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Media Make: #WhatsMyIssue Video (How-to Hangout)

presented by: BAVC

As part of a special series designed for the Letters to the Next President 2.0 project, this “Media Make” how-to hangout offered an invitation fo...

Do Now: What Does Feminism Mean to You in this Election?

presented by: KQED

Do Now is a weekly activity hosted by KQED for students to engage and respond to current issues using social media tools like Twitter. Do Now aims to ...

Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns

presented by: The National Association for Media Literacy Education

This kit was developed by Project Look Sharp for high school through college-aged youth. The kit helps to teach about the role of media in 28 U.S. ele...

Voices of the Future

presented by: National Speech & Debate Association

Voices of the Future, a program developed by the National Speech & Debate Association, is designed to encourage student involvement in democratic ...

NPR’s Morning Edition Live from Youth Radio

presented by: Youth Radio

Host David Greene and the NPR crew partnered with Youth Radio’s local young reporters to co-produce and co-host stories covering Bay Area and natio...

Student Video Project: What Big Election Issues Matter Most to You?

presented by: KQED

KQED’s News Education project recently asked middle and high school students to consider some of the major political issues at play in the 2016 pres...

Zoom In!

Zoom In is a free, Web-based platform that helps students build literacy and historical thinking skills through “deep dives” into primary and seco...

iCivics Drafting Board

Drafting Board, and online tool from iCivics, walks students through the process of writing an argumentative essay, showing them how to understand an ...

Make an Election Meme

presented by: Mozilla Foundation

Use this meme generator from Mozilla to make and remix your own election-related memes. Quickly describe in pictures and words what you’d want t...

Candidate Quote Project

presented by: Mozilla Foundation

Remix this page, built with Mozilla’s Thimble, to quote a candidate and share your own political message in a fun, spreadable way.

Campaign Poster Remix Project

presented by: Mozilla Foundation

Use this template, developed with Mozilla’s Thimble, to create and remix your own colorful poster for a candidate running for office near you.

Composing and Annotating with Thimble and Hypothes.is

presented by: Mozilla Foundation

This hour-long lesson plan from Mozilla supports educators and learners in composing letters to the next president in Thimble. The plan then encourage...

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 Living Room Candidate

This archive compiled by the Museum of the Moving Image contains presidential campaign commercials from 1952 to the present. It’s organized by...

Letters to the Next President 2.0 Kick-off Webinar

presented by: Educator Innovator

In this hangout, educators described the power of participating in the previous iteration of L2P and highlighted the growing set of opportunities and ...

How Washington Post used Instagram to tell the stories of first-generation voters in Miami

On March 9th, the Washington Post hosted a debate in partnership with Univision and Facebook that took place at Miami Dade College’s Kendall campus...

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...

Why the Classics Matter in Today’s Political Landscape

In this blog post for KQED Education, educator Chris Sloan talks about how books and movies that have stood the test of time can provide natural segu...

L2P 2.0 Media Make: Developing and Discussing Diverse Political Views In the Classroom and Beyond

presented by: KQED

As part of a special series designed for the Letters to the Next President 2.0 project, this kickoff “Media Make” featured Writing Project educat...

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...

24 Tools for Digital Art and Music Creation | Mix It Up

Librarians Stacy Dillon and Amy Laughlin recommend free or inexpensive apps and websites that support young people in creating, remixing, and experi...

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...

New Hampshire Teen Tells Young People to Get Out and Vote

Encouraged to “go out and meet a candidate” by her social studies teacher, New Hampshire high school student Allison Perkins describes att...

Letters to the Next President: Literacy and Elections

In this post for the International Literacy Association, high school English and media teacher Chris Sloan talks about his experiences participating ...