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Use this NewsHour lesson plan to hear about Trump’s chief of staff Mick Mulvaney’s press conference on the impeachment inquiry. Continue reading
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Use this NewsHour Extra lesson to discuss Tuesday’s Democratic Debate, debate strategies that work and the number of candidates on the debate stage. Continue reading
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Use this NewsHour lesson to learn about the Turkish offensive into northern Syria and the chaos that has ensued for the Kurds of that region. Continue reading
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In this NewsHour lesson, learn more about Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the latest PBS Frontline special. Continue reading
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Use this NewsHour lesson plan to take a deeper look into the first week since Speaker Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump. 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: How biomimicry inspires natured-based inventions to solve human problems
In this lesson plan, students will learn about biomimicry — an innovative method in which nature inspires new inventions to solve some of the world’s toughest problems. Continue reading
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15 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: Design an animal-inspired invention to solve an environmental problem
In this PBS NewsHour lesson plan, students will learn how farm animals are improving energy output on solar farms and design their own device to improve a problem that relies on an eco-friendly solution. Continue reading
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Lesson plan: Design an invention to keep first responders safe
As first responders keep our communities safe, learn how to help keep them safe through new inventions. Continue reading
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Lesson plan: How students can invent adaptive devices like 3D printed prosthetics
In this NewsHour lesson plan, students will learn about assistive devices and how innovation plays a key role in the invention process. Continue reading
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