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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Women Learning and Practicing Law in Saudi Arabia
Students learn about the emerging cohort of women lawyers in Saudi Arabia and explore the history, culture, and politics of Saudi Arabia to understand the situation for women lawyers and law students.
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The World's Most Toxic Town
Use reporting on Zambia’s lead mines by Damian Carrington and Larry C. Price to explore the causes, effects and responses to toxic lead poisoning.
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Planning Like a Journalist
In this lesson, students learn about the experience of international reporting from Iona Craig’s work in Yemen and her reflections on the reporting process.
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This group of lessons explores the interplay between religion and power. Students evaluate the degree to which religious forces impact the strength of a country's democratic institutions.
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Sectarian Tensions and Their Impacts
Students analyze why religions have internal conflicts and discuss whether these conflicts are truly religious in nature.
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Lessons learnt from No Fire Zone
1. Irony: Why would a Senior Diplomat from Sri Lanka threatening on twitter that he will “make sure you don’t get a visa”. source: British newspaper. http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/sri-lankan-killing...
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Examining the 2017 French Election
Students use journalist Sarah Wildman’s analysis on the 2017 French election to discuss and write about differing perspectives on the final two presidential candidates.
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Green Taxi Initiatives in Combating Climate Change
An analysis of how creating energy-efficient taxis in cities can help combat climate change.
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Climate Change and Its Impact on Natural Habitats
Students read about the impacts of coral bleaching on ocean ecosystems.
