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PBS News Hour Classroom July 28, 2021

Latino Immigrants’ Long History in U.S. Baseball

Ask students: What is the focus of the exhibition, ¡Pleibol!? How did playing baseball in local Latino neighborhood communities in the U.S. connect players to larger communities?

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PBS News Hour Classroom July 27, 2021

Hong Kong police arrest children’s book authors in free speech crackdown

Ask students: What is “Defenders of Sheep Village” about? What is it a metaphor for? Who wrote the book? Why were the authors arrested for writing it?

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PBS News Hour Classroom July 26, 2021

17-year-old invents color changing sutures that detect infection

Ask students: What inside the sutures allows them to change colors? Why did Dasia feel inclined to make these sutures? What is she hoping to accomplish with them? 

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PBS News Hour Classroom June 14, 2021

A ‘Hail Mary’ to Save Bird Species in Maryland

Ask students: What is causing the decline of shorebird populations in Maryland? Why are these bird habitats disappearing?

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PBS News Hour Classroom June 02, 2021

How to Discuss the Equal Rights Amendment with Students

Educators discuss how they might teach the current debate as to whether the deadline for ratification should be extended.

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