Educators,
We have developed this Discussion Guide to support your use of our Congressional Briefing video with your students. It is our hope that these resources provide an opportunity to continue conversations with your students about their outlooks on their education, the role of technology and promoting advocacy for practices that best suit their learning needs and styles.
This accompanying document provides resources and ideas to help supplement this year’s Congressional Briefing on digital learning during the pandemic. Resources and ideas are broken down into three grade bands: 3rd-5th grade, 6th-8th grade and 9th-12th grade. You’re welcome to use as many of the activity ideas and discussion questions as you would like to help support your student’s understanding of the data presented during the briefing and to stimulate new class discussions.
For each grade band you can expect to find:
1. Resources and discussion questions to frame students’ viewing of the congressional briefing
2. Discussion prompts and guiding questions for the briefing with time stamps (Note: you may choose to view the briefing in smaller chunks across a couple of days or view it in its entirety in one session)
3. Post-viewing activities to help students reflect, share, and promote student voice within and beyond their school communities.
Reach out to the Project Tomorrow at speakup@tomorrow.org for support or questions.