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Lesson Plan: The Politics of Plaques — Public Memory, Rhetoric, and Media Framing

December 18, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Lesson overview Students analyze reporting on new, highly partisan plaques added to a White House “Presidential Walk of Fame,” a

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Lesson Plan: Reading Political Cartoons in Times of Global Conflict

December 2, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Lesson Overview & Objectives Title: Visual Literacy in Times of Conflict — Interpreting Political CartoonsAudience: Upper-secondaryDuration: FlexibleDisciplinary Lens: Media Literacy,

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Lesson plan; Ask a Journalist: A Monthly Series for Teenagers

August 22, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Ingress Curious what it’s like to be a journalist?The New York Times Learning Network launches “Ask a Journalist,” a new

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Lesson Plan: “Miracle on the Hudson” — Heroism, Air Safety, and the Power of Accountability

July 7, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Essential Question What does it take to lead in a crisis, and how do public narratives influence how we remember

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Lesson Plan: “Amber’s Incredible Journey – A Story of Courage, Survival, and Kindness”

June 6, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

In the quiet countryside of southern England, something extraordinary happened. A dog named Amber—new to the country, unfamiliar with the

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Lesson Plan: Understanding and Researching Current Events with CNN 10

June 2, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

CNN 10 is a daily news show for viewers who want to learn about current events and global issues in

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Lesson plan; What Has Happened to the American Dream?

May 14, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

THE AMERICAN DREAM — often idealized by the house and white picket fence — has been debated, pondered and relentlessly pursued

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Max Tegmark, a professor of physics and AI researcher at MIT, said global AI safety regimes need to be agreed upon. Photograph: Horacio Villalobos/Corbis/Getty Images

Lesson Plan: Exploring Existential Risk and AI—Critical Thinking in the Age of Intelligent Systems

May 12, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

“AI companies should be required to calculate the risk of their systems escaping human control, experts have said, amid fears

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