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Resources for Teaching Political Communication, Deliberation, Civic Engagement, Digital Citizenship, Media Literacy, & Ai Literacy

+ GOTV Initiatives 
& Post-Election Discussion Guides

Some resources used in teaching COM378 (SUNY Albany), COMM370 (SUNY Potsdam), &/or COM235 (SUNY Cortland)

Last expanded on 19 February 2026.

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These resources are offered as informational and referential suggestions only. Individual instructors are responsible for ensuring that any material directly used in class , especially in digital content, is ADA/Title II compliant.

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Political Communication

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American

Presidency

Project

Handshake

CFR 

Education​

​

Voters

Fair

Vote

Library Cards

LOC

Presidential

Speeches

Vote

Pat Brown Institute for

Public Affairs

Image by Clay Banks

Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics & Public Policy

Image by Unseen Histories

American

Rhetoric

Image by Brett Wharton

Civics  

Renewal

Network​

Image by FlyD

I

Side

With

Image by History in HD

The

Living Room Candidate

Image by Brad

PBS

Learning

Media

Journalist with microphone working on city street

Storymaker

Election

Toolkit

Image by Dan Mall

The Annenberg Public Policy

Center

Image by Geron Dison

Commission on Presidential Debates

Image by Dan Dennis

iCivics

Education

USA Flag

The

Miller

Center

Image by Marek Studzinski

Political

Campaign

Memorabilia

Voting in Election

Students Learn

Students

Vote

Woman Lecturer

Archives of Women's Political Communication

Sign Love to Learn

Common

Sense

Education

Image by Katrina Berban

Institute for

Policy and

Social Research

Image by Jacob Morch

National Archives Presidential Records

Image by Nicolas HIPPERT

Political

Communication

Lab​​

Image by John Schnobrich

United States Elections

Web Archive

Law

Brennan

Center for

Justice

Image by Abdullah Guc

C-SPAN

Classroom

Late Night Snack

Julie P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive

Judge's Gavel on Books

National Constitution

Center

Image by Library of Congress

Presidential

Rhetoric

Image by Jahnvi Solanki

U.S. Capitol Historical

Society

Image by Yolanda Suen

The

Cagle

Post

Image by Walls.io

Democracy

in

Action

Professor

KQED

Teach

Digital social media

NYU's Center for Social Media

and Politics

Image by David Clode

Retro

Report

Image by Kelly Sikkema

US Elections Campaign

Archive

Civics + Deliberation

Image by Mika Baumeister

Better

Arguments

Project

Image by aboodi vesakaran

Civics

Renewal

Network

Image by Walls.io

Democracy

in

Action

Washington Monument

Kettering

Foundation

Vote

Pat Brown Institute for

Public Affairs

Image by Nico Smit

Teaching for

Democracy

Alliance

Image by Tingey Injury Law Firm

Center for

Civic

Education

Creative Working

Collaborative Discussion

Project

Hands joined together

Edward M.

Kennedy

Institute

Professor

KQED

Teach

Image by Brad

PBS

Learning

Media

Image by Product School

TED

Democracy

Image by Helen Van

Center for

Social Impact

Strategy

Sign Love to Learn

Common

Sense

Education

Image by Igor Omilaev

Engaging

Differences

Image by Dima Pechurin

National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation

Image by David Clode

Retro

Report

Image by The Jopwell Collection

The

Opportunity

Agenda

Sculpture Circle

CIRLCE

​

​

Image by Daniel Lonn

Constructive

Dialogue

Institute

Statue with Bitcoin Glasses

Facing History

&

Ourselves

Image by Anthony Garand

National Constitution

Center

Image by Dulcey Lima

SRVCE

Colorful Wooden Bird Toy

Civic

Imagination

Project

Image by Hansjörg Keller

Deliberative Democracy Consortium

Image by eskay lim

Fostering

Civil

Discourse

Image by Brandon Mowinkel

National Institute for

Civil Discourse

Image by White Field Photo

Stand

Together

​

Massive street demonstration

Civics

for

All of Us

Scientists and Engineers

Deliberative Democracy

Lab

Image by Dan Dennis

iCivics

Education

Image by Bermix Studio

National

Issues

Forums

Image by Phil Hearing

Starts

With

Us

Blue Wall

Harvard Business Publishing Education

22 February 2023

How to Encourage Respectful Discord in

Your Classroom

Red Paint

Harvard Business Publishing Education

8 August 2024

Bring Those [Politically Charged] Conversations into the Classroom

Purple Curtain

Harvard Business Publishing Education

23 May 2024

Embrace, Don't Avoid,

Morally Controversial Topics in Class

Dark Concrete Wall

Harvard Business Publishing Education

22 August 2024

Why and How

to Embrace Vulnerability

in Your Classroom

Media Literacy

Chart

Ad

Fontes

Media

Image by aboodi vesakaran

Civics

Renewal

Network​

Kneeling Astronaut

DebunkBot:

Conspiratorial

Conversations

Image by Hartono Creative Studio

FactCheck

Professor

KQED

Teach

Brain Illustration

Mind

Over

Media

Digital social media

NYU's Center for Social Media

and Politics

Blue iphone cover with white pixelated glasses

Project

LookSharp

Image by Dulcey Lima

SRVCE

​

Dollar Bills

USA

Facts

White Infinity Cube

All

Sides

​

Checklist

Checkology​

​

​

Demonstration

Democracy

and the

News​​

Pile of Newspapers

First

Draft​

News​​

Letter M

The

Marshall

Project

Image by 愚木混株 cdd20

Misinformation

Dashboard

Graphic Chart

OER Project

Data

Literacy

Image by Mr Cup / Fabien Barral

Pulitzer

Center

Image by Markus Winkler

Stony Brook

University Center for News Literacy

Image by Matt Nelson

Walden U. Oasis

Fact Check & Fake News Guides

Image by Eyestetix Studio

Center for Countering

Digital Hate

Pointing at Screen

Civic

Digital

Literacy

Image by Markus Spiske

Detect

Fakes

Image by Lily Miller

Freedom

Forum​​

​

Second screen showcasing

Mediactive​

​

​

Working Cafe

NAMLE​

​

​

TV Host

PBS

Newshour

Classroom

Woman with Camera

Reading

the

Pictures​

Journalist with microphone working on city street

Storymaker

Election

Toolkit

Image by Egor Vikhrev

Walk

a Mile in

my News

Image by Prasad Panchakshari

Center

for Media

Engagement​

Sign Love to Learn

Common

Sense

Education

Image by Elena Mozhvilo

Digital

Citizenship

Initiative

Newspapers

Ground

News

​

Image by Jason W

Media Bias/​

Fact

Check​

News studio

News

Literacy

Project​

Image by Clay Banks

PolitiFact​

​

​

Image by David Clode

Retro

Report

Image by Nico Smit

Teaching for

Democracy

Alliance

Beauty Vlogger

Center

for

Media Literacy​

Image by ROBIN WORRALL

Community Project Media

Literacy

Image by Rusty Watson

Everything

Policy

European Union Flag

Information

Matters

​

Funky Graffiti

Media

Literacy

Now

Image by Matt Popovich

NewseumED​

​

​

Image by Markus Spiske

Project

Censored

Combination Lock

Rumor

Guard

​

Quadcopter

Tech

Policy

Press

Handshake

CFR 

Education​

​

Image by Abdullah Guc

C-SPAN

Classroom

Statue with Bitcoin Glasses

Facing History

&

Ourselves

Magazine Cover

Journal of

Media Literacy

Education​

Image by Krzysztof Hepner

Media

Wise

laptop

NewsGuard

​

​

Image by Bogomil Mihaylov

Project

Community

Radio Telescopes

Spaceship

Media​

​

Image by Alex Shute

Truth,

Trust, &

Democracy

AI Literacy

Black Book Icons

AI

Pedagogy

Project

Concrete Architecture

EDUCAUSE

Image by Sunguk Kim

#HalfTheStory

Project​

Image by Colin Rowley

UNC

AI Literacy Resources

Image by Xiangkun ZHU

Center for

Digital

Thriving

Image by Ryunosuke Kikuno

Edutopia

​

​

Image by Growtika

Harvard

Business

Impact

​

Sign Love to Learn

Common

Sense

Education

Image by Neeqolah Creative Works

EqualAI

​

​

Image by Zack Spear

Oregon State​ University

AI Tools​

Image by Bogdan Dada

CRAFT

Image by Simone Secci

FIU

Artificial Intelligence Now​​

Image by Bernd 📷 Dittrich

RAISE

Image by Igor Omilaev

Digital

Citizenship

Initiative

Kayakers on calm lake

FLX

Ai

Hub

Image by Ian Mackey

Stanford

Teaching

Commons

White Cubes

Digital

Promise

Image by Luke Richardson

Getting

Smart

​

Image by Matt Ragland

Thomas

College

Get Out The Vote

ALL IN Campus
Democracy Challenge

Ask Every
Student

Campus Vote
Project

Civic
Influencers

Common
Cause

Election
Protection

Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights

Headcount
.Org

I Will
Vote

League of
Women Voters

Let America
Vote

Motivote
US

National
Voter Corps

National Voter
Education Week

National Voter Registration Day

Nerds
Vote

NextGen
America

Rock
the Vote

Student
Vote

Students Learn
Students Vote Coalition

Vote
411

Vote Early
Day

Vote
Forward

Voter Friendly
Campus

Vote
.Org

Voting Rights
Lab

When We
All Vote

Young
Invincibles

Post Election

APSA

The Presidential Election “Postmortem”: Preparing Students for Election Outcomes

Barnard College

Election and Post-Election Conversations

in the Classroom

Boston College

Teaching

After

an Election

Facing History & Ourselves

Processing

US President

Election Results

Harvard Business Publishing Ed.

How to Encourage

Respectful Discord

in Your Classroom

Teaching American History

Resources

for Teaching

Contested Elections

University of Michigan

Structuring

Classroom Discussions

About Elections​

University of Pittsburgh

Planning

for

Election Discussions

University of Utah

Post-Election

Classroom

Conversations

Washington State University

Tips for Preparing and Addressing Election-Related Issues with Students in Class

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