Ten Books That Shaped America
Just like I do with my weekly newsletter, C-SPAN Classroom sends their weekly newsletter on Sunday evenings (Eastern Time). When I read it last night I learned about a new C-SPAN series that sounds great! It’s called Books That Shaped America and it is presented by C-SPAN in conjunction with the Library of Congress. Books […]
Get Inspired by These Videos Made by Students
The C-SPAN StudentCam contest winners were announced last week. The annual competition asks middle school and high school students to produce short videos addressing a current topic in U.S. government and politics. This year the challenge was for students to create a video about what they would make their first priority if elected to Congress. […]
StudentCam 2023 – Only Three Weeks Left
When it was announced back in September the entry deadline for the 2023 C-SPAN StudentCam contest seemed so far away. Now that 2023 is here, the deadline feels very close. That’s because it is close! The entry deadline for the 2023 C-SPAN StudentCam contest is January 20, 2023. Every year C-SPAN hosts the StudentCam video contest for middle […]
C-SPAN Offers a Free Electoral College Poster
C-SPAN Classroom is one of my go-to sources of ideas for lessons on current events related to U.S. government and politics. Membership in C-SPAN Classroom is free and provides members with lots of digital and physical resources. One of the resources C-SPAN Classroom is currently offering to members is a poster about the Electoral College. This […]
C-SPAN StudentCam is Back for Its 19th School Year!
Every year C-SPAN hosts the StudentCam video contest for middle school and high school students in the United States. This year’s version of the contest was announced yesterday. The theme of this year’s contest is “If you were a newly elected member of Congress, which issue would be your first priority and why?” The StudentCam contest is open […]
Social Studies Teachers! One Month Left to Apply for an Awesome Fellowship
I shared this news back in January, but that feels like so long ago now that some tulips are starting to poke out of the ground in my yard. This summer C-SPAN Classroom is hosting their annual teacher fellowship program in a virtual format. C-SPAN’s Summer Fellowship program is now open for applications. Those who […]
Two Free and Cool Summer Learning Opportunities for Teachers
Summer feels like it’s a long way off right now which is why I like to start thinking about it now and putting some fun things on summer calendar. If you like to do the same, here’s a couple of cool summer learning opportunities that you might want to investigate and apply for. C-SPAN Fellowship […]
Free Presidential Timeline Poster for Your Classroom Courtesy of C-SPAN
C-SPAN Classroom offers some fantastic resources for teachers of U.S. History, civics, and government. One of those resources that has been offered in the past and is available again this year is a free poster depicting a timeline of American presidents. The poster shows each President’s time in office, a short biography, the era of […]
C-SPAN’s StudentCam Contest is Back
Every year C-SPAN hosts the StudentCam video contest for middle school and high school students in the United States. The 2021/22 version of the contest has been announced and this year’s topic is “How does the federal government impact your life?” The StudentCam contest is open to students in sixth through twelfth grade. There is a category for […]
StudentCam 2021 – Student Documentary Contest
Every year C-SPAN hosts the StudentCam video contest for middle school and high school students in the United States. The 2020/21 version of the contest has been announced and submissions will be accepted beginning on November 1st. This year’s C-SPAN StudentCam contest asks students to produce a 4-6 minute video based on the prompt of, “explore the issue you […]
StudentCam 2020 – Student Documentary Contest
Every year C-SPAN hosts the StudentCam video contest for middle school and high school students in the United States. This annual event invites students to produce short videos about current issues related to United States government and politics. This year’s C-SPAN StudentCam contest asks students to produce a 4-6 minute video about the issue they […]
Apply for a C-SPAN Fellowship
Next summer might feel like it is a long way away, but it’s not too early to start thinking about how you’ll spend your next summer break. Social Studies teachers in the United States might want to consider spending part of the 2018 summer as a C-SPAN fellow in Washington, D.C. The C-SPAN Teacher Fellowship […]
Presidential Historians Survey Ranks the Presidents of the United States
The Presidential Historians Survey is a ranking of U.S. Presidents based on the responses of dozens of Presidential historians as surveyed by C-SPAN. The survey asks historians to rank the past Presidents of the United States according to ten leadership characteristics. Some of those characteristics are vision/ agenda setting, persuasion, and moral authority. Abraham Lincoln […]
Get a Free Presidential Timeline Poster for Your Classroom
C-SPAN Classroom is currently offering a free timeline poster depicting all of the past Presidents of the United States. The poster shows each President’s time in office, a short biography, the era of American history in which each President served, and a couple of major events that happened during each President’s time in office. The […]
Classroom Deliberations – Lesson Plans on Current Issues in U.S. Politics
C-SPAN Classroom Deliberations is a good resource for teachers of U.S. history or civics. On the site you will find 34 lesson plans centered around issues currently debated in Congress and in U.S. political discourse in general. A few of the latest lesson plans deal with Electoral College reform, third party candidate participation in Presidential […]
Spend the Summer in Washington D.C. as a C-SPAN Fellow
Summer might be six months away, but it’s already time to start thinking about summer professional development opportunities. Social studies teachers should take note of C-SPAN’s 2017 Summer Fellowship Program. The C-SPAN Teacher Fellowship Program brings together teachers and media specialists to work together for four weeks in Washington, D.C. The fellows work together to […]
Media Literacy & Fake News – A Lesson Plan
C-SPAN Classroom has a new lesson plan that is quite timely given all of the recent stories about fake news stories created and shared through social media. Media Literacy & Fake News is a free lesson plan that is based on five C-SPAN videos featuring authors and other experts talking about the role of media […]
C-SPAN StudentCam 2017 – Student Messages for Washington
C-SPAN’s StudentCam contest is an annual event that invites students to produce short videos about current issues related to United States government. The 2016-17 version of the contest asks students to deliver a message to Washington about the most urgent issues for the new President and Congress to address. The StudentCam contest is open to […]