“Puppet Regime” Could Be A Model For Student-Created Videos About Current Events

I hadn’t heard of Puppet Regime until I read about it in this recent NY Times article, Who’s Pulling the Strings on the World Stage? Ask the Puppets.

They’re short, satirical videos about current events.

It seems to me that it could be fun and educational to show some of them as models and ask students to create their own about current events – or even historical ones.

I’m adding this info to The Best Resources & Ideas For Teaching About Current Events.

Here’s an example of one: