What to Teach This Month: February Lesson Plans
What are you teaching this month? Check out some February highlights including Black History Month, Lunar New Year, World War 2, Presidents Day and more!
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14-Year-Old Scientist Heman Bekele on His Quest to Fight Skin Cancer with Soap
Ask students: How does Bekele's invention work? Why did Bekele come up with the idea of a cancer treating soap? What challenge was he responding to?
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Border Standoff Between Texas, Feds Intensifies
Ask students: Where are federal officers demanding access and being denied by Texas? How has Texas governor Greg Abbott responded to the Supreme Court ruling and the federal government's demands?
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Israelis Divided Over War and What Comes After
Ask students: Who are some of the people within Israel who are calling for a cease-fire? How did Netanyahu react to the idea of a two-state solution?
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Former Lawmaker Raises Millions for ALS Research While Facing His Own Mortality
Ask students: What neurodegenerative disease was Doctoroff diagnosed with in 2021? When did he start the nonprofit organization Target ALS?
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New York City Looks to Amend 'Right to Shelter' Rule as It Struggles to House Migrants
Recently, several buses carrying migrants who'd recently crossed the southern border were headed to New York, but they were diverted instead to New Jersey.
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Celebrating Lunar New Year with Students
Lunar New Year, based on the moon's 13 phases during a leap year, is celebrated in Asian cultures across the world. Try these lessons and activities to ring in the Year of the Snake (2025).
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Republicans Begin Path to Nominating President
Ask students: What are delegates, and how are they chosen in each state? Why might "winner take all" states tip the nomination to Trump early?
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How Physicians Are Preparing for Climate Change
Ask students: What conference is mentioned at the beginning of this story? How many people die of heat related illness in South Asia every year?
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Southeast Asian Cities Sink While Sea Levels Rise
Ask students: Which cities are described in this story? What sits 30 miles from Bangkok? When was the village of Samut Chin visible?
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