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
Teachers Teaching Teachers: From Inquiry to Action with Steven Zemelman
presented by: National Writing Project
Annotate Steven Zemelman’s introduction for his latest book, From Inquiry to Action, and check out the archive of an NWP Teachers Teaching Teach...
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- Professional Learning
NWP Radio—Design Thinking for Letters to the Next President 2.0
presented by: National Writing Project
Over the last couple of months, Writing Project colleagues have been thinking and talking about the opportunity of Letters to the Next President 2.0 t...
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- Professional Learning
Media Make: Make Your Own Political Art (How-to Hangout)
presented by: KQED
As part of a special series designed for the Letters to the Next President 2.0 project, this Media Make examined the elements of influential politi...
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- Professional Learning
The News Literacy Project’s checkology™ E-Learning Platform
The News Literacy Project launched its new and exciting checkology™ e-learning platform on May 2, 2016. Simply register to get access to the platf...
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- Tools/Toolkit
Mikva Challenge Free Curricula
Mikva Challenge was founded on the premise that youth voice and participation matter, and that our civic and political life will be stronger when yout...
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- Curriculum
Political Investigative Journalism: Playing the Watchdog Role
presented by: Educator Innovator
Join host Peter Adams from the News Literacy Project for a conversation with Chicago Sun-Times reporters, Chris Fusco and Tim Novak. Fusco and Novak d...
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- Professional Learning
Empowering Youth Around the World: Mozilla L2P 2.0 Curriculum Workshop & Civic Engagement Guide
presented by: Mozilla Foundation
How can today’s youth get started in civic engagement at home and in the world? After discussing that question during the latest Mozilla Curriculum ...
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- Professional Learning
NWP College-Ready Writers Program
presented by: National Writing Project
The central goal of the College-Ready Writers Program (CRWP) is to help students become skilled at writing arguments from nonfiction sources. The pr...
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- Tools/Toolkit
Youth Radio: How to Write a Commentary
presented by: Youth Radio
One of many resources for teachers at Youth Radio, this toolkit includes a series of activities for students to identify parts of a commentary, brains...
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- Curriculum
An Illustrated Guide to the Incredibly Confusing Presidential Nomination Process
presented by: KQED
No one ever said the presidential nominating process was simple. But it’s a whole lot more convoluted than you might think. In this illustrated gui...
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- Informational