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Kate Harrigan's List: Social Studies Elective
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Jun 19, 12
Has a weekly Current Events News Quiz, updated every Monday
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Jun 19, 12
NJ school district's Current Issues class course description. Some interesting topics/ideas for class. Geared toward what looks like 12th grade, but some def. overlap
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Jun 19, 12
Interesting topic about whether there is a link between advertising and violence in men
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Jun 19, 12
Lesson on bias in news sources. could be an interesting way of looking at the presidential election coverage
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Jun 19, 12
Interesting quotes and lesson on how to teach critical thinking and making informed decisions/opinions
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Jun 19, 12
NYTimes site on topics that are debatable and have opposing viewpoints shared by variety of voices. Interesting, wide ranging topics.
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Jun 19, 12
Some ideas for how to break up class into different small groups, depending on activity. A cool idea about "believing game" where you are forced to take on viewpoint you don't agree with and figure out if there is anything you would agree with
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Jun 20, 12
Thanks Adam! Great compelling piece and resources on how to teach controversial topics...
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Jun 20, 12
Great source of links to newspapers around the world, organized by continent. It clearly explains what language it is written in.
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Jun 21, 12
Conservative blog highlighting 'liberal media bias'. part of Media Research Center (MRC)
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Jun 27, 12
Cool lesson on how people make choices about candidates based on their views of certain key issues
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Jun 27, 12
Cool graphic on who reads/watches certain media outlets
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Jun 28, 12
Great website to fact-check accuracy of political claims by both sides of the aisle
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Jun 28, 12
WMS Library that has access to Opposing Viewpoints Database.
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Jun 28, 12
Easy to read graphs and visuals on various current events/topics.
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Jun 28, 12
Good list of things to be looking for with political cartoons.
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