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
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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- Activity
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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- Activity
The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)
Longitudinal data, interactive maps, and visualizations of trends in youth civic engagement, including some resources specifically related to the 2016...
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- Informational
The Living Room Candidate
This archive compiled by the Museum of the Moving Image contains presidential campaign commercials from 1952 to the present. It’s organized by...
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- Curriculum
Letters to the Next President 2.0 Kick-off Webinar
presented by: Educator Innovator
In this hangout, educators described the power of participating in the previous iteration of L2P and highlighted the growing set of opportunities and ...
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- Professional Learning
How Washington Post used Instagram to tell the stories of first-generation voters in Miami
On March 9th, the Washington Post hosted a debate in partnership with Univision and Facebook that took place at Miami Dade College’s Kendall campus...
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- Professional Learning
The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden
The Smithsonian National Museum of American History currently features an exhibition called “The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden” a...
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- Informational
Why the Classics Matter in Today’s Political Landscape
In this blog post for KQED Education, educator Chris Sloan talks about how books and movies that have stood the test of time can provide natural segu...
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- Professional Learning
L2P 2.0 Media Make: Developing and Discussing Diverse Political Views In the Classroom and Beyond
presented by: KQED
As part of a special series designed for the Letters to the Next President 2.0 project, this kickoff “Media Make” featured Writing Project educat...
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- Professional Learning
Madeline’s Story: The Human Cost of Tough Immigration Policies, Through the Eyes of One Oakland Student
presented by: KQED
KQED’s News Education project recently asked local middle and high school students to consider some of the major political issues at play in the 201...
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- Informational