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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 will need to make a copy of the Google doc to edit it.)…read more
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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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Classroom Resource: During Black History Month, students reflect on their modern-day heroes
Reflect on one teacher’s project to help students see the living history in their own time Continue reading
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Educator Voice: Educators/staff discuss the other pandemic — gun violence
Teacher Sarah Lerner (top left), Dr. Joseph Sakran (bottom left) and teacher Meleah Hall (right)…
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Classroom Resource: Regina King’s directorial debut examines meeting of civil rights voices
Discuss 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
What 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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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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