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
Primary Sources, Problem-based Learning, and L2P 2.0: Stimulating and Supporting Youth Learning in Science
presented by: National Writing Project
Trey Smith, Teacher Consultant with the Philadelphia Writing Project and 2015-16 Science Teacher-in-Residence at the Library of Congress led a round...
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- Professional Learning
Letter to President Modules from Literacy Design Collaborative
presented by: Literacy Design Collaborative
These modules from the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) provide ideas and instruction for supporting students in completing informed, thoughtful l...
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- Curriculum
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
presented by: National Speech & Debate Association
In 1858, sitting Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas participated in a series of debates with his challenger, Abraham Lincoln, resulting in the now iconi...
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- Curriculum
Teaching Controversial Topics – Webinar
The Teaching for Democracy Alliance is made up of organizations working together to equip teachers and administrators to talk about elections & v...
- Resource Type:
- Professional Learning
Hangout: Spoken Word Letters
presented by: Educator Innovator
Spoken word, or oral poetry, can help students critically examine dominant narratives to make sense of their own experience through language and expre...
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- Professional Learning
L2P 2.0 “Focus on Audience and Purpose” Mini-Unit from NWP’s College-Ready Writers Program
presented by: National Writing Project
A key element of the Letters to the Next President 2.0 project is an authentic audience and purpose. These letters will be public, able to be ...
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- Curriculum
KQED Teach
presented by: KQED
KQED Teach is a fun and social online learning platform for educators to improve their media literacy skills. KQED Teach is dedicated to engaging edu...
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- Professional Learning
Arguing the CRWP Way: Establishing a Classroom Climate for Inquiry and Generosity
presented by: National Writing Project
Join members of the College-Ready Writers Program (CRWP) leadership team for a discussion of how CRWP materials and principles encourage students to ...
- Resource Type:
- Professional Learning
Creating a Culture of Argument
presented by: National Writing Project
This BloomBoard collection by the National Writing Project offers middle and high school teachers multiple ways to approach “creating a culture ...
- Resource Type:
- Professional Learning
Media Make #4: Spoken Word Letters
presented by: KQED
A spoken word letter can express a personal experience with an election issue in a way that a written letter cannot. Spoken word combines the power of...
- Resource Type:
- Activity