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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The Power of the Personal Story
Students analyze news stories and other nonfiction texts focused on the experiences of individuals who have been forced to migrate throughout the world, and then practice the skills of storytelling...
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Community Care Through Climate Justice
Students apply close reading and analysis skills to examine who is most impacted by climate change, why, and what climate initiatives can be taken to enhance community care and safety. They then...
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Imagine a World Without Prisons
Students apply their prior knowledge of constitutional amendments, the judicial branch, racism, and ideas of justice to explore the historic roots, and present-day realities, of incarceration in the...
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Our World, Our Story: Investigating and Crafting Underreported Stories in Our Communities
Students engage with a series of underreported feature stories in global and local contexts and then investigate an underreported story about their own community to be published as a feature on a...
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After examining how women across the globe are overcoming gender inequality amplified by the pandemic through advocacy and financial empowerment, students promote opportunities to invest in micro...
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Students evaluate educational budget priorities in the wake of COVID-19 by exploring underreported pandemic stories advocating for initiatives that prioritize mental health support for students.
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Students explore the effects of climate change, the impact of global youth climate advocacy, and then craft a persuasive letter or art piece encouraging local and national officials to take action on...
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Images from the Past, Images from the Present: Black Excellence, Resistance, and Joy Yesterday and Today
Students explore underreported stories of Black excellence, resistance, and joy past and present and use images, text, and interviews to create collages that form a class museum of Black joy.
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This unit makes space for students to discern local/global sources of hope and pride. Using visual storytelling and interview skills, students make storyboards highlighting people who inspire them.
