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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La Salud: Un Derecho Humano
Students consider health as a human right by analyzing an article about access to health care in a Spanish-Speaking country, review how to write a formal letter, and then write a formal letter to a...
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Living With Lead Exposure
Reporting on lead exposure inspires students to investigate levels of lead pollution in their own community and public awareness of the longterm exposure risks.
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Plastics, Bioplastics, and Health
Students explore plastics' health impacts, discuss gaps in research, and assess the limitations of alternatives. They brainstorm and present community solutions to reduce plastic pollution locally.
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Students learn about cervical cancer in India as a problem and a system with many causal factors, including those associated with specific cultural and geographic contexts.
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Students are invited to make their voices heard this election season by writing a letter to a decisionmaker that explains the global issue they want to see prioritized. Deadline: November 14, 2025.
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The Complexities of Global Health Care Access
Students explore examples of limited healthcare access in rural America and Nigeria and then consider how a lack of access impacts individuals, families, communities, and countries.
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Ode to Healthy Futures
Make connections to the science that shapes our lives and share your vision for a healthy future through poetry.
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Students examine the impact individuals, governments and corporations have on what might be our most precious natural resource: drinking water.
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Examining Global Health Stories
This resource is designed to support students in exploring global public health stories, understanding the interconnected nature of health worldwide, and championing global health equity.
