Current Events Toolkit
Subject
- Civics & Citizenship
- History
- Social Studies
Grade
6–12Language
English — USPublished
In this lesson
Overview
About This Toolkit
Our current events toolkit offers tools and strategies to help teachers organize discussions on current events in their classrooms. We recommend that teachers who are just getting started addressing current events with their students—or who are looking to learn new strategies for engaging students in discussions about the news or controversial topics—begin by exploring the resources in the toolkit.
This toolkit is designed to be flexible. You can use all of the resources or choose a selection best suited to your classroom. It includes:
- Tools for organizing discussions about current events
- Recommended teaching strategies
Inside this Toolkit
Tools for Teaching Current Events
Teaching Current Events: Educator Guide
Fostering Civil Discourse: Difficult Classroom Conversations in a Diverse Democracy
Recommended Teaching Strategies
Head, Heart, Conscience
Contracting
Journals in the Classroom
Color, Symbol, Image
Graffiti Boards
S-I-T: Surprising, Interesting, Troubling
Four Corners
Save the Last Word for Me
Big Paper: Building a Silent Conversation
Barometer: Taking a Stand on Controversial Issues
Town Hall Circle
Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn
Iceberg Diagrams
Close Viewing Protocol
See, Think, Wonder
Crop It
Connect, Extend, Challenge
Toolbox for Care
Connecting the Past to the Present Using Oral History
Current Events Toolkit
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