Resources for Educators
Local Election Toolkit
presented by: KQED
Letters to the Next President 2.0 asked students to share their views on an issue that mattered to them during the 2016 election. But students don’t need a presidential election to make their voices...
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- Tools/Toolkit
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 order to sustain our democracy. How can being a good...
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- Activity
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 in part by widespread frustration with business as ...
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- Activity, Informational
Engaging Gen Z With Video Journalism for Students by Students
presented by: PBS NewsHour Extra
In this hangout, participants discussed PBS NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs and described their experiences working with its video journalism curr...
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- Professional Learning
Letters to the Next President 2.0 Blog at Edutopia
presented by: National Writing Project
Ellen Shelton, Site Director at the University of Mississippi Writing Project and former high school teacher in Tupelo, Mississippi, reflects on her e...
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- Professional Learning
Developing a Global Perspective on Under-Reported Challenges
presented by: Educator Innovator
In this Educator Innovator hangout, participants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and theNational Writing Project discuss the importance ...
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- Professional Learning
Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder: Resources for Letters to the Next President 2.0
The Lesson Builder allows any educator to create a lesson around Pulitzer Center journalism and is a simple, shareable way to bring the world to your ...
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- Tools/Toolkit
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...
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- Informational
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...
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- Informational
How Should Educators Respond to Mean-Spirited Politics?
Check out this episode of “We Lead Ed Radio” on BAM!radio for a discussion between educators on what their role is in addressing the negat...
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- Professional Learning
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...
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- Informational
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...
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- Informational
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...
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- Informational