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Scientists Build a Hype Detector for Online Climate News and Commentary

Learn how climate scientists are engaging with climate journalism across the web by using the online annotation tool from Letters to the Next Presiden...

Should the Voting Age Be Lowered to 16?

presented by: KQED

They pay taxes. They have to abide by the same laws as everyone else. And many are old enough to work and get behind the wheel. But for teens under 1...

Supporting Digital Literacy in and out of the Classroom

presented by: Educator Innovator

In this Educator Innovator hangout, representatives from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University discussed the development...

Reflections on National Campaign Coverage: Challenges and Opportunities in the 2016 Presidential Race

presented by: Educator Innovator

Join the News Literacy Project for a special conversation with national political reporters Matea Gold and Abby Phillip from The Washington Post. In t...

Drawn to Political Outsiders, California’s Young Voters Face a Test of Commitment

presented by: KQED

This radio segment produced by KPCC for the California Report examines the impact young people can have at the polls in upcoming primaries—par...

What Issues Matter to You in the 2016 Election?

presented by: KQED

Reporters from four California public media newsrooms—KPBS, KPCC in Pasadena, KQED in San Francisco, and Capital Public Radio in Sacramento&mdas...

Latino Youth Vote 2016

presented by: Youth Radio

Reaching out to young Latino voters has been an important effort for candidates on both sides of the aisle. This segment from Youth Radio—featur...

The First Snapchat Election: How Bernie and Hillary are Targeting the Youth Vote

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are a tale of two Snapchats—each with different posting styles and strategies on how to nab the millennial vo...

Make Your Own Political Art in 5 Easy Steps

presented by: KQED

This video from KQED Art School details a formula for making political art in five easy steps by offering examples of successful projects from high-pr...

What does it mean to be politically engaged?

In this short Soundcloud recording, students of Greg McVerry, an Assistant Professor of Education at Southern Connecticut State University, sound off...

Behind the Scenes at the PBS NewsHour Democratic Primary Debate

presented by: PBS NewsHour Extra

The night of the PBS NewsHour Democratic Primary Debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, four Wauwatosa West High School students had an all-access pass to fi...

Point Taken from PBS

Each week, Point Taken debates a topic Americans care about. The show delivers smart, interesting guests who can disagree without being disagreeable....

Too Young to Vote

presented by: KQED

This “Perspectives” piece by Garrison Pennington for KQED Radio describes some of the frustrations of being too young to vote in the upcom...

MAP: 2016 Presidential Primary Schedule and Results

presented by: KQED

A useful resource to help you understand how many delegates the Republican and Democratic candidates need to win their party’s nomination and ho...

You May Need a Photo ID to Vote This Year

presented by: KQED

Think you know your state’s voting rules? Better check again before heading to the polls. Depending on the state you live in, those rules may have...

How Teens See The 2016 Election

presented by: Youth Radio

In this radio segment from Youth Radio, NPR’s David Greene talks with Youth Radio journalists Desmond Meagley, Billy Cruz, and Kensha Secrease abou...

The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)

Longitudinal data, interactive maps, and visualizations of trends in youth civic engagement, including some resources specifically related to the 2016...

The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden

The Smithsonian National Museum of American History currently features an exhibition called “The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden” a...

Madeline’s Story: The Human Cost of Tough Immigration Policies, Through the Eyes of One Oakland Student

presented by: KQED

KQED’s News Education project recently asked local middle and high school students to consider some of the major political issues at play in the 201...

Compare 2016 Presidential Candidate Positions

ProCon.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public charity that provides well-sourced pro, con, and related research on more than 50 controversial issues, ...

2016 Distilled: The Atlantic

2016 Distilled is a collection of short, conversational videos covering Election 2016 from The Atlantic’s politics and policy team. Each video t...

MAP: When Is Your State’s Primary or Caucus (and How Much Will It Actually Matter)?

presented by: KQED

This interactive map from KQED’s The Lowdown allows you to determine when your state’s primary or caucus is held and whether the events ar...

Election 2016 | Scholastic News

Find many great resources geared toward Elementary-aged learners at Scholastic’s Election 2016 site, including latest news from the campaigns, ...

NYTimes Learning Network: Great Free Resources for Teaching Election 2016

presented by: New York Times Learning Network

This post by the New York Times Learning Network features over a dozen instructional strategies and useful, free websites that can help teach students...

MAP: Welcome to Primary Season! Find Out When Your State Gets to Vote (and How Much Influence It’ll Have)

presented by: KQED

From KQED’s Low Down, a resource for finding state by state information throughout the primary season as well as how it all adds up for the ove...

FactCheck.org

Fact Check is a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. F...