Teaching about the Capitol Insurrection One Year Later (Brief Note about Helpful Resources)

How should educators teach about the first anniversary of the Capitol Insurrection? This mini-episode describes free online resources to help teachers who want their students to understand the important events of January 6th, 2021, and their significance.  Below are links to these resources.


Teaching Resources

Facing History & Ourselves - Resources for Teaching the Insurrection

Generation Citizen - Resources for Teaching the Insurrection

More Relevant Resources from Facing History & Ourselves

National Council for the Social Studies - January 6th Teaching Resources

Kamala Harris's Speech on January 6, 2022 (9 minutes)

Joe Biden's Speech on January 6, 2022 (25 minutes)


House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack

Washington Post - What the Committee Has Done

CNN - Committee Talks to Trump Staffers

U.S. House Select Committee - Latest News


Prior ESD Episodes on the Capitol Insurrection

Teaching about the Capitol Riot - Context, Impacts, & Moving Forward, with James Hartwick (University of Wisconsin - Whitewater)

Teaching the Capitol Riot in a Politically Diverse Classroom, with Lauren Collet-Gildard (Arlington High School, NY)


More Educators' Perspectives

Newsweek - Teachers Uncertain How to Approach Issue

WUNC - North Carolina Teachers' Approaches