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South African Sign Language has become the 12th official language!

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World Forum of Democracy

Occurs annually (November 7-9, 2022)

Taking place in Strasbourg, France

“...political decision-makers and activists to debate solutions to key challenges for democracies worldwide.”

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Students will be learning about the faces on U.S. money in Lesson 10 of the Unit Plan. This connects to a current event happening all the way in Britain, UK! Currently in Britain, bank notes with the Queen Elizabeth's face on them will be replaced to include King Charles' face due to her recent passing.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/09/business/queen-banknotes-and-coins

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Lesson 6 centers around the Lincoln Memorial and its symbolism. We discuss our first amendment right of freedom of speech. As U.S. citizens we are fortunate for our freedom of expression, opposed to other countries around the world. Recently, Russia has invaded Ukraine, in which created a war. Russia's lawmakers and president began to censor their news, regarding the war. Ex. the words: "War" and "Invasion". Russia has been restricting free speech and independent press for years...even decades.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/ukraine/2022/03/08/russia-free-speech-press-criminalization-misinformation/9433112002/