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April 2024

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U.S. News Media Literacy

Should You Trust Your Feed?

Lexile® measure:990L
U.S. News Media Literacy
Lexile® measure:990L

More than half of U.S. teens get their news from social media. Can you tell fact from fiction there?

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History

Voices From D-Day

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History
Lexile® measure:850L

Read eyewitness accounts of the 1944 sea invasion that helped end World War II.

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World News

A Team Stays Together in a Time of War

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World News
Lexile® measure:890L

Israeli and Palestinian teens find common ground as teammates in a Jerusalem swim club.

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Geography

Bringing the California Condor Home

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Geography
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With help from a Native American community, endangered condors are flying high once again.

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U.S. News

Should Plastic Water Bottles Be Banned?

Lexile® measure:1070L, 870L
U.S. News
Lexile® measure:1070L, 870L

Consider the pros and cons of banning the sale of water in plastic bottles, then decide.

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U.S. News Media Literacy

Out With the Old?

U.S. News Media Literacy

A political cartoonist comments on how we get our news today.

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Geography

Fashion Wasteland

Geography

A desert in Chile has become a dumping ground for trendy, cheaply made clothing.

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U.S. News

Lights Out!

U.S. News

Are you ready for this month’s total solar eclipse?

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World News

A Whiff of Europe’s Past

World News

A team of researchers has created the first online database of smells from Europe’s past.

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U.S. News Media Literacy

The Book Giver

U.S. News Media Literacy

Meet the West Virginia teen who founded a nonprofit that donates books to children living in book deserts.

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