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VIDEO CLIPS: Winning The Presidency

Fox Business Channel ran a special called "Winning The Presidency" and I have identified two brief segments which would be good to use with…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Oct 14, 2012

Lesson: Students Create Video Ads for Historical Presidential Elections

A teacher submitted this lesson idea which was published in the New York TImes.  She says the goal of the lesson is to create "critical con…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Oct 8, 2012

TV Special: Hollywood Goes To Washington

As Americans prepare to head the polls, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will explore how Hollywood has portrayed the democratic process with th…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Oct 3, 2012

VIDEO: Electoral College 101

Unfortunately, The Times does not let you embed these videos. That said, here is a screenshot and description from a great little Op-Doc th…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Oct 3, 2012

Article: How Do Negative Campaign Ads Work?

  Excerpt:  “Basically by framing things in a negative manner you can sort of bypass some of the rational processes and directly impact the…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Oct 1, 2012

STUDY GUIDE COLLECTION: Macmillian Books

I always come across these nicely designed teacher's guides at English teacher conferences. Rest assured there is little in the way of inno…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Sep 30, 2012

ONLINE MUSUEM:...Preserves the Unsung Sounds of Gadgets Past

This is super cool, from Wired Magazine. Imagine what other sorts of "online museums" students might create in any discipline based on this…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Sep 30, 2012

Using Film To Teach Black History

Black History Month takes place in October in the UK. So you might wish to hold onto this valuable resource (from the UK's FilmEducation.or…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Sep 26, 2012

Watching The Debates With Your Students

Thanks to my colleagues at MiddleWeb, who have just published this updated essay on the upcoming debates and it includes a revised debate w…

Started by Frank W. Baker

1 Sep 17, 2012
Reply by John Golden

Lights, Camera....Debate!

Four years ago, my colleague Karen Zill and I published an essay in Cable In The Classroom magazine about the importance of how to watch a…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Sep 11, 2012

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