For Educators

In this lesson, students will use the real life experiences of two young men featured in the documentary All the Difference to reflect on their plans post-high school and begin thinking about their futures, from college to careers. They will explore tools and strategies to guide this preliminary planning for life beyond high school.

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to cite the educational opportunities young people generally have in the United States, recognize the obstacles Afghan girls face when it comes to education, compare and contrast U.S. and Afghan girls' educational opportunities, and name some of the social, political and economic benefits educated girls can bring to Afghanistan (and/or other developing nations).

In this lesson plan, students will practice listening, reading and research skills as they examine this part of Indonesian-U.S. history.

In this lesson plan, students learn about the legality of restrictions placed on individuals who have been convicted of committing sex offenses and have completed their sentences.

In this lesson plan, students will explore the concept of individuality and how people manifest and then sustain the uniqueness of who they are.

In this lesson, students will reflect on society's changing values around work, workers and progress.

This lesson uses media analysis, group discussion and persuasive writing to help studentsmake sense of the legal reality.

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.