Social Studies Education Resources

Designed to engage students in classroom deliberations about current issues being debated in the United States. Teachers will find handouts, current events, lesson plans, and deliberation strategies that make it easy to engage students in the issues.

Mission: "To promote civility, critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting the pro and con arguments to debatable issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, freely accessible way.”

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Produced by Stossel in the Classroom, the online video series helps educators present balanced lessons on today’s topics. Each online package presents opposing arguments with discussion questions, providing different viewpoints and encouraging open discussion and critical thinking. 80+ video pairings available and more added every month.

Displays the day’s top news stories from the Left, Center, and Right of the political spectrum — side-by-side. The stated goal is to expose people to information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so they can better understand the world — and each other. Includes media bias ratings.