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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Students examine the four types of diffusion, evaluate how information spreads through the media, and then practice incorporating diffusion strategies into public health campaigns.
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Seeing Through Someone Else’s Eyes: Understanding Mental Health Shows Up Differently For Everyone
Students analyze reporting on mental health in order and apply key information to create infographics for their school communities that aim to normalizing discussions about mental health.
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Cultivating a Healthy Food System
Students analyze reporting on food systems globally in order to create social media carousels reflecting strategies for improving local access to healthy food.
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The Health and Politics of School Lunch
Students analyze reporting to evaluate the impacts of school lunches on public health and create a compelling public service announcement that highlights the most crucial aspects of school lunch for...
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Students diagnose cholera patients, model the biological mechanisms of an infection, and learn about vaccine issues in Bangladesh and local vaccine challenges.
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The Impact of the Atomic Bomb
Students examine two stories about the atomic bomb and create a documentary poem synthesizing the stories and demonstrating understanding of the event.
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United States Foreign Policy Case Study: USAID
Students will be able to describe and evaluate the tools used in United States foreign policy by reading about and discussing United States foreign policy and cuts to USAID.
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Students investigate the impact of long COVID on the nervous system both in populations in the United States and in Mexico.
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Students explore how climate change affects delivery workers, then write persuasive op-eds to raise awareness and advocate for local solutions.
