Should States Provide Recent High School Graduates With Jobs in Public Service?
Do you know what you would like to do after graduating from high school? Are you headed to college with a major in mind or to a training program that will lead to employment in a particular field? Will you join the military, take a gap year or seek full-time work in an area with…
Lesson of the Day: ‘Two States. Eight Textbooks. Two American Stories.’
Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Two States. Eight Textbooks. Two American Stories.” by Dana GoldsteinThe New York Times analyzed some of the most popular social studies textbooks used in California and Texas. They found hundreds of differences — including some that reflect the nation’s deepest partisan divides on issues like…
United States of Love
The headline of the article that goes with this illustration is “50 States, 50 Love Stories.” What love stories could these images tell?Choose one of the states above and use your imagination to write the opening of a short story, poem or personal essay inspired by what you see. You can write about “love” however…
