Directions: Read the summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions. You can tread along with the transcript here. For impeachment hearings, have your students answer the open-ended questions below. They can be applied to any lawmaker, Democrat or Republican. In the second section, respond to questions about the witness. If time is short, check out this piece: 6 moments in the first day of impeachment hearings.

Summary: On Nov. 15, Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, is scheduled to testify in a public hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry against Trump. The hearing comes the same week that two other diplomats — George Kent and William Taylor, testified that they believed Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, tried to dig up dirt on former vice president and 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. Kent testified that Giuliani also orchestrated a smear campaign against Yovanovitch to force her out.

The impeachment probe has entered a new, public phase and centers on Trump’s dealings with Ukraine—particularly a July phone call in which he asked Ukraine’s president to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden.

November 15, 2019 video and resource materials from PBS NewsHour.

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