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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![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%20510%20315'%2F%3E "Students from R.J. Reynolds High School research and plan a segment of the film, "Placing Identity." Screenshot from "Placing Identity." United States, 2018.")
This resource describes methods for producing documentary filmmaking projects with students that make local connections to global issues by outlining the development of the film “Placing Identity.”
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In this 30-45 minute lesson, students evaluate how a photojournalist composes portraits of elderly women in Japanese prisons using details from interviews.
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Students explore text and photos (including Instagram stories) about a school for girls in rural India in order to spark conversation about access to education and feminism in their communities.
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Discussion and activity ideas for a lesson exploring the re-criminalization of homosexuality in India through portrait photography.
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Students will explore literary journalism by learning about what life is like for children who live in and got to school at Kakuma refugee camp.
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Lesson Plans
Resources for Global News Discussion
Students select a story to explore on their own, and then work in small groups to identify connections between global news stories and their own lives.
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Lesson Plans
Too Young to Wed: The Secret World of Child Brides [Documentary Screening and Discussion]
Stephanie Sinclair's documentary short is an investigation of child marriage and a call to action. In this lesson, students view the film and discuss root causes of child marriage and solutions...
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Lesson Plans
5 Lesson Plans to Celebrate Women's History Month
In celebration of Women's History Month, we've compiled our top five lesson plans that feature reporting on women's rights and the ways women are fighting for them.
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Students explore how their image of the word "home" compares with how three Syrian women imagine their future homes through close analysis of the multimedia project "Finding Home" from TIME Magazine.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/screen_shot_2018-05-17_at_3.16.52_pm_0.png.webp?h=ea3dcbea&itok=wLo-4tiL "Students from R.J. Reynolds High School research and plan a segment of the film, "Placing Identity." Screenshot from "Placing Identity." United States, 2018.")
