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Tag: U.S. politics

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: “No Kings” — The Mass Protests Against Donald Trump (October 2025)

October 20, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

People in communities big and small came together nationwide with signs, marching bands, a huge banner with the US constitution’s

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Lesson Plan: Exploring Global Unity and Educational Advocacy through Alan Garber’s Commencement Speech

May 30, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Lesson Overview: This lesson uses Harvard President Alan Garber’s 2025 Commencement speech and the recent Trump administration measures to restrict

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Cory Booker Breaks Record For Longest Ever Senate Speech

Lesson Plan: The Filibuster in U.S. Senate History and Its Impact on Civil Rights Legislation

April 2, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record. The New Jersey senator spent much of his speech,

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Lesson Plan: Exploring Hillbilly Elegy Through Literature, Film, and Politics

November 27, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Lesson Objectives Analyze the themes of family, culture, and socio-economic mobility in Hillbilly Elegy. Examine J.D. Vance’s political evolution and

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Lesson Plan: Analyzing and Interpreting Polling Data for the 2024 Presidential Election

November 5, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Objective Students will interpret and analyze polling data, understand its significance in elections, and explore the factors that influence poll

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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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