FRONTLINE Conversations: Engaging Students with Today’s Issues

Watch this engaging professional development webinar designed for 9th- to 12th-grade U.S. History, World History, Civics, Global Affairs, and Current Issues teachers. In this session, you’ll explore how to effectively integrate FRONTLINE resources into your classroom, enabling students to investigate and discuss critical and timely topics such as poverty in America, voting rights, and emerging global challenges regarding China and Russia. We will introduce the new FRONTLINE “roadmap,” a valuable tool to help you identify where these resources can be seamlessly incorporated into your lessons. You’ll also learn about the wide variety of free, high-quality FRONTLINE resources available on PBS LearningMedia and see practical demonstrations of how to use them to foster meaningful classroom discussions. You’ll gain actionable insights for discussing current events and complex new topics, supporting your students in developing critical thinking skills, and becoming informed, engaged citizens. Watch to enrich your teaching and empower your students to connect with history and current issues in a more dynamic and relevant way. Chapters: 0:01 Welcome and FRONTLINE Curriculum Roadmap Introduction 4:51 Poverty in America 11:32 Emerging Global Issues: Russia and China 23:05 Voting Rights in America 44:51 Closing Remarks GBH Education is dedicated to fostering a brighter future for all children and their communities. Our mission involves in-depth collaboration with communities to research, develop, and distribute high-quality, media-integrated educational content. We create media resources and programs for both the formal classroom and informal learning spaces. As a key contributor to PBS LearningMedia, a digital learning service offering free, standards-aligned videos, interactives, and lesson plans across subjects for K-12 teachers and students, we are committed to advancing equitable learning and development. Subscribe to the GBH Education YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/c/GBHEducation?su... Visit PBS LearningMedia: http://www.pbslearningmedia.org Learn More About GBH Education: http://www.wgbh.org/foundation/gbh-ed... Subscribe to GBH Education’s mailing list: https://assets.gbheducation.org/forms... Follow GBH Education on Facebook:   / gbheducation   Follow GBH Education on Instagram:   / gbheducation   Follow GBH Education on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@gbheducation Follow GBH Education on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/gbheducation...