Do Now #37: Should the Voting Age be Younger than 18?
Flickr/Liz the Librarian To respond to the Do Now, you can comment below or tweet your response. Be sure to begin your tweet with @KQEDEdspace and end it with #KQEDDoNow For more info on how to use...
View ArticleDo Now #38: Should We Change the Way We Elect Our President?
photo by kristin_a/flickr To respond to the Do Now, you can comment below or tweet your response. Be sure to begin your tweet with @KQEDEdspace and end it with #KQEDDoNow For more info on how to use...
View ArticleSeven Great Election 2012 Resources
Here are 7 great resources to engage students in Election 2012, including mutimedia election content produced by the PBS Newshour team. Get right to the heart of complex issues with a rage of great...
View ArticleDo Now #48: Romney vs. Obama
Pool/Getty Images To respond to the Do Now, you can comment below or tweet your response. Be sure to begin your tweet with @KQEDEdspace and end it with #KQEDDoNow For more info on how to use Twitter,...
View ArticleUnlimited Donations Means More Corruption
Do you think money plays a large role in politics? Last week, students discussed how much an individual could donate to political campaigns in our #DoNowCampaign post. We asked students, Is money a...
View ArticleA Map of Where Felons Can Vote
Photo by: Theresa Thompson/Flickr The United States implements the strictest felon voting laws in the world. As of 2010, the government denied 5.8 million Americans the right to vote due to criminal...
View ArticleShould Voters Be Required to Show ID at the Polls?
Photo by David Sachs / SEIU To respond to the Do Now, you can comment below or tweet your response. Be sure to begin your tweet with @KQEDEdspace and end it with #DoNowVote For more info on how to use...
View ArticleThe State of Voting Rights in America: A 3-Part Comic Series
The upcoming midterms marks the first major nationwide election since the Supreme Court struck down a key piece of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. The 2013 decision had an immediate impact,...
View ArticleThe Youth Vote is Important for Democracy to Thrive
By Madison Olson & Brianna Lee Before the Twenty-Sixth Amendment in 1971, requiring all states to set a voting age no higher than 18; many young people were not given the right to vote. Now, we...
View ArticleShould Soda Be Taxed?
Alan Alfaro/Flickr To respond to the Do Now, you can comment below or tweet your response. Be sure to begin your tweet with @KQEDEdspace and end it with #DoNowSoda For more info on how to use Twitter,...
View ArticleHow Much Do Candidates’ Faces Influence Voters?
Featured Media Resource: [VIDEO] “How Quickly Do You Judge a Face? ” (Science Friday) By looking at a face for less than a second, we can judge someone’s age, gender, race, emotional state and even...
View ArticleWhat should politicians do to appeal to young voters?
http://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/03/Amber_Elections_NEW_KCBS-.mp3Featured Media Resource: [VIDEO] “Young Voters Want Respect” (Youth Radio) Eighteen-year-old Youth Radio...
View ArticleDo Now #38: Should We Change the Way We Elect Our President?
To respond to the Do Now, you can comment below or tweet your response. Be sure to begin your tweet with @KQEDEdspace and end it with #KQEDDoNow For more info on how to use Twitter, click here. Do Now...
View ArticleSeven Great Election 2012 Resources
Here are 7 great resources to engage students in Election 2012, including mutimedia election content produced by the PBS Newshour team. Get right to the heart of complex issues with a rage of great...
View ArticleUnlimited Donations Means More Corruption
Do you think money plays a large role in politics? Last week, students discussed how much an individual could donate to political campaigns in our #DoNowCampaign post. We asked students, Is money a...
View ArticleA Map of Where Felons Can Vote
The United States implements the strictest felon voting laws in the world. As of 2010, the government denied 5.8 million Americans the right to vote due to criminal activity. Each state enacts its...
View ArticleThe State of Voting Rights in America: A 3-Part Comic Series
The upcoming midterms marks the first major nationwide election since the Supreme Court struck down a key piece of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. The 2013 decision had an immediate impact,...
View ArticleThe Youth Vote is Important for Democracy to Thrive
By Madison Olson & Brianna Lee Before the Twenty-Sixth Amendment in 1971, requiring all states to set a voting age no higher than 18; many young people were not given the right to vote. Now, we...
View ArticleWhat should politicians do to appeal to young voters?
http://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/03/Amber_Elections_NEW_KCBS-.mp3 Featured Media Resource: [VIDEO] “Young Voters Want Respect” (Youth Radio) Eighteen-year-old Youth Radio...
View ArticleHow Can We Get More Young People to Vote?
Voting is a really important part of the democratic process. We all know this, but in reality, many people don’t vote. That is especially true for younger generations who have historically had very low...
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