AFT RESOURCES CONCERNING THE OBAMA ELECTION
The AFT has launched a Web site for educators
that provides information, materials and lesson plans to help students
absorb the many teachable moments of the history-making Obama campaign.
The Web site includes broad lesson plans that
can be adapted for all students by using grade-appropriate resource
materials such as biographies of civil rights leaders and a timeline
of key events in America's continuing effort to provide equal opportunity
for all. In addition to providing information about historical
events, the site helps explain the present-day dynamics that led
to the Nov. 4 results. The site will be updated through Jan 20
Inauguration Day and beyond. Teachers can also sign-up to receive
e-mail updates whenever new content is added to the site.
For more materials for members visit: www.aft.org/tools4teachers
For more tools for AFT leaders visit: http://leadernet.aft.org