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
Behind the Scenes at the PBS NewsHour Democratic Primary Debate
presented by: PBS NewsHour Extra
The night of the PBS NewsHour Democratic Primary Debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, four Wauwatosa West High School students had an all-access pass to fi...
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- Informational
Point Taken from PBS
Each week, Point Taken debates a topic Americans care about. The show delivers smart, interesting guests who can disagree without being disagreeable....
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- Informational
The Anneberg Classroom: Resources for Excellent Civics Education
The Annenberg Classroom website connects award-winning, comprehensive curriculum on the Constitution and its amendments to daily civics news and stude...
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- Curriculum
Too Young to Vote
presented by: KQED
This “Perspectives” piece by Garrison Pennington for KQED Radio describes some of the frustrations of being too young to vote in the upcom...
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- Informational
MAP: 2016 Presidential Primary Schedule and Results
presented by: KQED
A useful resource to help you understand how many delegates the Republican and Democratic candidates need to win their party’s nomination and ho...
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- Informational
You May Need a Photo ID to Vote This Year
presented by: KQED
Think you know your state’s voting rules? Better check again before heading to the polls. Depending on the state you live in, those rules may have...
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- Informational
From Inquiry to Action
The forthcoming book, From Inquiry to Action: Civic Engagement with Project-Based learning in All Content Areas, by Steven Zemelman (with a foreword b...
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- Professional Learning
How Teens See The 2016 Election
presented by: Youth Radio
In this radio segment from Youth Radio, NPR’s David Greene talks with Youth Radio journalists Desmond Meagley, Billy Cruz, and Kensha Secrease abou...
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- Informational
Thinking Across Civic Education Work
presented by: Educator Innovator
Watch an Educator Innovator discussion with educators and researchers from Educating for Participatory Politics (EPP) and the Council of Youth Researc...
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- Professional Learning
Educators’ Experiences Educating for Participatory Politics
presented by: Educator Innovator
In this Educator Innovator hangout, teachers from Los Angeles, Oakland, and Chicago shared their experiences implementing curriculum exploring the ex...
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- Professional Learning