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

Media Make: #WhatsMyIssue Video (How-to Hangout)

presented by: BAVC

As part of a special series designed for the Letters to the Next President 2.0 project, this “Media Make” how-to hangout offered an invitation fo...

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Professional Learning

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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Activity

Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns

presented by: The National Association for Media Literacy Education

This kit was developed by Project Look Sharp for high school through college-aged youth. The kit helps to teach about the role of media in 28 U.S. ele...

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Curriculum

Voices of the Future

presented by: National Speech & Debate Association

Voices of the Future, a program developed by the National Speech & Debate Association, is designed to encourage student involvement in democratic ...

Resource Type:

Tools/Toolkit

NPR’s Morning Edition Live from Youth Radio

presented by: Youth Radio

Host David Greene and the NPR crew partnered with Youth Radio’s local young reporters to co-produce and co-host stories covering Bay Area and natio...

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Professional Learning

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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Activity

Zoom In!

Zoom In is a free, Web-based platform that helps students build literacy and historical thinking skills through “deep dives” into primary and seco...

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Curriculum

iCivics Drafting Board

Drafting Board, and online tool from iCivics, walks students through the process of writing an argumentative essay, showing them how to understand an ...