Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
PBS NewsHour Classroom is a website that provides news for students and resources for teachers. An offshoot of the daily TV program PBS NewsHour, it presents middle and high-school students with tools and resources to help them make sense of current and historical events. The site is divided into drop-down sections: Daily News Lessons, Subjects, Lesson Plans, Classroom Voices, and Journalism in Action.
Daily News Lessons include news videos, transcripts, supporting links, focus questions, and an extension activity, such as a Kahoot quiz or additional reading suggestions. All of these daily lessons can be browsed and re-used as needed. The Subjects section collects these daily lessons as well as other resources. The Lesson Plans section has a massive collection of fully fleshed out learning experiences on a variety of topics spanning social studies, media literacy, STEM, arts, and more. The Classroom Voices section curates essays, articles, videos, and discussions from teachers and students in the PBS community.
For more, check out our review of PBS NewsHour Classroom: commonsense.org/education/reviews/pbs-newshour-classroom
Also check out our videos of PBS NewsHour's sister sites Storymaker (youtu.be/Si38-Jh2A54) and Journalism in Action (youtu.be/dapYPnjWpTg).
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PBS NewsHour Classroom is a website that provides news for students and resources for teachers. An offshoot of the daily TV program PBS NewsHour, it presents middle and high-school students with tools and resources to help them make sense of current and historical events. The site is divided into drop-down sections: Daily News Lessons, Subjects, Lesson Plans, Classroom Voices, and Journalism in Action.
Daily News Lessons include news videos, transcripts, supporting links, focus questions, and an extension activity, such as a Kahoot quiz or additional reading suggestions. All of these daily lessons can be browsed and re-used as needed. The Subjects section collects these daily lessons as well as other resources. The Lesson Plans section has a massive collection of fully fleshed out learning experiences on a variety of topics spanning social studies, media literacy, STEM, arts, and more. The Classroom Voices section curates essays, articles, videos, and discussions from teachers and students in the PBS community.
For more, check out our review of PBS NewsHour Classroom: commonsense.org/education/reviews/pbs-newshour-classroom
Also check out our videos of PBS NewsHour's sister sites Storymaker (youtu.be/Si38-Jh2A54) and Journalism in Action (youtu.be/dapYPnjWpTg).
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