Educators attending an event hosted by Retro Report and Frontline last week learned how to use short documentary videos and accompanying resources to teach students about critical issues. The event, at Retro Report’s Midtown Manhattan newsroom, started off with a Q&A session with Muklian Muthukumar and Sonja Aibel from YVote and Brianna Cea from Generation […]
Caroline Watkins
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Retro Report and N.Y.C. D.O.E.’s Social Studies Team Host a Professional Development Event
Teachers attending a daylong workshop this month hosted by Retro Report and the New York City Department of Education’s Social Studies team came away with new ways to engage students. The workshop introduced classroom resources for Hidden Voices, a curriculum collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York that spotlights stories from underrepresented […]
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Cutting Through a Fog of Misinformation Online
In the days since the war between Israel and Hamas erupted, false information and misleading videos have flooded social media platforms, making it difficult for readers to sort fact from fiction. Footage said to depict a Hamas militant paragliding into Israel was in fact taken in June, during an incident in South Korea. A graphic video posted […]
