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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Lesson Plans
Seeking Global News: Connecting with Journalists
Students explore the importance of international journalism by analyzing an interview with veteran reporter Marvin Kalb.
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Lesson Plans
Deportation and the Cycle of Violence in El Salvador
This lesson asks students to examine Salvadoran gang violence in the U.S. and El Salvador, evaluating the role deportation plays in stoking violence and considering its impact on multiple actors.
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Students learn about health problems associated with solid fuel cooking, alternative cooking methods that would reduce the incidence of these problems, and the difficulties of implementing changes.
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Students analyze how photojournalist applies different photography techniques to communicate his reporting on a variety of global issues in order to plan and execute their own photo stories.
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Exotic Pets and Impacts on the Food Chain
Students will be able to describe the impacts of removing exotic animals from their native environment, including impacts on the food chain, using details from reporting by Sean Gallagher. Within this...
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Students will summarize text about undocumented mothers and the ankle monitors. Students will then create an argument using details from the text.
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This lesson for journalism or ELA students explores Evan Osnos’ North Korea reporting to debate the role of journalists in crises and to develop original reporting projects.
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Students learn about the politics and policies of nuclear security by exploring the U.S.-North Korea and U.S.-China relationships.
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Lesson Plans
Visualizing Gun Violence
Students will analyze how selection and order of information are used to tell stories of gun violence. They will curate photo essays and produce policy recommendations to reduce local violence.
