Browse and adapt hundreds of standards-aligned lesson plans for K–12 classrooms. Lessons encourage students to make local connections to global news stories, while strengthening skills such as critical thinking, media literacy, and communication. Click here to send feedback to our team.
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Altobello: Getting the Word Out About Food Waste
Students analyze reporting about food waste in DC and South Korea. They then create their own media plans on reporting food waste issues in their communities.
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Fragile States and Our Communities: Part 4
Students will take action to apply their learning on fragile states and their communities to improve conditions.
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Fragile States and Our Communities: Part 3
Students use technology to communicate and publish their ideas and reactions of fragile states effectively.
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Fragile States and Our Communities: Part 2
In this lesson, students determine main ideas in new information on fragile states and identify their own and others' points of view.
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Fragile States and Our Communities: Part 1
In this lesson, students will investigate their daily cost of living and develop and understanding of the safety structures in their environments.
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News Bite 3: Too Young to Die
In this lesson, we'll take a look at a short film trailer and a photograph by Carlos Javier Ortiz around the issue of gun violence in Chicago, exploring its often-untold consequences.
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The Journey North: Exploring reasons behind migration to the U.S. from Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala
Using evidence from multiple sources, students will address the question “How do you think the United States should respond to migrants fleeing systemic violence and poverty in their home countries?”
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News Bite 2: Climate Change on the Tibetan Plateau
Will the people of the Tibetan Plateau be represented at COP21? If so, by whom?
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News Bite 1: Syria's Future
In this lesson, students will read and respond to a photograph and article excerpt by Lauren Gelfond Feldinger, published in the BBC Magazine, about Syrian refugee children in Jordan.