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14-Year-Old Girl Shot For Going To School in Pakistan
Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl who dared to speak out against a ban on female education, was shot in the head by gunmen who stopped a school van and asked for her by name....
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Syrian Fighting Spills Over Into Bordering States
Violence from the Syrian Civil War has started to spill over into neighboring Middle Eastern countries Lebanon and Jordan. On Sunday, October 19, a car bomb exploded in broad daylight in central...
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On Thanksgiving, a Look at Programs That Aim to Feed the Hungry
In November, millions of people across America sit down at a dinner table and enjoy a generous Thanksgiving Day meal, but this isn’t the case for everyone. In the U.S. alone, more than 14 percent of...
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African “World War” Flares in Congo
For the last two decades fighting in the Central East African countries of Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed between three and six million people due to a...
View ArticleFrench Forces Advance in Mali
Click here to download video The ongoing conflict in the North African nation of Mali between the combined Malian and French forces in the south and the Islamist rebel groups in the north is heating...
View ArticleMali Conflict Puts Manuscripts in Danger
Click here to download video Although the city of Timbuktu in Mali is now an impoverished town of about 30,000 people, it has a long history as a place of scholarly learning. In the 11th century, long...
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Beijing Reacts to Record Smog Cloud
China is the world’s fastest growing major economy, but the resulting pollution from factories and vehicles has made it dangerous for some city residents to breathe the outside air. In January 2013, a...
View ArticleEnglish King Found After 500 Years
Click here to download video England’s King Richard III has been dead for more than 500 years, but until now his final resting place was a mystery. The king was thought to have been buried in...
View ArticleSchooling Suffers on Palm Oil Plantations
Click here to download video The rising global demand for palm oil has made it Malaysia’s most profitable crop, bringing in $25 billion dollars a year and driving the spread of palm oil plantations...
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Kenyans Vote in Tense Presidential Elections
Millions of Kenyans stood in long lines March 4 to vote in the country’s first presidential election in six years with memories of the violence that followed the last vote. Maasai people queue to vote...
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10th Anniversary of the Iraq Invasion
Click here to download this video Teachers: this video contains a 4-minute story followed by a discussion March 20, 2013 marked the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, but was also the...
View ArticleNorth Korea Threatens Warfare
Click to download video Tensions rose in the Pacific last week, as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a plan to put strategic rockets on standby to be fired at the United States and its bases in...
View ArticleSyrian Refugees Face Harsh Conditions
Click to download video As the death toll from the conflict in Syria continues to climb, many Syrians attempting to flee the violence are stuck in refugee camps that fail to provide safety or basic...
View ArticleThe Iraq War: 10 Years Later
By Imani M. Cheers, Ph.D. Subject(s) Social Studies, History, World History Estimated Time Two-Three 45 minute periods Grade Level 10th - 12th Objective: Students Will: Get an overview of the Iraq War...
View ArticleChild Labor in Burkina Faso
by Katie Gould, Teacher Resource Producer at NewsHour Extra Article by Marc Sollinger Subjects English & Language Arts, Geography, Government & Civics, Media Literacy, World and Social Issues...
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The Top 15 Lesson Plans for Back to School
With students heading back into the classroom, NewsHour Extra is here to help teachers with their back-to-school lesson plans and classroom resources. We compiled a list of our top 15 lessons and...
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Lesson Plan: “Connecting Syria’s allies and enemies” Infographic
by Katie Gould, Teacher Resource Producer for NewsHour Extra This lesson features the infographic “Connecting Syria’s allies and enemies” by Al Jazeera to help students understand the complex...
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The Greatest Sacrifice- A Lesson Plan for Veterans Day
By Katie Gould, NewsHour Extra Teacher Resource Producer Subjects World History, government and civics, U.S. Wars, geography Estimated Time One 45 minute class Grade Level Middle and High School...
View ArticleMideast Peace Talks Complicated by Tensions
DOWNLOAD VIDEO New efforts to reach a negotiated peace between Israel and the Palestinians have hit a stumbling block before they have really begun. In July, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry...
View ArticleNPR’s Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt – Lesson Plan for ID Students
By Katie Gould, PBS NewsHour Extra Teacher Resource Producer Introduction NPR’s Planet Money decided to make a T-shirt and follow it around the globe from cotton seed to fashion statement. This lesson...
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