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The Commonwealth Bank recently replaced 45 customer service workers with an artificial intelligence chatbot. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters

Lesson Plan: “When AI Replaces Work: Ethics, Economics, and Employee Impact”

September 9, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Two months ago, the Commonwealth Bank announced plans to replace 45 customer service workers with an artificial intelligence chatbot before later

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There are about 30,000 garment workers in Lesotho, mostly women, with 12,000 making clothes for US brands in Chinese- and Taiwanese-owned factories. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

Lesotho Is on the Map: A Mini-Campaign on Global Trade, Trump’s Tariffs, and Forgotten Workers

August 4, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Lesson Plan: Lesotho, Tariffs, and the Human Cost of Protectionism Grade Level: High School (Grades 10–12)Subjects: Social Studies, Economics, Global

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Lesson Plan: The Impact of the Trump Administration on Employment in the United States

February 20, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Objective: Educators will explore the multifaceted effects of the Trump administration’s policies on employment across various sectors in the United

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Lesson Plan: Trump’s Ban on Paper Straws & Environmental & Policy Debate

February 12, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

In February 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reversing federal restrictions on plastic straws, citing concerns over the

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Lesson plan; “The Price of Change: Analyzing Political Rhetoric and Economic Promises”

February 3, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Lesson Plan Overview This lesson explores the complexities of political rhetoric, economic policies, and public reactions, using former President Donald

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Lesson Plan: Analyzing the Impact of Recent U.S. Executive Orders on Climate Policy

January 27, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Grade Level: High School and Undergraduate Subject: Environmental Policy, Political Science On the heels of the hottest year in recorded

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Lesson Title: Understanding the U.S. Immigration System

October 30, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

If Donald J. Trump wins next week’s election, it will be in large part because voters embraced his message that

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Lesson Plan: The Impact of Bottled Water on Health and the Environment

October 10, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

New research challenges the common belief that bottled water is the safest drinking option. Scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine in

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Lesson Plan: AI and Employment – Echoes of the Past or a New Paradigm?

August 28, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

In an article from VentureBeat, the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on employment is explored, drawing parallels with past technological

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Lesson Plan: Analyzing Corporate Influence and Economic Myths

June 20, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Lesson plan Objectives: Analyze the motivations and influence of large corporations and CEOs on government policy. Critique the idea of

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Lesson plan; What will Spain look like when it runs out of water?

March 7, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

When Spanish engineers built a reservoir in Catalonia in the 1960s, they flooded the town of Sant Romà de Sau

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Teaching Us politics; building a wall of fear

January 13, 2019 Ann S. Michaelsen

WASHINGTON — In a somber televised plea, President Donald Trump urged congressional Democrats to fund his long-promised border wall Tuesday

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