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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Believeland: Responses to the Pandemic
Students apply critical thinking skills to analyze news stories about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the world, make personal connections to reporting, and compose community maps that...
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Students analyze reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic and historical research on The Black Death in order to evaluate the purposes and biases of sources, compare and contrast pandemics from two time...
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tudents use descriptive writing and critical thinking skills to create video responses centered on the experiences of workers from meat manufacturing plants (1900–present) in the U.S. in order to make...
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Students review photo stories that explore the challenges that Black Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants face in the United States.
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Identity in the Time of COVID-19
Reflecting on how identity and community change in the face of crises such as COVID-19, and the role of media in these changes.
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Vote and Voice: A Pandemic Photojournalism Series
Students analyze news stories on the COVID-19 pandemic and practice photojournalism skills to compose photo stories on the impacts of the pandemic and elections in their communities
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The Impact Of The Pandemic In Local And Global Contexts—Understanding My Role In My Community To Change The World
Students will learn about what a journalist does, how to write interview questions, and how to conduct an interview. Students will then share the highlights of their interview. Students can write an...
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Pandemic: A Child’s Perspective
Students will build upon their literacy skills by analyzing underreported stories. They will conduct interviews with children around the world of similar ages about their experiences during the...
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'Reading' the News: Media, Research, and Debate
Students evaluate underreported news stories and other sources to prepare and conduct debates on pressing issues that matter to them.
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