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 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.
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Reporting as A Form of Community Education
Students use news stories to discuss both current injustices related to maternal mortality and how women’s health issues stem from past social injustices. Students will use these articles as a form of...
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We’re Not Really Strangers
Students deepen their understanding of how systems in the United States impact health at home and around the globe.
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Clean Water Heroes: Inspiring Change
Students study Dr. Firdausi Qadri's fight against cholera, look into health inequalities around the world, and make projects that promote clean water, vaccines, and equal access to healthcare around...
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This lesson allows students to engage with excellent Pulitzer Center reporting, work to analyze that reporting in small groups, conduct research around a global health issue they feel passionate about...
