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Welcome back! We hope you fully recharged during the summer break. To kick off the school year, we’re sharing a few enhancements to our resources, a new Both Sides pairing on billionaires and charity, a look at life behind the Berlin Wall, and a first look at the topics for our 2026–27 student contests. |
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Here are a few updates designed to make SITC resources even more useful in your classroom. |
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An increasing number of Both Sides pairings now include MiniGuides that build on our teacher-favorite discussion questions with vocabulary, classroom activities, and additional resources. |
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New Standards Alignment Tool |
Save time with our new, easy-to-use Standards Alignment Tool. Quickly find videos in our Video Library that align with standards for your state and grade. You can even generate a printable standards sheet for any videos you select. |
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More Insight on Our Videos |
Many Video Library entries now include grade levels, subjects, learning objectives, key concepts, discussion questions, and more right on the video page in the Lesson Insights section (below Related Videos), helping you quickly see how each video fits your classroom and curriculum. |
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Together, these enhancements make it easier to match resources to your needs, see what’s included, and keep students engaged and learning. |
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Should billionaires be judged by how much they give away or by the value they create through business and investment? This new Both Sides of the Issue asks students to compare those competing views, weigh the evidence, and decide which they find more persuasive. |
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Concepts: philanthropy, wealth creation, incentives, trade-offs |
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izzit.org's Life Behind the Berlin Wall takes students back to a Germany divided after World War II to examine how a planned economy in the East and a market economy in the West shaped daily life, opportunity, and freedom. It traces how those differences fueled growing dissatisfaction in the East, leading to emigration, peaceful protests, the fall of the Wall, and reunification. |
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Concepts: market economy, planned economy, standard of living
Resources: Teacher’s Guide, Quiz, Kahoot!
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Three Contests. Four Topics. $30,000+ in Cash Prizes. |
Our 2026–27 Essay Contest, Video Contest, and AI Challenge return with our largest cash prize total ever! |
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Watch for the Sept. 9 announcement (prompts, deadlines, prize details, and entry information).
In the meantime, check out last year’s winning entries and see what students created.
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