In this lesson plan, students explore a short documentary that shares the story of climate migrants reckoning with the challenges of displacement (USA: Pulitzer Education 2021).

In this lesson students define different types of wars and how they apply to the Yemeni conflict, identify war’s direct and indirect effects on civilians, analyze the purpose and efficacy of narrative and investigative journalism, and they evaluate how the order of a story affects its meaning (USA: Pulitzer 2020).  

In this New York Times lesson, students examine Times infographics about income and wealth distribution in the United States and discuss what this information says about society (2012-20).

What roles has the Mississippi River played throughout United States history? How has the river been central to struggles to define “America” and “American”? In this New York Times lesson, students examine what life was like on the banks of the Mississippi River during pivotal moments in American history (2017).

In this 10thgrade lesson, students will define tyranny by examining a variety of primary sources: The Republic by Plato, Politics by Aristotle and more (USA: California History-Social Science Project 2020).

In this New York Times lesson students will gather a general understanding of terms related to international rules of warfare and human rights, then discuss hypothetical applications of those rules (2004/2007) .

Students explore how the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has impacted the people and economies of North America and Mexico (The New York Times Learning Network 2002).

This resource provides ʺan objective measure of changes in extreme weather and changes in sea level relative to the base period of 1961 through 1990ʺ by using six representative long-range data components and examining how they are changing over time (USA 2018).

In this lesson, students will create posters providing information about Sri Lanka’s history and society both before and after the tsunami. They then write response papers considering the future of this small country devastated by the natural disaster (NEW YORK TIMES LESSON PLAN, 5.1.2005).

This short scene (2 mins) from the 1996 blockbuster is a quaint variation of patriotic speeches. Here, the fictional American president gives a motivational talk to the last surviving human fighter pilots before an imminent battle with an alien invasion force. The speech is full of references to the Declaration of Independence, mixing American ideals and ideological concepts ...