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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1518/civics_teachers.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='2016 US Election is Hard for Civics Teachers' data-article-id='2026'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='4833'>Has the American election campaign been difficult to watch?</span> <span data-start-time='4833' data-end-time='11188'>Imagine if you had to explain it to a class of middle school students.</span> <span data-start-time='11188' data-end-time='24271'>Every four years, teachers in the United States explain how the government works by talking with students about the presidential campaign.</span> <span data-start-time='24271' data-end-time='33292'>But this year, some civics teachers report having difficulty when discussing the campaign.</span> <span data-start-time='33292' data-end-time='44188'>They had to explain concerns about candidates’ behavior and a lack of substance in the political debate.</span> <span data-start-time='44188' data-end-time='52792'>Javaughn Perkins is a teacher at George Washington Middle School in Alexandria, Virginia.</span> <span data-start-time='52792' data-end-time='61542'>He likes to have students watch campaign advertisements to look for their tools of persuasion.</span> <span data-start-time='61542' data-end-time='72521'>Perkins thinks that by the age of 12 or 13 years, students are at a good age to start learning about government.</span> <span data-start-time='72521' data-end-time='80896'>However, the ups and downs of the election campaign has made this year more difficult.</span> <span data-start-time='80896' data-end-time='95313'>There used to be a time when I could literally come in, we'd pop on the Washington Post or CNN or any of the other websites, and I could just go right to the front page and say, 'Let's have a conversation.'</span> <span data-start-time='95313' data-end-time='104250'>Perkins says that this year, newspaper stories are not always a good subject for 8th grade students.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1518/civics_teachers.png'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7588 data-hint-location='24271' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1518/what_does_civics_mean.m4a'>What does civics mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the study of the rights and duties of citizens and of how government works'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1518/the_study_of_people.m4a'><span>the study of people</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1518/the_study_of_the_universe.m4a'><span>the study of the universe</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1518/the_study_of_the_rights_and_duties_of_citizens_and_of_how_government_works.m4a'><span>the study of the rights and duties of citizens and of how government works</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1518/the_study_of_how_things_work.m4a'><span>the study of how things work</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=7589 data-hint-location='24271' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1518/what_are_civics_teachers_having_a_hard_time_explaining_to_students.m4a'>What are civics teachers having a hard time explaining to students?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the presidential campaign '><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1518/the_presidential_campaign_.m4a'><span>the presidential campaign </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1518/sports.m4a'><span>sports</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1518/science.m4a'><span>science</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1518/math.m4a'><span>math</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7590 data-hint-location='52792' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1518/he_likes_to_have_students_watch_campaign__blank__to_look_for_their_tools_of_persuasion.m4a'>He likes to have students watch campaign <span class='blank'>advertisements</span> to look for their tools of 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