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Lesson plan: After helping Pilgrims, today’s Wampanoag tribe fight for their ancestral lands
Students will examine current issues facing the Wampanoag people, the ancestors of the Native American tribes who welcomed the Pilgrims, including the continued fight for their ancestral lands and the preservation of their native language. Continue reading
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Zombie autopsies: You’ll be wishin’ for some neurotransmission – Lesson Plan 1
This lesson introduces students to neurons and neurotransmission through multi-media and active learning games. Continue reading
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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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Civic engagement? Students reflect on combative impeachment hearing
In Monday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing, Democrats summed up their case for impeachment of President Trump. Continue reading
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Lesson plan: House drafts impeachment articles
Use this NewsHour lesson plan to find out the latest on the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump. Continue reading
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Educator Voice: Why private schools need more student journalists
In order to fulfill school mission statements that extol leadership and student voice, high…
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Lesson plan: After helping Pilgrims, today’s Wampanoag tribe fight for their ancestral lands
Students will examine current issues facing the Wampanoag people, the ancestors of the Native American tribes who welcomed the Pilgrims, including the continued fight for their ancestral lands and the preservation of their native language. Continue reading
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Impeachment hearing wrap-up: Sondland, Hill and Holmes
In this NewsHour lesson plan, hear from witnesses from Day 4 and 5 of the impeachment hearings: Gordon Sondland, Fiona Hill and David Holmes. Continue reading
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