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PBS News Hour Classroom March 14, 2019

5 things to know about Trump’s national emergency

Directions: If time allows, read the short summaries, watch the videos and answer the discussion questions below.

Re-Imagining Migration March 11, 2019

Cultural Identity and Names in the Classroom

It was the second day of my last semester at college, and I was in a class that I had been looking forward to all year. But my eagerness didn’t soothe my anxiety when the professor announced that he would do a roll call followed by introductions. During my time in Amherst, MA, I became accustomed to professors’ blank stares and discomfort prior to saying my name. The anxiety surrounding this, what should have been a simple interaction, became evident from both ends.

PBS News Hour Classroom March 08, 2019

How the Art Institute of Chicago preserves thousands of photographs

Essential question: What purpose does art restoration serve in preserving history?

Amber Chandler March 06, 2019

Fighting Fake News

Each week it is my pleasure to teach a course at Canisius College called “Adolescent Literacy in a New Literacy World.” It is for undergraduate Education majors, and our goal is to decipher what “l