsHour lesson plan to learn about Wyoming’s school funding model that is not based on the property taxes of a person. Continue reading
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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 on invention that will change the world
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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