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Re-Imagining Migration May 26, 2020

5 Steps for Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Learning Communities

Re-Imagining Migration explores and provides five ways to promote a welcoming and inclusive learning environment for students.

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AFT May 21, 2020

AFT Members Fill In the Gap to Support Immigrant and Undocumented Families

Read how local union members are protecting immigrant families and students during the pandemic by raising money and donations.

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Identity Safe Classrooms May 20, 2020

A Spirit of Community: Partnering with Families During the Pandemic

Schools and educators are working with students and families to strengthen and preserve the spirit of community partnership despite the ongoing pandemic.

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PBS News Hour Classroom May 20, 2020

Disenfranchised: How Felony Convictions Affect Voting Rights

Use this free lesson plan to discuss what it means to be disenfranchised, what voter suppression looks like and how people are fighting back.

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PBS News Hour Classroom May 18, 2020

How COVID-19 Disproportionately Affects People of Color

 #11 Top News Lesson of 2020Use this PBS lesson with your students to examine the growing COVID-19 race gap and how preexisting social disparities are laid bare by the pandemic.

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AFT PSRP May 18, 2020

Meeting Online, School Support Staff Up Their Game

Read how school support staff are organizing to support and comfort students, feed communities and protect each other during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Sari Beth Rosenberg May 15, 2020

Online Learning and Teaching in the Age of Coronavirus: “Week 6: The New Normal?”

Follow week 6 of Sari Beth Rosenberg's series on teaching during coronavirus as she examines the effects of online learning on her course.

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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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