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Giving students the tools and space to practice civil discourse is key to creating a respectful classroom environment. Retro Report offers three lesson and activity combos that you can choose from or combine to create your own unique workshop. These resources connect to our skills-based video, “How to (Respectfully) Disagree,” which features high schoolers modeling […]

Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep. 15 – Oct. 15) presents a unique opportunity to introduce students to milestone events and civil rights movements that have shaped Latino culture and politics. The videos below have subtitles and transcripts in Spanish, and are accompanied by free lessons and student activities. They are included in our Retro Report en Español […]

The first days back in the classroom are often filled with icebreakers, introductions and setting expectations. This year, consider adding media literacy activities to the mix. These skills-based videos will equip students with media literacy skills that will serve them well both in and out of the classroom. You can also find them in our […]

Retro Report offers free teacher-vetted resources for AP courses. Our growing library includes hundreds of videos, lessons, activities and interactives that are aligned with six AP curricula: APUSH, AP Psych, AP Gov, APES, AP Human Geography and AP African American Studies. These resources are organized by units as per the College Board website. Find each […]

Whether you are a seasoned Econ teacher or preparing to teach the subject for the first time, Retro Report can help. Here are three economics resources for you to incorporate into this year’s Economics curriculum. Each comes with a short video, a standards-aligned lesson plan and a student activity printout. Our videos connect curriculum content […]

Just as there is a lid for every pot, there is a student activity for every popular Retro Report video. In the first half of 2025, thousands of teachers took advantage of our free student activities for social studies courses.   Our activities are created and vetted by educators. They are available on Google Docs […]

Almost 100 Retro Report teacher advisors collectively reported using more than 70 Retro Report short docs in class during the first half of the year. In social studies classrooms, five videos stood out. They cover a range of topics in 20th-century history, including World War II, the Civil Rights Era, and the Cold War. Educators […]

We speak with teachers across the nation year-round, and not just about the videos and classroom resources they need. They tell us that students’ attention spans are getting shorter and phone addiction is worse. Political polarization and underdeveloped social and emotional skills are derailing classroom discussions.  We delved into studies and data from our teacher […]