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2019 State of the Union address recap for students
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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
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ICE immigration raids took this school superintendent by surprise
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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
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Will political pressure affect the way schools open in the fall?
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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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