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

Skills and Strategies | Fake News vs. Real News: Determining the Reliability of Sources

presented by: New York Times Learning Network

How do you know if something you read is true? Why should you care? The New York Times Learning Network provides information and resources from T...

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Curriculum

Teaching the Art of Civil Dialogue

presented by: KQED

In this blog for KQED Education, teacher Chris Sloan reflects on using resources from KQED’s Do Now, a weekly activity for students to engage and re...

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Professional Learning

Hypothes.is Annotation Tool: Welcome Educators!

presented by: Hypothes.is

A collection of resources to support teaching web literacy as well as reading, writing, and participating on the Internet through the annotation of on...

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Tools/Toolkit

FactCheck.org

Fact Check is a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. F...

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Informational

Mozilla: Hack the News Activity

presented by: Mozilla Foundation

This activity supports critical thinking and web literacy (read/write) skills related to online news and media. Learners will use X-Ray Goggles to rem...

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Activity

Lamplit: A Guide to Understanding News and Making Good Choices

presented by: Lamp

This LAMPLit is a guide to the news: what news is; where it can be found; how it is produced in different media (print, TV, the Internet, etc.), how i...

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Tools/Toolkit

Youth and Media: Information Quality and News Literacy Modules

A curriculum including six modules about Information Quality & News Literacy focusing on information quality, particularly in the context of onlin...

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Curriculum

The News Literacy Project

The News Literacy Project is an innovative national educational program that mobilizes seasoned journalists to work with educators to teach students h...