Presidential Election 2016
Resources available in Newsela
https://support.newsela.com/hc/en-us/articles/211505546-Students-Vote-2016-Teacher-Guide
https://support.newsela.com/hc/en-us/articles/213225623-Election-Issues-Education-and-Criminal-Justice
Learn about the candidates and the issues in these reliable, scholarly resources
PBS 2016 Campaign Connection - http://www.pbs.org/election2016/home/
PBS Learning Media Election Central - http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/election-central-2016/
PBS NewsHour - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/tag/election-2016/
Teaching Tolerance - http://www.tolerance.org/election2016
CSPAN Campaign 2016 - https://www.c-span.org/series/?campaign2016
C-SPAN Road to the White House - http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/Campaign-2016.aspx
Official site of Hillary Clinton - https://www.hillaryclinton.com/
Official site of Donald Trump- https://www.donaldjtrump.com/
Biography in Context landing page for Hillary Clinton (must log in)
Biography in Context landing page for Donald Trump (must log in)
iCivics - https://www.icivics.org/election_resources_2016
Center for Civic Education - http://www.civiced.org/resources/curriculum/voting
Student Resources in Context landing page for Hillary Clinton (must log in)
Student Resources in Context landing page for Donald Trump (must log in)
PBS Learning Media Election Central - http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/election-central-2016/
PBS NewsHour - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/tag/election-2016/
Teaching Tolerance - http://www.tolerance.org/election2016
CSPAN Campaign 2016 - https://www.c-span.org/series/?campaign2016
C-SPAN Road to the White House - http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/Campaign-2016.aspx
Official site of Hillary Clinton - https://www.hillaryclinton.com/
Official site of Donald Trump- https://www.donaldjtrump.com/
Biography in Context landing page for Hillary Clinton (must log in)
Biography in Context landing page for Donald Trump (must log in)
iCivics - https://www.icivics.org/election_resources_2016
Center for Civic Education - http://www.civiced.org/resources/curriculum/voting
Student Resources in Context landing page for Hillary Clinton (must log in)
Student Resources in Context landing page for Donald Trump (must log in)
Debate Resources from C-SPAN
With the first presidential debate over, C-SPAN Classroom now has streaming video of the entire debate, or the option to watch the debate in 10 segments.
Additional campaign related resources can be found in our Campaign 2016 section of the C-SPAN Classroom website:
Debates
- FULL VIDEO: 1st Presidential Debate Hofstra University in Long Island, NY (1:43:26)
- CLIP: Why are you a better choice on jobs? (20:13)
- CLIP: Open Discussion on Jobs in America (15:30)
- CLIP: Open Discussion on tax cuts/increases for the wealthy (4:13)
- CLIP: Open Discussion on Tax Policy and the Economy (13:25)
- CLIP: How will you heal the racial divide in America? (5:00)
- CLIP: Open Discussion on Race Relations in America (17:36)
- CLIP: Who is behind cyberattacks against the U.S.? (5:17)
- CLIP: Open Discussion on Securing America (21:37)
- CLIP: Open Discussion on Acting and Looking Presidential (4:00)
- CLIP: Are you willing to accept the outcome of this election? (1:28)
- LESSON: Presidential Debate Analysis (Current and Historical)
- HANDOUT: Debate Evaluation Guide
- HANDOUT: Debate Discussion Questions
- WORKSHEET: Historical Debate Videos
- VIDEO CLIP: History of Presidential Debates (3:21)
Additional campaign related resources can be found in our Campaign 2016 section of the C-SPAN Classroom website:
Debates