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
Break-a-thon in a Box
presented by: Lamp
The LAMP’s acclaimed Break-a-thon events are perfect introductions for youth about how, why, and for whom media are made—and now you can host ...
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- Tools/Toolkit
C-Span Classroom Campaign 2016
This section of the C-Span Classroom website, developed by 2015 Summer Teacher Fellows, provides explanations of the various aspects of the election p...
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- Curriculum
#StuVoice Twitter Chat with KQED on Letters to Next President Campaign
presented by: Student Voice
This storify collection captures tweets from a Student Voice Presidents’ Day twitter chat with KQED Education on February 15, 2016. Participant...
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- Professional Learning
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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- Activity
NYTimes Learning Network: Great Free Resources for Teaching Election 2016
presented by: New York Times Learning Network
This post by the New York Times Learning Network features over a dozen instructional strategies and useful, free websites that can help teach students...
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- Informational
MAP: Welcome to Primary Season! Find Out When Your State Gets to Vote (and How Much Influence It’ll Have)
presented by: KQED
From KQED’s Low Down, a resource for finding state by state information throughout the primary season as well as how it all adds up for the ove...
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- Informational
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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- Activity
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
Berkman Center for Internet and Society: Digital Literacy Resource Platform
The Digital Literacy Resource Platform, developed by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, is an evolving collection of t...
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- Tools/Toolkit
Letters to the Next President (webinar, Teachers Teaching Teachers)
presented by: Youth Voices
Teachers Teaching Teachers is a weekly hangout hosted for and by educators. This archive was hangout with @seecantrill @Annelise_KQED @janelle @dawnr...
- Resource Type:
- Professional Learning