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PBS

Race and Vaccine Hesitancy in the US

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What does race have to do with COVID vaccine hesitancy? That is the question young scholars pursue in a video activity that looks at the impacts of such things as the Tuskegee Experiment, the unauthorized use of Henrietta Lacks's cancer...
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Curated OER

The Choice -- Abortion

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars discuss the options when finding out they are pregnant in middle school or high school. In groups, they research the history of abortion along with the complications that can arise. As a class, they discuss the reasons...
Article
A&E Television

History.com: 8 Astounding Moments in Women's Olympic Gymnastics

For Students 9th - 10th
From Olga Korbut's famous flip to Kerri Strug's vault landing to Simone Biles' multiple golds, see the feats that wowed the world. Women's gymnastics has been an official sport in the Summer Olympics since 1928, when the first female...
Article
A&E Television

History.com: How the Us Civil War Inspired Women to Enter Nursing

For Students 9th - 10th
Before the American Civil War, the majority of hospital nurses or "stewards" were men. But the war created a medical crisis that demanded more volunteers, and a lot of the people who took up the call were women. Amid this desperate need...

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