Newsela Election 2020
It’s never too early for civic engagement. Newsela is giving students a chance to have their vote counted on key issues and providing free access to safe, vetted content to help teachers take on the election in their classroom.
Explore the free collectionIt’s never too early for civic engagement. Newsela is giving students a chance to have their vote counted on key issues and providing free access to safe, vetted content to help teachers take on the election in their classroom.
Free access to fresh, accessible, and authentic content and live student-polling to bring the election to life in your classroom.
Up-to-date, trustworthy coverage
Our election lesson content is curated from a variety of vetted sources to build background knowledge on our electoral process, the issues at hand, and candidates, with built-in connections between the past and present.
Student polls
We’re giving our 37 million registered students a voice. Leading up to November, we’re releasing student polls on key issues to provide a future generation of voters with a platform to have their voices heard on the issues that are important to them.
Civic-minded teaching resources
Help students form their own opinions and engage in positive discussions, with embedded essential questions, along with election lesson supports from Teaching Tolerance that model civil civic engagement.
On-demand professional learning
Get tips for addressing complex election-related topics and guiding meaningful classroom discussions with a calendar of webinars and resources.
Ready to teach the election?
Explore the free collectionStudent Polls Now Open
Engage future voters at all grade levels with student polling to gauge their opinion on the most-discussed election issues. Check back for national poll results and new polls launched monthly through the school year.
Explore our latest Election content
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Authentic content from the most trusted names.
With perspectives that reach across the aisle.
Additional Election Resources
Webinar
Newsela Election 2020 Primer
Using Newsela’s Election Primer unit to help students understand the 2020 election.
Register for the webinarElection Toolkit
Your guide to to using Newsela’s Election 2020 collection
Bring your students the content they need to engage in the democratic process.
Download the toolkitOverview Video
1-min Election 2020 collection overview
Get a preview of the Election collection to see how you can fit it into election lessons.
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