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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Connected Research: A Letters to the Next President Mission

presented by: Youth Voices

Youth Voices is an open community for online conversations supported by “missions” – ie. curricular activity and guidance – created by...

#TeachDoNow

presented by: KQED

KQED’s #TeachDoNow is an archive of collaborative learning experiences in partnership with the National Writing Project that explore how to use Twit...

BAVC: Digital Pathways Video Curriculum

presented by: BAVC

This toolkit from the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) contains information about the distribution of youth media, including knowledge and expertise fr...

Skills and Strategies | Annotating to Engage, Analyze, Connect and Create

presented by: New York Times Learning Network

This post from Katherine Schulten of the New York Times Learning Network and Jeremy Dean, director of education at Hypothes.is, offers an in-depth loo...

Edutopia Election 2016: Lesson Plans and Digital Resources for Educators

This collection of lesson plans, resources, and primary sources from Edutopia cover topics ranging from the Electoral College, to the Iowa Caucus, to ...

iCivics

iCivics is a non-profit organization dedicated to reinvigorating civic learning through interactive and engaging learning resources. Founded and led b...

NY Times Election 2016: Understanding Primaries and Caucuses

This post by Michael Goncher at the New York Times Learning Network provides a lesson plan for understanding primaries and caucuses; it provides resou...

Connected Composition: Bringing the Elections into the Curriculum (blog)

presented by: National Writing Project

In this blog post from 2012, Chris Sloan from the Wasatch Range Writing Project shares a number of resources for educators looking to address politic...