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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Population Bomb: Is Population Control the Answer?
This lesson uses reporting by Sarah Weiser and others to examine how population pressures have been dealt with in various regions.
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Students will explore the potential impact of Pope Francis's call for ecological preservation and contrast trends in China that are prompting Buddhists there to be better environmental stewards.
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The Geography of Poverty
Objective: Use viewing skills and strategies to interpret visual media.
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Clean Water: A Global Challenge
In this lesson, students explore the causes and consequences of the fragile water and sanitation infrastructure in Nepal.
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Improving Students’ Blogging Skills
After a series of chats with Pulitzer Center journalists, students reflect on the experience in a creative yet relevant form of writing by producing a blog post.
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Cancer Alley
Student will discuss the difference between essential facts, secondary facts, and emotive statements.
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Eva Nepal: Improving the World on a Small Scale
This lesson will give students a close-up view of a successful program dedicated to an aspect of global public health abroad.
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Swimming and Water Safety
Students will learn about the importance of water safety and collect class data on swimming involvement.
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Soil Pollution in China
Essential questions: What is the cost of industrialization and who pays it? How do we determine whether food is safe? How do you balance food security (production) and food safety?
