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Pbs News Hour Extra: Lesson Plan, America's Infrastructure Lesson PlanPbs News Hour Extra: Lesson Plan, America's Infrastructure Lesson Plan
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9th - 10th
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Pbs News Hour Extra: Lesson Plan, America's Infrastructure

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NewsHour Extra provides this lesson plan associated with its report on the problems of infrastructure of America and offers students opportunities to examine the problems and possible solutions to them.

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economic plan, infrastructure issues, infrastructure plans, infrastructure spending, rebuilding cities, america's infrastructure, infrastructure resolution, miller center debate on infrastructure, obama's economy plan, pbs, improving america's infrastructure, problems with infrastructure in america, obama administration government spending

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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