LibGuides: Sayreville War Memorial High School Media Center: Teacher Resources

Training Videos for SEL

Indicators of Schoolwide SEL
In this collection learn how schools use a schoolwide approach to achieve high-quality social emotional learning (SEL). Discover how engaging the entire school community in creating a caring and equitable learning environment supports social, emotional and academic growth.

Teaching About Elections

9 Ways to Teach About the Election: A Social Justice Approach
Includes a guide to debate watching, strategies for handling difficult topics and conversations, and teaching about the inauguration.
Voting Lessons
Lesson plans all about the voting process.
Icivics - Election Headquarters
Curriculum units and lesson plans on topics including citizenship and participation, the electoral process, voting by mail, and primaries, parties, caucuses, and conventions.
Tools for Teaching the 2020 Election
Elections and Voting Teacher Resources
Has a future voter toolkit, curated lesson plans and classroom materials.
PBS - The Election Collection
Videos, activities and lesson plans that help teachers and students keep up with election news and learn the history and process of presidential elections.
Scholasitc - We the People
A civics and media literacy resource from Scholastic Magazines.
Voting and Elections/ Resources for a Civil Classroom
A collection of resources that is centered on Counter Bias, Civic Activities, and Getting Along and How To.
Young Voter's Guide to Social Media
Tools provided by Common Sense Media to help young voters distinguish fact from fiction.
Lesson on Political Ads
Help your students think critically about the impact of targeted advertising on social media -- both during an election season and in general.
Lesson: Is Breaking News Broken on Social Media?
Help students think critically about social media's impact on elections and voting.

Responding to the 2020 Presidential Election
Discussion starters and classroom activities that help students reflect on the election.

For History Teachers

Mission US
Use this award-winning educational media project to immerse your students in transformational moments from U.S. history.

My Wakelet with Lots of Ideas and Tools

M. Desmond Wakelet

Useful Websites

Library of Congress Education: Offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections. *Supports all disciplines

https://www.loc.gov/education/

The New York Times - The Learning Network - publishes about 1,000 teaching resources each
school year, all based on using Times content — articles, essays, images, videos, graphics and
podcasts — as teaching tools across subject areas. *Most resources are FREE
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/02/learning/current-events-teaching-resources.html

The New York Times - Mentor Texts Feature:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/learning/introducing-nyt-mentor-texts.html

PBS Learning Media - FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more! *Supports all content areas
https://nj.pbslearningmedia.org

Sayreville War Memorial High School Media Center: Teacher Resources

Training Videos for SEL

Teaching About Elections

For History Teachers

My Wakelet with Lots of Ideas and Tools

Useful Websites

Helpful Articles About Remote Learning