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
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...
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- 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...
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- Curriculum