Curriculum Guides

Within the marketplace of ideas, students’ voices emerged asking for gun reform after 17 students and faculty were killed in Parkland, Fla. They joined the many parents and survivors shouting, “Enough! No more.” This guide provides data, the stories of individuals who were killed or injured by guns, commentary and points of view about gun reform. Student activities include creating info graphics, researching school weapons policies and use of First Amendment guarantees to address the Second Amendment.

Vietnam, Daniel Ellsberg, The Pentagon Papers, and a Supreme Court decision. When 1971 began, Washington Post owner and publisher Katharine Graham was a widow and mother of four who was finding her way in the world of men. It was her decision to publish the Pentagon Papers after the Nixon administration had filed an injunction to stop The New York Times from continuing publication. In Steve Spielberg’s The Post she and the newspaper gain their voice and the First Amendment is affirmed. This guide provides resources to introduce and discuss the era and the movie.

Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters were all too present in 2017, making it one of the top five years for loss of life and destruction of personal and business properties and land. The Capital Weather Gang informs readers, helping them to understand daily and severe weather. Maps, interviews, data; news, editorial cartoons and columns, and features bring the issues and events surrounding severe weather to life.

Freedom of the press requires journalists to be ethical, accurate and fair in their coverage. Freedom of the press demands readers expect reporters to respect their subjects, sources and readers, following a story to inform honestly. Guidelines for identifying true from fake news, student activities and Post articles, guest commentary and editorial cartoons provide resources for educators.