Resources for Educators
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, ...
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- Informational
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...
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- Professional Learning
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 ...
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- Activity
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...
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- Tools/Toolkit
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 ...
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- Tools/Toolkit
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...
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- Curriculum
#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...
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- Professional Learning
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 ...
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- Activity
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...
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- Informational
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...
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- Informational
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...
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- Activity
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...
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- Activity, Tools/Toolkit
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...
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- Tools/Toolkit
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...
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- Professional Learning
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...
- Resource Type:
- Curriculum
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...
- Resource Type:
- Professional Learning
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...
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- Tools/Toolkit
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...
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- Informational
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...
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- Activity
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...
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- Tools/Toolkit
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...
- Resource Type:
- Curriculum
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...
- Resource Type:
- Professional Learning
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...
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- Informational
CNN Politics 2016 Election Collection
A regularly updated Election 2016 resource from CNN Politics.
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- Informational
Ballotpedia
Ballotpedia is the online encyclopedia of American politics and elections. Their goal is to inform people about politics by providing accurate and obj...
- Resource Type:
- Informational
Election 2016: What to Know about the Race Today
A regularly updated Election 2016 resource from the New York Times.
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- Informational