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 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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Lesson Plans
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.
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Students will learn about tannery and e-waste pollution in India and the connection with American consumer goods. They will design a presentation based on what they learn.
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Students will analyze how the writer's point of view shapes articles written about the U.S.-North Korean nuclear crisis.
