Resources for Educators
Where do the Presidential Candidates Stand on Supreme Court Nominees?
presented by: PBS NewsHour Extra
No one likes an even number on a court that makes decisions by majority vote. Yet that’s just what the Supreme Court has been left with, eight justi...
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- Informational
The Fight to Vote: A History of Voting Rights in America
presented by: KQED
The United States presents itself as a beacon of democracy on the world stage. But universal suffrage has been elusive throughout its history. Teach y...
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- Curriculum
Jill Stein and the Role of Third Party Candidates in Presidential Elections
presented by: PBS NewsHour Extra
For this daily video, PBS Neshour Extra asks the question: What is the importance of parties to our political system? Included is a video from Green...
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- Activity
Teachers Teaching Teachers: Dan Doernberg Previews NowComment’s New Image and Video/Audio Annotation Features
presented by: National Writing Project
Join +Dan Doernberg from http://nowcomment.com on this episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers from August 24th, 2016. (http://edtechtalk.com/ttt). ...
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- Professional Learning
Why Election 2016 is All About Remix
presented by: Lamp
Just as the 1960 election is remembered for being changed by television, the 2016 elections may be remembered as being changed by remix. Candidates ha...
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- Professional Learning
Campaign for Afterschool Toolkit
presented by: Afterschool Alliance
Election season presents an important opportunity to put afterschool on the radar of policy makers and the public in a visible and meaningful way. Dur...
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- Tools/Toolkit
A New School Year And Our Greatest Fear
presented by: Teaching Channel
In this blog post for Tchers’ Voice, 2014 National Teacher of the Year and current Teaching Channel Laureate Sean McComb reflects on how teacher...
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- Professional Learning
L2P 2.0 at Classroom 2.0 Live
Christina Cantrill from the National Writing Project joined this Classroom 2.0 webinar to give a sneak preview of the Letters to the Next President 2...
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- Informational
A Guide to Debates in the Classroom from PBS Election Central
presented by: PBS Education: Election Central
PBS Education has partnered with EXPLO and the Commission on Presidential Debates to create the enclosed debate tool kit for classroom use. This tool ...
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- Informational
Teaching Election 2016 Part 1: What Should I Do In My Classroom?
As teachers prepare to return to the classroom this fall, especially social studies teachers, they face a serious problem. How do you teach about the ...
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- Curriculum
Make a Plan Through Play
presented by: Educator Innovator
We encourage you to make a plan by playing the Letters to the Next President 2.0 Scavenger Hunt. Join educators from across the country who are makin...
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- Activity
Argumentative Writing Helps Students Become Participants in the Real World
This blog post from Casey Olsen, a secondary English teacher affiliated with the Montana Writing Project, touches on the importance of argument writin...
- Resource Type:
- Professional Learning
Election 2016 Resources from Teaching Tolerance
This set of Election 2016 resources from Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, grew out of the responses of 2,000 teachers...
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- Informational
Verifying Breaking News
This lesson plan from Facing History and Ourselves provides a range of resources for educators who want to support students in answering the following...
- Resource Type:
- Curriculum
How did first-time voters see this year’s conventions?
presented by: PBS NewsHour Extra
The Student Reporting Labs team covered the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, exploring each host city to find a diverse range of youth ...
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- Informational
What’s the Point of Political Party Platforms?
presented by: KQED
If you want to cut through some of the election spin and get an idea of what each political party “officially” stands for, party platforms are a g...
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- Informational
It’s Elementary! Writing letters to the next president in the primary grades
presented by: National Writing Project
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. When I was the counselor at a small, elementary school in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Phila...
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- Curriculum, Tools/Toolkit
Teaching With Cartoons – A Visual History Of Donkeys, Elephants, Parties, & Politics
This post from the ASIDE blog – Innovation and Design in Education – which is curated by educators Mercer Hall and Patricia A. Russac, giv...
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- Activity
The Presidential Convention and Nomination Process: A Cartoon Guide
presented by: KQED
Comic journalist Andy Warner explain the race for the nomination in this cartoon guide for KQED’s The Lowdown. Warner provides information about...
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- Informational
Teaching Debate and Media Literacy in a Polarized Political Climate
presented by: Educator Innovator
In this hangout, participants asked what impact the current political climate, often characterized by its divisiveness, has on teaching debate and me...
- Resource Type:
- Professional Learning
Hosting a Presidential Debate
presented by: PBS Education: Election Central
Students will watch one of the 2016 debates and then hold a debate of their own focusing on the major issues that emerged from that debate. Students w...
- Resource Type:
- Activity
The General Election
presented by: PBS Education: Election Central
Every four years, voters across the United States cast ballots to decide who will be the next president. This video helps students to make sense of th...
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- Informational
Youth Radio on-the-ground reporting from the National Conventions
presented by: Youth Radio
Young people from Youth Radio will provide on-the-ground reporting from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland July 18-20 and the Democratic ...
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- Informational
Make Cycle #5 Archive: Make a Video Letter with your Phone
presented by: Educator Innovator
The fourth summer Make Cycle for Letters to the Next President 2.0 encouraged us to make a short video that tells a story about how an election issue...
- Resource Type:
- Make Cycles
PBS Reporting Labs Video Letters
presented by: PBS NewsHour Extra
Encourage youth to talk about election issues that matter to them by producing a video letter to our next president. PBS NewsHour Student Reporting La...
- Resource Type:
- Activity
PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs at the National Conventions
presented by: PBS NewsHour Extra
Three journalists from the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs will be providing on-the-ground coverage at the Republican National Convention in Cleve...
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- Informational