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PBS Election Central: After the Election

presented by: PBS Education: Election Central

After a winner is announced in a Presidential election, the U.S. begins a peaceful transition of power from the President to the President-elect in or...

Resources to Gear Up for the Inauguration and First 100 Days

presented by: KQED

January 20 will mark the 58th inauguration in our nation’s history. President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign and subsequent election was inspired i...

Do Now

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 ...

Add Peer Review & Revision to Your Letter in Writable App

Writable is a free app that helps teachers scaffold the writing process for students and provide consistent feedback. In this activity, students learn...

What Would You Tell the Next President?

presented by: KQED

Letters to the Next President 2.0 asks students to take a stance on an election issue and share their experiences through written letters, videos, aud...

Talking Across Divides: 10 Ways to Encourage Civil Classroom Conversation On Difficult Issues

presented by: New York Times Learning Network

The New York Times Learning Network has put together a great list of activities and actions you can take to talk about difficult issues with students...

Jill Stein and the Role of Third Party Candidates in Presidential Elections

presented by: PBS NewsHour Extra

For this daily video, PBS Neshour Extra asks the question: What is the importance of parties to our political system? Included is a video from Green...

Make a Plan Through Play

presented by: Educator Innovator

We encourage you to make a plan by playing the Letters to the Next President 2.0 Scavenger Hunt. Join educators from across the country who are makin...

Teaching With Cartoons – A Visual History Of Donkeys, Elephants, Parties, & Politics

This post from the ASIDE blog – Innovation and Design in Education – which is curated by educators Mercer Hall and Patricia A. Russac, giv...

Hosting a Presidential Debate

presented by: PBS Education: Election Central

Students will watch one of the 2016 debates and then hold a debate of their own focusing on the major issues that emerged from that debate. Students w...

PBS Reporting Labs Video Letters

presented by: PBS NewsHour Extra

Encourage youth to talk about election issues that matter to them by producing a video letter to our next president. PBS NewsHour Student Reporting La...

Media Make #4: Spoken Word Letters

presented by: KQED

A spoken word letter can express a personal experience with an election issue in a way that a written letter cannot. Spoken word combines the power of...

Students Share Personal Stories about Election Issues

presented by: BAVC

Lovina Okoronkwo, Rigo Valadez-Bigler and Alexis Hernandez are all part of a recent cohort to earn certificates in video post-production from BAVC’s...

#DearNextPresident

presented by: Fusion

At Fusion’s #DearNextPresident website, you’ll find a range of videos from teachers, students, activists, and celebrities alike that, muc...

Campaign 2016: Every Teacher’s Guide to Debate, Media, and Speech in the Classroom

presented by: The National Association for Media Literacy Education

This helpful guide, created by the National Association for Media Literacy Education and The National Speech and Debate Association, offers succinct s...

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 ...

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...

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...

Students Vote 2016

This election-specific resource from Newsela offers educators and learners a chance to learn more about election issues and collaborate with students ...

Do Now: What Would You Ask Candidates in a Presidential Debate? #DoNowDebate

presented by: PBS NewsHour Extra

KQED’s Do Now by PBS NewsHour Extra asked: “What would you ask candidates in a presidential debate?” Do Now is a weekly activity hosted ...

L2P 2.0 Intro to Social Annotation and Hypothesis

presented by: Hypothes.is

Hypothesis is one of several tools that young people will be using to engage with the 2016 election. From fact-checking candidate statements to breaki...

The Student Bill of Rights

presented by: Student Voice

The Student Bill of Rights is a project of Student Voice, a for-students-by-students nonprofit organization spearheading a social movement to integrat...

Mozilla: Hack the News Activity

presented by: Mozilla Foundation

This activity supports critical thinking and web literacy (read/write) skills related to online news and media. Learners will use X-Ray Goggles to rem...