LowdownLowdown

KQED’s The Lowdown lesson plans provide suggestions for nonfiction analysis, writing/discussion prompts and multimedia projects to creatively integrate current events into core curriculum to encourage student civic engagement.

Why So Many Central Americans Are Seeking Asylum in the U.S.

Aug 31, 2018

Real-Time Interactive Earthquake Map: Get to Know Your Local Faults

May 15, 2018

It's Really Happening! This Is What KQED's Youth Takeover Looks Like

Apr 25, 2018

When Rivers Caught Fire: A Brief History of Earth Day (with Lesson Plan)

Apr 20, 2018

A Look Inside the Youth Vaping Craze

Apr 18, 2018

It's Almost Tax Day. This Is How the Government Spends Your Hard-Earned Cash

Apr 12, 2018

Is the Endangered Species Act at Risk of Extinction?

Apr 4, 2018

March Madness and the Money: Should College Athletes Get Paid?

Mar 29, 2018

How to Stop a Nuclear War: The Non-Proliferation Treaty, Explained

Mar 21, 2018

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