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ARTICLE: How I use comic books as a learning tool in my social studies classroom

From PBS' teachers' lounge. A couple of years ago, I decided to share a Spider-Man comic with a young African-American teen with whom I was…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Apr 4, 2016

FACT VS. FICTION: What’s real and fake in ‘The Americans,’ according to real-life spies

From the WaPo... Full story HERE.

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Mar 29, 2016

TV: CNN Premieres The 80s March 31

Series web site: http://www.cnn.com/shows/the-eighties?sr=the%2080s%20cnnThe Eighties (a 7 part docuseries) explores the individuals and ev…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Mar 22, 2016

AUDIO: Restored 'Race Films' Find New Audiences

Important work / story from NPR... It's nearly impossible to see some of the earliest movies by African-American filmmakers. Many have be…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Mar 6, 2016

RESOURCE: Teaching Propaganda With Political Campaign Ads

As the 2016 Presidential Campaign heats up, media literacy expert Frank W. Baker brings the political races to the classroom with standards…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Feb 21, 2016

NYTLN: Teaching With Protest Music

From the NYTimes Learning Network!  LESSON PLAN Teaching With Protest Music By MICHAEL GONCHAR AND KATHERINE SCHULTEN Studying the p…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Feb 6, 2016

QUESTIONS: What do your students know about political campaign ads?

Here are the questions.  I've also created an answer key which can be found on my website. Who creates these ads? What are the most common…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Feb 6, 2016

VIDEO/ACTIVITY: Experiment To Change the Way You Look at Privilege

I was hipped to this by MC POPPER Jane Wisdom... This is a brilliant activity - although the questions - as written - would not likely be…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Jan 26, 2016

TOON: Visualizing Privilege

I pulled the toon and the text below directly from MBC times. I don't know much about MBC times (here is their descriptor) but this was pre…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Jan 21, 2016

NLTLN: Analyzing Maps to Better Understand Global Current Events and History

Another great lesson plan from the New York Times Learning Network LESSON PLAN Analyzing Maps to Better Understand Global Current Even…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Jan 21, 2016

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