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Explore how the First Amendment inspired "communication through history" with hundreds of digital resources.

Read about NewseumED's plans after the museum closes, virtual classes, a journalism conference for high school seniors and national Bill of Rights Day.

In this First Five column from the Freedom Forum Institute, NewseumED encourages people to celebrate Bill of Rights Day on Dec. 15 by breaking the cycle of ignorance and misinformation that threatens our fundamental freedoms.

Discover our new website with resources to recognize and deflect propaganda, what conferences we'll be presenting and exhibiting at, how to book a virtual class, and ideas for National History Day projects.

Learn about our work continuing in 2020, free virtual classes, Media Literacy Week resources and more!

The joke is on you, because that’s how the First Amendment works.

Check out our digital resources to help with your back-to-school curriculum planning, learn about our free virtual classes and our upcoming public education campaign to make you propaganda-proof, and more!

This month get our take on how to best address conspiracy theories in the classroom, plans for our open house celebration, a call for Student Advisory Team members and more!

Join us for our 10th and final fall Teacher Open House at our Pennsylvania Avenue location on Saturday, Oct. 5. Use this opportunity to visit the museum before it closes on Dec. 31. (Advance registration is now closed. Register on-site that day.)

This month get our take on what can be done to counter the public's mistrust of the news media, Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary resources, a new exhibit on Jon Stewart, and more!

Newseum Education offers rich online and on-site content for student projects related to the NHD 2020 theme of "Breaking Barriers in History."

This month get our take on the increasing number of disinformation campaigns surrounding the 2020 presidential election, information on upcoming conferences and our latest virtual media literacy class, and more!

"NewseumED is an important tool for the youth of today as they are constantly inundated with virtually-mediated messages and information," according to the review by School Library Connection, a resource center for school librarians and media specialists.

This month get our take on the ethical issues surrounding news coverage of the mosque shootings in New Zealand; classroom activities on timely topics; information on upcoming conference presentations and library programs; and much more!

This month get our take on a prescription for fighting vaccine misinformation, upcoming conference and library presentations, Women's History Month resources, First Amendment issues in the news and more!

The following article on an appearance by Barbara McCormack, vice president of education at the Newseum, originally appeared on the WLUK Fox 11 News website.

This month get our take on what's missing in the Covington discussion, resources for Women's History Month and the 50th anniversary of the Tinker students' rights case, info on our new community media lit program, and much more!

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Congress passing a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote. Use our free online resources to explore the history and struggles of the suffrage movement.

Check out our resources to mark the 1969 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of Mary Beth Tinker and two other Iowa students who had been punished for protesting the war in Vietnam.

Explore videos and artifacts from the Newseum's exhibit "1776 - Breaking News: Independence."

This month get information on Black History Month resources that look at how First Amendment freedoms were used in the struggle for racial equality, Girl Scout Day on March 2, free travel workshops, all-expenses paid conference for journalism students, and more!

Hundreds of free online historical newspapers, videos and lesson plans draw connections to civil rights battles then and now.

The Newseum invites Girl Scouts to enjoy a special day of events on March 2 created just for them.

Free Speech Essentials explores past and contemporary challenges surrounding free speech and the First Amendment.

Get info on our newest suite of resources dealing with free speech, free professional development opportunities at your workplace or the Newseum, media literacy surveys and more!

Thanks to a generous grant from Wells Fargo, NewseumED is pleased to offer "Real Media Literacy for a Fake News World” to D.C.-metro area teachers.

NewseumED is offering free professional development workshops at your school or in your district. Get the First Amendment background and media literacy techniques to help students understand where and how they can exercise freedom of expression in a world of social media and social protests.

You can find us presenting and at booth 1207 at the 98th annual NCSS conference in Chicago.

Newseum Education has raided the reporter’s toolbox to create a collection of strategies that help students avoid hoaxes and misinformation.

This initiative empowers voters to make informed choices.

Get info on our newest EDCollections on media literacy and free speech essentials, our speaking trips abroad, a free professional development workshop in D.C., and more!

Check out our door prize winners and photographs from our EDtravaganza on Oct. 6.

We’re leveling up! All of the things you may have used in the past — lesson plans, artifacts, timelines, booking tools and more — are still here, but dressed in a sleek new look with improved functionality.

Support from the Charles Koch Foundation will enable NewseumED to offer standards-aligned, First Amendment resources for educators, as well as 20 professional development workshops around the nation.

Check out what's new at this year's Teacher Open House, encourage your students to join our advisory team, take a free media lit workshop, and more!

Executives from Twitter, Facebook and Google testified before Congress. Again.

Get info on our Teacher Open House on Oct. 6, the new content and look coming soon to our website, openings on our Student Advisory Team, and more.

The American Association of School Librarians recognized NewseumED for providing "enhanced learning and curriculum development for school librarians and their teacher collaborators."

In an online story describing useful study tools for higher education students, NewseumED is praised for its searchable historical artifacts.

A guest post entitled "15 EdTech Resources to Use in the Classroom" ranks NewseumED as #10.

Get info on a $250,000 grant from the Hearst Foundation to further media literacy education, updated election resources, free admission for children during summer, ISTE 2018, NCSS workshop and more.

The $250,000 grant will help support and expand on-site and digital media literacy classes and professional development workshops for students and educators.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided to “punt” earlier this week on one of its most controversial cases of the year, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission — leaving existing laws and loopholes for religious freedom in place.

Get info on our newest online exhibit, "Photographic Lies in Stalin's Russia," our Teacher Appreciation Sweepstakes, a religious studies summer institute and more!

The digital magazine describes a study showing the potential of media literacy programs to improve critical thinking.

The National School Supply & Furniture blog recommends NewseumED as one of the top 10 technology resources for teachers.

Get info on NewsLitCamp, a free media literacy webcast, archived front pages from the National School Walkout and March for Our Lives, a survey on teaching about the First Amendment and free expression, and a summer institute update.

Explore our collection of newspapers, photographs and lesson plans relating to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the fight for social justice, and his death in 1968.

The responses to student walkouts reveal that even when students learn about the First Amendment, many school administrators don’t particularly want their students exercising their freedom of speech.

An article in "Education News" mentions a NewseumED activity to encourage discussion between parents and their children about the First Amendment.

An entry on MediaShift from an Iowa teacher who attended SXSWEdu lists NewseumED first in a range of valuable online media literacy resources.

A mother who home-schools her children mentions NewseumED.org in her blog, Momma in Progress.

Check out our newsletter devoted entirely to resources and programs to help teachers and students discuss planned walkouts and increased student activism following the Parkland shooting.

NewseumED is recommended as a valuable digital resource that can be used for complete lesson plans.

An article explains how false information has gained prevalence in society and suggests using NewseumED's media literacy platforms to identify and fight fake news.

Here are resources to examine current activism in the context of First Amendment freedoms and their role in a democracy.

The National Association for Media Literacy Education interviewed Barbara McCormack, vice president of Newseum education, for its January 2018 bulletin.

Check out our Black History Month resources, a new ethics case study on whether to publish a photo of an execution, info on Girl Scout Day on March 3, and more.

We'll be busy exhibiting and/or presenting on fake news and our media literacy resources at a number of conferences from coast-to-coast.

While media literacy teaches students how to analyze, evaluate and even make their own content, it often fails to instill an understanding of why these skills are so important and necessary in the first place.

The social studies education association recognizes the website that helps students understand the historical underpinnings of today’s issues, sharpen their analytical skills, and make informed decisions in a diverse and demanding world.

The partnership will allow the Newseum to reach an even wider audience with its resources on fighting fake news and misinformation.

Use this classroom-ready lesson to examine free-expression issues surrounding a controversial speaker invited to appear at UC Berkeley. We provide questions to help guide your students on if and when offensive speech should be banned, and what are the competing groups and interests.

Say "hi" to NewseumED staff at a variety of conferences this summer, where we'll be sharing our free resources on media literacy and the First Amendment.

One takeaway from NewseumED's visit to the California high school was clear: Students are more curious and less clueless about fake news than many give them credit for being.

The class is part of the Newseum's response to increasing demand for media literacy education.

A summer institute alum got unexpected — and welcomed — outcomes when she created a real-life case study on shoplifting to hone her students' reading and writing skills. In this guest blog post, Shelley Sheets provides a DIY design to help you make case studies to fit your curriculum needs.

Join NewseumED for "Truth, Lies and Consequences: Real Media Literacy for a Fake News World." This FREE three-day collaborative institute July 12-14 is for educators seeking new ways to elevate their students’ media savvy and empower their free expression. Applications are due May 7.

Examine 20th century history by looking at events through the lens of the First Amendment.

Get to know the man hailed as a defender of a free press and who may have inspired Abraham Lincoln’s anti-slavery beliefs.

The lesser known, but essential civil rights leader, helped form the Congress of Racial Equality and used nonviolent strategies to fight segregation.

Learn how Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists used the First Amendment to achieve their goals.

Learn techniques for teaching controversial topics, including immigration and the refugee crisis, in this half-day workshop sponsored by Annenberg Learner.

NewseumED offers 14 teacher resources for constructive classroom conversations after the anger, angst and roaring rhetoric of this historic presidential race.

This lesson plan lets students examine news decisions in the coverage of the historic vote in June 2016 and plot how they would have covered it for a fictional newspaper.

Attend a panel discussion about the role the media has played in the mud-slinging of this election and the implications for future races.

Students may be surprised to learn that some popular books have been the target of banning efforts. Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" and J.K. Rowlings's Harry Potter series are but two of hundreds of books that some school boards, community members, or parents have tried to keep children from reading.

From Texas to Florida to Maine, NewseumED staffers are traveling between now and the end of the year to present or exhibit at conferences nationwide.

Free educational resource explores the election cycle and helps students make sense of campaign chaos.

The "Election 2016: Stumped!?" EDCollection provides an easy-access path through case studies and primary sources to engage students in this presidential race.

The Education Commission of the States Corporate Award recognizes "a for-profit corporation, nonprofit organization or foundation that has demonstrated a sustained commitment to improving public education in the United States."

Hillary Clinton joins two other women in America's history as presidential nominees: Victoria Woodhull and Belva Ann Lockwood.

To help you implement our resources in the classroom, we’re offering free workshops to educators. We’ll even travel to your school district!

Freedom in the Balance uses a case study approach to tackle crucial debates in our country's past and present, among them: Is hate speech protected? Are all religions treated equally? What is aiding the enemy?

NewseumED staff will be crisscrossing the country in the coming months to present and exhibit at conferences. Stop by and see us if you are attending any of these events.

NewseumED and JEA invite you to attend a free screening of "Frame by Frame," which follows four Afghan photojournalists in post-Taliban Afghanistan. The program celebrates Scholastic Journalism Week.

Focus Features and NewseumED cordially invite you to attend a free teacher professional development screening of "Race," the biopic about Jesse Owens.

It wasn't easy narrowing our choices, but we count down some of the hidden gems among the hundreds of items in our collection.

EDCollection timelines include dozens of original reporting on major events in the U.S. civil rights and women's suffrage movements. Sign up to view the full collection.

Creativity and collaborative learning prevailed at our two summer institutes, sponsored by Annenberg Learner, as teachers explored blending learning and media literacy.

Andy Cunningham, a middle school teacher in State College, Pa., shares his lesson plan on using newspapers to learn about the world and community.

The Newseum believes that improving civic education has the power to improve our schools, communities and our democracy. The Baltimore unrest can be an entry point in your conversation with students.

“Women, Their Rights and Nothing Less: The First Amendment and the Women’s Suffrage Movement” has been endorsed by the National Council for the Social Studies, an association dedicated to supporting social studies education.

To help students understand what happened and why on that fateful day, the new curriculum will be designed in the same way as Newseum lessons on the five freedoms of the First Amendment – by immersing students in interactive exhibits and classroom lessons on media ethics, “choosing” the news and what constitutes student speech.

The Newseum is honored to announce a gift of $110,000 from the For Action Initiative (FAI) and the Families of September 11 Organization. The donation will fund a new "Teaching 9/11" learning module on the Newseum’s innovative website for teachers and students.

The First Amendment protects five freedoms of expression--we have resources to help foster these freedoms for all. On this page we've compiled a list of resources for students, educators, parents and life-long learners.

Last year, before his arrest for covering the coup in Myanmar, journalist Han Thar Nyien sent a message: “If I get arrested, please tell the world.” Currently, Ukrainians have taken to social media to share powerful images to keep the world informed of the reality of the invasion there. What can we do with the critical information that journalists and citizen reporters send out of conflict zones?