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Lesson plan: How inventions will land humans on Mars
SpaceX, a private aeronautics company, wants to colonize the Red Planet, which means today’s students could be the first humans in history to live on Mars. Of course, many technical and perhaps some...
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Human geography lesson: Why one-third of the Marshall Islands has left for...
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Read the summary, watch the video and then answer the discussion questions. Your students may find it helpful to follow along using the transcript. Summary: The Marshall...
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Student breakdown on government’s shutdown
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Read the summary, watch the video and then answer the discussion questions. Your students may find it helpful to follow along using the transcript. Summary: Thousands of...
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2019 State of the Union address recap for students
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Read the summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions. You may want to read this AP recap of the speech and see the extension activities below. Summary:...
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What does opportunity look like? Student journalists explore pipeline jobs in...
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Read the summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions below. Summary: When student journalists at Morgantown High School in West Virginia considered life...
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How the Statue of Liberty poem provides a lesson in immigration history
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Watch the video, read the summary and answer the questions below. Follow along with the transcript here. If time allows, watch part of Ken Cuccinelli’s press conference on...
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ICE immigration raids took this school superintendent by surprise
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Watch the video, read the summary and answer the questions below. Follow along with the transcript here. Summary: Federal immigration officials released 300 of the nearly...
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Coronavirus update: Health questions, Trump’s speech, schools’ response
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Read the summary, watch a few minutes of President Trump’s address on the coronavirus and answer the questions. Use the “CC” (closed-captions) function. If time allows, read...
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Social justice and the coronavirus
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Decide which video you would like to watch individually or in groups. All of the videos have to do with an issue of social justice. Watch the Incarcerated people face...
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PBS news summary: Choose your own current event activity
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Read the news summary, watch the two-minute PBS NewsHour news summary (April 8) and complete the activity below. [Note that this summary does not include the top coronavirus...
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Economic role of government now and during Great Depression
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Read the news summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions. To read the transcript, click here. Summary: As U.S. businesses prepare for gradual...
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Could working from home become the new norm?
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Inequality in education funding
This story was produced by Caroline Doster, Rebekah McCurdy, and Felicity Bowman at Cedar Crest High School in Lebanon, Pennsylvania with support from SRL Connected Educator Jack Wouri. DOWNLOAD...
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Coronavirus update: Where things stand three months into quarantine
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Kahoot activity: How COVID has affected U.S. economy
A man stands in front of a Modell’s store that is closed, as retail sales suffer record drop during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 15, 2020....
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Who is taking your money when you order takeout?
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Watch the video, read the summary and answer the discussion questions. To read the transcript, click here. Summary: During the pandemic many people have turned to food...
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Summer coronavirus wave scrambles re-opening plans
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Read the news summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions. To read the transcript, click here. Summary: The U.S. is now averaging roughly 40,000 new...
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Will political pressure affect the way schools open in the fall?
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Read the news summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions. To read the transcript, click here. Summary: The summer surge of COVID-19 has raised more...
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Teachers in Florida push back against reopening mandate
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How the music industry is trying to save itself (and save your city)
Directions: Read the news summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions. To save time, stop the video at 5m:47s. To read the transcript, click here. Summary: The coronavirus pandemic has...
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How state ballot initiatives play a key role in elections
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What students can take away from the vice presidential debate
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Four Election 2020 Kahoots! to engage your students
Exciting announcement! PBS NewsHour EXTRA began a collaboration with Kahoot! Academy focused on making learning about current events engaging, accessible and fun for students. Election Day in the...
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How a new COVID-19 spike might affect the economy
Directions: Watch the short video clip, then read the summary below and the articles linked within the summary, and then answer the discussion questions. Summary: COVID-19 case counts and...
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News Roundup: Trump’s election challenges fail while Biden plans transition
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News Roundup: Food insecurity and travel restrictions over holidays
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News Roundup: COVID-19 hits records but there is hope in sight
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Classroom Resource: Congress closes in on a deal for an economic relief bill
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Watch the short video clip featuring reporting by Lisa Desjardins, then read the summary below and the articles linked within the summary, and then answer the discussion...
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Classroom resource: What the relief bill could mean for K-12 education
The view of the Nations Capitol as the Democrats and Republicans continue moving forward on the agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 21, 2020....
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COVID and the economy
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Read the news summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions. Follow along with the transcript here. News summary: “We have to avoid that false sense of...
View ArticleHere’s what’s in Biden’s proposed budget plan and what’s not
Discuss the president's budget proposal and decide how you would set budget priorities
View ArticleDemocrats push for broader investments in jobs, families and climate change
Discuss the Senate bill that would provide $3.5 trillion in investments for climate change, family programs and health programs
View ArticleWhat’s driving U.S. inflation and how price pressures could be reduced
Understand what is driving higher prices for goods and services, and what might bring those prices down
View ArticleActivity: The economy grew faster in 2021 than year any since 1984 — and what...
ADDITIONAL STORIES: Cardona wants COVID money spent on tutoring, update on vaccine mandate for federal workers, Russia says no plans to invade Ukraine
View ArticleA look at the political landscape two months before midterms — and other news...
Learn about the latest news and updates on the approaching midterms
View ArticleInflation remains stubbornly high
Learn why inflation remains a persistent problem with the national economy
View ArticleEconomy among key issues on voters’ minds this midterm season — and other...
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
View ArticleWhat political experts are noticing two weeks before elections
Learn what issues are driving political trends two weeks before midterms
View ArticleHouse passes bills to stop railroad strike, give rail workers more paid sick...
Lesson includes ADDITIONAL NEWS STORIES for students to choose from for November 30, 2022
View ArticleTop stories! Massive tech layoffs + News wrap 1/19/23 + Student video
Learn how layoffs in the tech industry may be a danger sign for the larger economy
View ArticleTop stories! Helping refugees + News wrap 1/20/23 + Student video
Learn about a program that allows U.S. citizens to help support refugees
View ArticleTop stories: What is eggflation? + News wrap 1/31/23 + Student video
Why eggs keep increasing in price and how to discuss important economic news
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Lesson Plan: The State of the Union — fill out your Bingo card as you watch!
Originally published on Feb. 28, 2022 Activities: Pre-speech activity (day before the State of the Union) Have your students watch the PBS NewsHour segment Can a State of the Union address ease...
View ArticleTop stories: Judy Woodruff interviews Joe Biden + News wrap 2/9/23 + Student...
President Biden discusses his vision for the second half of his term and how he plans to tackle those goals with a divided congress
View ArticleTop stories: Report details child labor exploitation + News wrap 2/28/23 +...
The Biden administration has vowed to crack down after media report on child labor exploitation by major companies
View ArticleTop Lesson: Jobs market continues to strengthen + News wrap 3/13/23 + Student...
Discuss the latest news in an economy that shows few signs of slowing
View ArticleTop Lesson: Bank collapse — where were the regulators? + News wrap 3/21/23 +...
Discuss why the current banking crisis of 2023 happened
View ArticleDeal to raise debt ceiling passes in Congress + Newswrap 6/2/23 + Student video
The House and Senate have voted to approve a deal that would raise the debt ceiling, pushing off a debt crisis for two years
View ArticleHow an aging population poses challenges for U.S. economy, workforce and...
Explore why a changing median age in the U.S. might affect life for everyone
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Student Book Recommendation: “Futureproof” and our changing attitudes toward AI
(Image courtesy of Barnes and Noble) by Benjamin Thernstrom Artificial intelligence may be the greatest technological revolution of our generation, and so I’m always interested in learning more about...
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