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PBS NewsHour: What is Social Media’s Role in Election 2016?

The purpose of this lesson plan is for students to examine the different ways candidates use social media, including Instagram, Facebook and Twitter i...

Art of Persuasion and Craft of Argument

presented by: Teaching Channel

Watch how teachers can review rhetorical devices with students in preparation for a writing assignment. This video from Teaching Channel delves into t...

Minneapolis Mayor Learned Political Sparring from Teacher

presented by: Teaching Channel

Effective teachers are the ones who usually encourage students to speak their beliefs and what they stand for. In this resource from Teaching Channel,...

In Philadelphia, Fourth Graders Cope with Gun Violence Through Poetry

This article from The Trace, an independent, nonprofit news organization dedicated to expanding coverage of guns in the United States, focuses on a We...

#DearNextPresident

presented by: Fusion

At Fusion’s #DearNextPresident website, you’ll find a range of videos from teachers, students, activists, and celebrities alike that, muc...

Campaign 2016: Every Teacher’s Guide to Debate, Media, and Speech in the Classroom

presented by: The National Association for Media Literacy Education

This helpful guide, created by the National Association for Media Literacy Education and The National Speech and Debate Association, offers succinct s...

Engaging Gen Z With Video Journalism for Students by Students

presented by: PBS NewsHour Extra

In this hangout, participants discussed PBS NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs and described their experiences working with its video journalism curr...

Letters to the Next President 2.0 Blog at Edutopia

presented by: National Writing Project

Ellen Shelton, Site Director at the University of Mississippi Writing Project and former high school teacher in Tupelo, Mississippi, reflects on her e...

Developing a Global Perspective on Under-Reported Challenges

presented by: Educator Innovator

In this Educator Innovator hangout, participants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and theNational Writing Project discuss the importance ...

Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder: Resources for Letters to the Next President 2.0

The Lesson Builder allows any educator to create a lesson around Pulitzer Center journalism and is a simple, shareable way to bring the world to your ...

What Issues Matter to You in the 2016 Election?

presented by: KQED

Reporters from four California public media newsrooms—KPBS, KPCC in Pasadena, KQED in San Francisco, and Capital Public Radio in Sacramento&mdas...

Latino Youth Vote 2016

presented by: Youth Radio

Reaching out to young Latino voters has been an important effort for candidates on both sides of the aisle. This segment from Youth Radio—featur...

How Should Educators Respond to Mean-Spirited Politics?

Check out this episode of “We Lead Ed Radio” on BAM!radio for a discussion between educators on what their role is in addressing the negat...

The First Snapchat Election: How Bernie and Hillary are Targeting the Youth Vote

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are a tale of two Snapchats—each with different posting styles and strategies on how to nab the millennial vo...

Make Your Own Political Art in 5 Easy Steps

presented by: KQED

This video from KQED Art School details a formula for making political art in five easy steps by offering examples of successful projects from high-pr...

What does it mean to be politically engaged?

In this short Soundcloud recording, students of Greg McVerry, an Assistant Professor of Education at Southern Connecticut State University, sound off...

Behind the Scenes at the PBS NewsHour Democratic Primary Debate

presented by: PBS NewsHour Extra

The night of the PBS NewsHour Democratic Primary Debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, four Wauwatosa West High School students had an all-access pass to fi...

Point Taken from PBS

Each week, Point Taken debates a topic Americans care about. The show delivers smart, interesting guests who can disagree without being disagreeable....

The Anneberg Classroom: Resources for Excellent Civics Education

The Annenberg Classroom website connects award-winning, comprehensive curriculum on the Constitution and its amendments to daily civics news and stude...

Too Young to Vote

presented by: KQED

This “Perspectives” piece by Garrison Pennington for KQED Radio describes some of the frustrations of being too young to vote in the upcom...

MAP: 2016 Presidential Primary Schedule and Results

presented by: KQED

A useful resource to help you understand how many delegates the Republican and Democratic candidates need to win their party’s nomination and ho...

You May Need a Photo ID to Vote This Year

presented by: KQED

Think you know your state’s voting rules? Better check again before heading to the polls. Depending on the state you live in, those rules may have...

From Inquiry to Action

The forthcoming book, From Inquiry to Action: Civic Engagement with Project-Based learning in All Content Areas, by Steven Zemelman (with a foreword b...

How Teens See The 2016 Election

presented by: Youth Radio

In this radio segment from Youth Radio, NPR’s David Greene talks with Youth Radio journalists Desmond Meagley, Billy Cruz, and Kensha Secrease abou...

Thinking Across Civic Education Work

presented by: Educator Innovator

Watch an Educator Innovator discussion with educators and researchers from Educating for Participatory Politics (EPP) and the Council of Youth Researc...

Educators’ Experiences Educating for Participatory Politics

presented by: Educator Innovator

In this Educator Innovator hangout, teachers from Los Angeles, Oakland, and Chicago shared their experiences implementing curriculum exploring the ex...