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PBS News Hour Classroom May 15, 2020

Choose Your Own Current Event Activity: Photography, Pandemic Architecture, Mother's Day and More!

Use this choose your own current event activity with your students to see what's driving the world today and compare stories from around the globe.

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PBS News Hour Classroom May 14, 2020

Super Civics 2020: Voting during a pandemic

What is it like to be voting during a pandemic? Use this lesson to explore why or why not people support mail-in ballots and how it may affect elections.

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PBS News Hour Classroom May 12, 2020

Shields and Brooks on the Politicization of American Institutions

Use this free current events lesson plan to join a conversation with experts on PBS NewsHour Extra discussing the politicization of American institutions.

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Next Gen Personal Finance May 11, 2020

Student Surveys: Capturing The Magic That Occurs in Personal Finance Classes

Read about what a personal finance educator learned from a student survey and how valuable it can be to know what students got out of a course.

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AFT May 11, 2020

AFT's Reopening Plan: Taking Gradual Steps for Safety

Read this blog from AFT on a reopening plan that takes gradual steps while ensuring we protect communities, schools, educators and students.

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PBS News Hour Classroom May 11, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery’s Family Speaks of their Son’s Murder

Use this current events lesson to see what led to the arrest of the suspects in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia.

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PBS News Hour Classroom May 11, 2020

Pulitzer Prize Winners’ Ida B. Wells and 1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones

Use this current events lesson to explore the work of Nikole Hannah-Jones, the 1619 Project and the contributions of Ida B. Wells.

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SML Member May 07, 2020

Educator Voices: What school means to these teachers and parents during COVID

Listen to these educator voices from around the nation and explore what school means to teachers and parents during the coronavirus pandemic.

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TeachRock May 06, 2020

Reaching Out to Students Through Distance Learning Packs

These distance learning packs are the perfect medium to motivate classrooms and provide the ideal opportunity to keep curriculum standards while engaging students.

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pbs news summary: when should america reopen?
PBS News Hour Classroom May 06, 2020

PBS News Summary: Choose Your Own Event!

Use this lesson plan with your students to let them choose their own current event in the PBS news summary and explore what's impacting the world today.    

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