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Visualize History with Student-Created Documentaries
December 9, 4-6pm PDT
Online workshop; for grade 6-12 educators (Free)
History documentaries transform research into powerful films that bring the past to life and help make sense of complex topics. To coincide with the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, join us and National History Day and PBS LearningMedia to explore how history documentaries can help your students share their voice, knowledge, skills, and creativity.
In this interactive workshop, we will use National History Day’s 2026 theme of Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History and the Revolutionary Era as a case study to explore ready-to-use curriculum, practice video pre-production strategies, and start a sample mini-documentary you can use as a model with students.
Revolutionary Voices
Student Media-Making and The American Revolution
January 13, 2026
4-6pm PST / 7-9pm EST
Discover how your students can connect the foundational principles of the American Revolution to their lives today by amplifying their knowledge through media-making.
In this interactive workshop for middle and high school teachers, we’ll explore the extensive, curriculum-aligned, multimedia resources from The American Revolution classroom collection on PBS LearningMedia, created with educators and drawing on content from the film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt. Workshop participants will learn how to use the resources in the collection to inspire students to create an audio project for The American Revolution Youth Media Challenge. Participants will learn how to create a podcast in the classroom setting, and they will leave with a pathway to empower and share student voice beyond the classroom.
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Past Events
Catch up on the workshops you missed with these recordings.
Our online workshops are interactive and designed to be attended live. The recordings may not reflect the same level of interactivity and engagement. We encourage you to attend our workshops in community with other educators in real time.
Learn the strategies professional fact-checkers, journalists, and media producers use to find reliable sources. You'll practice source evaluation methods, including Share or Beware! (KQED’s easily modifiable source evaluation game) and leave with ideas, teaching tips and ready-to-use resources.
Recorded on November 4, 2025
Center student civic voice in your classroom through audio storytelling. Dive into inspiring stories of young American changemakers, and get hands-on with audio scripting and production. Leave with resources from PBS LearningMedia, modifiable curriculum, and no-cost access to web-based audio tools.
Recorded on October 7, 2025
Photo essays offer students a powerful way to blend critical thinking, creativity, and communication. Learn how to guide students through crafting compelling visual narratives that amplify their experiences and connect to academic content across all subject areas.
Recorded on September 30, 2025
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About KQED
KQED is a nonprofit, public media station and NPR and PBS member station based in San Francisco that offers award-winning education resources and services free to educators nationwide. KQED Teach is a collection of professional development courses that empower educators to teach media literacy, make media for the classroom and lead media-making projects with students in K-12.