Resources for Educators

Filter

Connected Research: A Letters to the Next President Mission

presented by: Youth Voices

Youth Voices is an open community for online conversations supported by “missions” – ie. curricular activity and guidance – created by...

Do Now: How much do candidates’ faces influence voters? #DoNowBias

presented by: KQED

KQED’s Do Now by Science Friday asked, How do subconscious snap judgements affect democratic elections? Do Now is a weekly activity hosted by KQED ...

#TeachDoNow

presented by: KQED

KQED’s #TeachDoNow is an archive of collaborative learning experiences in partnership with the National Writing Project that explore how to use Twit...

BAVC: Digital Pathways Video Curriculum

presented by: BAVC

This toolkit from the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) contains information about the distribution of youth media, including knowledge and expertise fr...

MAPP: Digital Media Toolkit

For those wanting to strengthen their media making skills, these short tutorials from the Media Arts + Practice Division at the University of Southern...

KQED Education: Digital Tools

presented by: KQED

This series of short video tutorials from KQED about using digital media making tools covers everything from Soundcloud to Vine to Pixlr

Skills and Strategies | Annotating to Engage, Analyze, Connect and Create

presented by: New York Times Learning Network

This post from Katherine Schulten of the New York Times Learning Network and Jeremy Dean, director of education at Hypothes.is, offers an in-depth loo...

Edutopia Election 2016: Lesson Plans and Digital Resources for Educators

This collection of lesson plans, resources, and primary sources from Edutopia cover topics ranging from the Electoral College, to the Iowa Caucus, to ...

PBS LearningMedia: Election Central 2016

At Election Central 2016, teachers will find tools, resources and creative solutions to educate students on the various facets of the political proces...

Jumping Into the Deep End: Preparing Students for Meaningful Social Media Discussions

presented by: KQED

This resource from writing project teacher Joel Malley is the first post in a three-part series explaining how uses KQED’s Do Now to take his studen...

KQED Education: Media Making Toolkit

presented by: KQED

In this toolkit from KQED, you’ll find a collection of instructions, videos, worksheets and rubrics for implementing media-making projects with stud...

NWP Digital Is: Persuasion through Public Service Announcements

presented by: National Writing Project

Kristyna Brewer from the Central Texas Writing Project shares how digital writing reignited a passion for writing in her classroom and how the creatio...

BAVC: Youth Media Distribution Toolkit

presented by: BAVC

This toolkit from the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) contains information about the distribution of youth media, including knowledge and expertise fr...

iCivics

iCivics is a non-profit organization dedicated to reinvigorating civic learning through interactive and engaging learning resources. Founded and led b...

MediaBreaker Video Editor

presented by: Lamp

MediaBreaker is a video editor which enables you to remix – or break – a variety of media, such as commercials, news clips, music videos and more....

Why is Argumentation a Critical 21st Century Skill?

presented by: National Writing Project

In this brief video, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, Executive Director of the National Writing Project (alongside Argubots from Glasslab Games), makes a case a...

Mars Generation One: Argubot Academy EDU (iOS)

Mars Generation One: Argubot Academy EDU is an engaging futuristic adventure game for iOS tablets. Aligned to the Common Core State Standards, the gam...

Screencast: Creating a Culture of Argument

presented by: National Writing Project

Beth Rimer of the Ohio Writing Project shares a screencast about supporting students in routinely practicing argumentative writing.

Uncommonly Good Ideas: Teaching Writing in the Common Core Era (NWP Radio)

presented by: National Writing Project

In this NWP Radio show, Sandra Murphy and Mary Ann Smith, authors of the book, Uncommonly Good Ideas: Teaching Writing in the Common Core Era (a co-pu...

Creating a Culture of Argument Writing in Your Classroom

presented by: National Writing Project

In this show, a panel of teacher-leaders from NWP’s College-Ready Writers Program talk about how they integrate regular—often informal—opportuni...

MTV News

“News for Millennials” on a variety of topics, including politics and the 2016 Presidential Election at MTV News.

In the Classroom: How Do You Teach Thinking?

presented by: KQED

This is the first in a series of posts by teacher Nancy Ogden telling the story of her efforts to shift thinking to the center of her curriculum using...

Mozilla: Tools to Teach and Learn the Web

presented by: Mozilla Foundation

These tools from Mozilla are free and open source, and can be used in a variety of ways to teach learners how to read, write, and participate on the W...

Google Trends

Google Trends offers data, interactive maps, and articles on a wide range of election-related topics and beyond, providing a venue for students and te...

Rock the Vote Blog

Since 1990, Rock the Vote has been registering and turning out millions of new voters. Find out more about what Rock the Vote is doing in 2016 to mobi...

NY Times Election 2016: Understanding Primaries and Caucuses

This post by Michael Goncher at the New York Times Learning Network provides a lesson plan for understanding primaries and caucuses; it provides resou...