Lesson

None of us are immune to the negative effects of poor phone and social media habits. In this activity, you will read some expert advice and decide which tips you would like to incorporate into your daily life. Then, you’ll try out a few, reflect on the results and offer your own advice to others.First,…

Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action Programs at Harvard and U.N.C.” by Adam LiptakThe Supreme Court’s decision in June to reject race-conscious admissions at colleges and universities around the nation upended decades of law and the higher education landscape. The ruling will shift the makeup of many of America’s top universities as well…

Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “How to Print Money”It is often said that money doesn’t grow on trees. So if it doesn’t, where does it come from?In today’s featured article, The New York Times takes us behind the scenes of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Fort Worth, Texas, to find out how money is made…

Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Title 42 Is Gone, but Not the Conditions Driving Migrants to the U.S.” by Miriam JordanWhen the Biden administration allowed the coronavirus public health emergency declaration to expire on May 11, Title 42, a section of the Public Health Service Act of 1944, effectively ended. The rule, enacted during the pandemic, allows…

Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “G.O.P. State Lawmakers Push a Growing Wave of Anti-Transgender Bills” by Maggie Astor (Note: You can also listen to this article.)Over the past three years, Republican state lawmakers have put forward a barrage of bills to regulate the lives of transgender youths, restricting the sports teams they can join, bathrooms they can…

Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “G.O.P. State Lawmakers Push a Growing Wave of Anti-Transgender Bills” by Maggie Astor (Note: You can also listen to this article.)Over the past three years, Republican state lawmakers have put forward a barrage of bills to regulate the lives of transgender youths, restricting the sports teams they can join, bathrooms they can…

In this lesson, students will use scatter plots and line of best fit to compare rates of homelessness in four American cities. Then they’ll find out what one city is doing to tackle the problem.

In this photo-rich article, students will learn about the hidden natural treasures of wintertime. Then they will document life during the coldest season in their own communities.

New research suggests that awe is beneficial for our physical and mental well-being. In this lesson students will learn how to cultivate more of it.

In this lesson, students will consider what it takes to become an elected official at a young age, and identify a community issue they would tackle if they were mayor.