For Educators

In this lesson, students will explore key concepts in public health, such as the definitions of “epidemic” and “intervention” and criteria for national and international emergencies, as well as learn the science of the Ebola virus and the existing gaps in global public health policy.

In this lesson, students discover the role that affective pursuits, like artistic expression, can play in the healing process.

In this lesson, students will learn how race intersects with economic mobility, opportunity and generational poverty by viewing and reflecting upon individual stories from the cinéma vérité documentary film Raising Bertie.

In this lesson plan, students learn about people who had been sentenced to life in prison under California's "Three Strikes Law" and due to passage of a voter reform initiative (Prop 36) are now being released.

Providing students with the skills to evaluate and analyze political speech is a natural way to merge the goals of civics education with CCSS ELA and NCSS C3 standards.

In this lesson, students examine what "good parenting" is and who can make that call, with an emphasis on child welfare agencies that decide whether children can remain with their parents.

This lesson uses the POV documentary Web Junkie as a springboard for a project-based research exercise, assigning students to investigate whether Internet addiction is a problem in their community.

In this lesson, students will practice writing, listening, discussion, and research skills as they examine policies around juvenile sentencing in the United States.

In this lesson, students will practice listening, research and discussion skills as they analyze American race relations and issues of political representation. The investigation will use a recent New Orleans City Council election as a case study.

In this lesson, students will practice writing, listening and discussion skills as they learn about "code switching" -- who does it, when, where and why they do it and how it is problematic when it reinforces discrimination.