AUDIENCE ↬ teachers
CONTENT ↬ ELA, history, current events, digital citizenship
GRADE LEVELS ↬ grades 6 & up
This resource is definitely for older grades, but it is one that contains quite a bit of lesson starters. The discussions on KQED Learn are timely and impactful. Each discussion has a short video to lead the lesson, a lesson plan, and the ability to push it through Google Classroom. The Google Classroom integration is nice, but using these lessons certainly do NOT hinge on using it.
Topics can be filtered by grade level and content area. They state that they add new discussions each week.
I would suggest being mindful of your community before launching into any of these - to the point I'd recommend having a conversation with your principal first.
HOW CAN TEACHERS USE THIS RESOURCE?
I can see teachers using this in an ELA class as a verbal discussion starter OR for written purposes. There are many topics that would be of high interest to older students in order to promote higher level thinking.
In a history class, this is a definite win because many of the topics deal with current events AND civic responsibilities. Any of these could be expanded as bigger research projects.
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