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Election 2016 | Scholastic News

Find many great resources geared toward Elementary-aged learners at Scholastic’s Election 2016 site, including latest news from the campaigns, ...

Developing and Discussing Diverse Political Views In the Classroom

presented by: KQED

In this post for KQED Education, Janelle Bence discusses some of her strategies for supporting students in discussing and developing a diverse range o...

Students Vote 2016

This election-specific resource from Newsela offers educators and learners a chance to learn more about election issues and collaborate with students ...

Youth Radio DIY Toolkit: How To Make An Infographic

presented by: Youth Radio

This step-by-step tutorial guides learners through the process of identifying a body of data to visualize and then creating an infographic that will b...

Break-a-thon in a Box

presented by: Lamp

The LAMP’s acclaimed Break-a-thon events are perfect introductions for youth about how, why, and for whom media are made—and now you can host ...

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...

#StuVoice Twitter Chat with KQED on Letters to Next President Campaign

presented by: Student Voice

This storify collection captures tweets from a Student Voice Presidents’ Day twitter chat with KQED Education on February 15, 2016. Participant...

Do Now: What Would You Ask Candidates in a Presidential Debate? #DoNowDebate

presented by: PBS NewsHour Extra

KQED’s Do Now by PBS NewsHour Extra asked: “What would you ask candidates in a presidential debate?” Do Now is a weekly activity hosted ...

NYTimes Learning Network: Great Free Resources for Teaching Election 2016

presented by: New York Times Learning Network

This post by the New York Times Learning Network features over a dozen instructional strategies and useful, free websites that can help teach students...

MAP: Welcome to Primary Season! Find Out When Your State Gets to Vote (and How Much Influence It’ll Have)

presented by: KQED

From KQED’s Low Down, a resource for finding state by state information throughout the primary season as well as how it all adds up for the ove...

L2P 2.0 Intro to Social Annotation and Hypothesis

presented by: Hypothes.is

Hypothesis is one of several tools that young people will be using to engage with the 2016 election. From fact-checking candidate statements to breaki...

The Student Bill of Rights

presented by: Student Voice

The Student Bill of Rights is a project of Student Voice, a for-students-by-students nonprofit organization spearheading a social movement to integrat...

Berkman Center for Internet and Society: Digital Literacy Resource Platform

The Digital Literacy Resource Platform, developed by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, is an evolving collection of t...

Letters to the Next President (webinar, Teachers Teaching Teachers)

presented by: Youth Voices

Teachers Teaching Teachers is a weekly hangout hosted for and by educators. This archive was hangout with @seecantrill @Annelise_KQED @janelle @dawnr...

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...

Teaching the Art of Civil Dialogue

presented by: KQED

In this blog for KQED Education, teacher Chris Sloan reflects on using resources from KQED’s Do Now, a weekly activity for students to engage and re...

Hypothes.is Annotation Tool: Welcome Educators!

presented by: Hypothes.is

A collection of resources to support teaching web literacy as well as reading, writing, and participating on the Internet through the annotation of on...

FactCheck.org

Fact Check is a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. F...

Mozilla: Hack the News Activity

presented by: Mozilla Foundation

This activity supports critical thinking and web literacy (read/write) skills related to online news and media. Learners will use X-Ray Goggles to rem...

Lamplit: A Guide to Understanding News and Making Good Choices

presented by: Lamp

This LAMPLit is a guide to the news: what news is; where it can be found; how it is produced in different media (print, TV, the Internet, etc.), how i...

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...

The News Literacy Project

The News Literacy Project is an innovative national educational program that mobilizes seasoned journalists to work with educators to teach students h...

The Lowdown: Ten of the Most Successful Presidential Campaign Commercials Ever Made

presented by: KQED

In celebration of the 2016 President Election, KQED’s The Lowdown highlights a set of videos from the Museum of the Moving Image’s The Living Room...

CNN Politics 2016 Election Collection

A regularly updated Election 2016 resource from CNN Politics.

Ballotpedia

Ballotpedia is the online encyclopedia of American politics and elections. Their goal is to inform people about politics by providing accurate and obj...

Election 2016: What to Know about the Race Today

A regularly updated Election 2016 resource from the New York Times.