Resources for Educators
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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#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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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- Activity, Tools/Toolkit
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...
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