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Top Five Tips for Teaching the Election

It’s not too late to have civil, informed classroom conversations about the election.


We’re in the election homestretch—but there are still questions to answer, conversations to facilitate and murky rhetorical waters to navigate. If the last few weeks have thrown you some curveballs and made you wonder how you’ll make it to November 8, check out these teaching tips, K-12 classroom resources and webinars, assembled by Share My Lesson. Bring the election season to a close with civil, fact-based conversations on topics like the role of the president, the media, the electoral process, the negative impact of anti-Muslim sentiment in the mainstream and many more.

You’ll also find news stories about the election from PBS NewsHour, each accompanied by essential questions and key terms to guide classroom viewing.

In addition to Share My Lesson, this resource package was shaped through the contributions of the National Council of La Raza, the Anti-Defamation League, PBS NewsHour Extra, the Youth Leadership Initiative and Teaching Tolerance.

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