Lesson Overview This interdisciplinary unit uses Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer as a central text to explore themes of
Lesson Plan: Exploring the Real-Life Events Behind “Last Breath” (2025)
Lesson Overview This lesson plan uses the 2025 film Last Breath as a case study to examine the true story
Lesson Plan: Understanding and Researching Current Events with CNN 10
CNN 10 is a daily news show for viewers who want to learn about current events and global issues in
Lesson Plan: Exploring Global Unity and Educational Advocacy through Alan Garber’s Commencement Speech
Lesson Overview: This lesson uses Harvard President Alan Garber’s 2025 Commencement speech and the recent Trump administration measures to restrict
Lesson Plan: “Framing the World: Analyzing News Photography and Global Narratives”
Two people were killed and more than a dozen were injured after a Mexican Navy training ship struck the bottom of
Lesson Plan: “I Used to Think I Loved America” — Analyzing Rhetoric and Language Features in the Writing of John Pavlovitz
About the Author: John Pavlovitz John Pavlovitz is an American pastor, writer, and social justice advocate known for his outspoken
Lesson Plan: Understanding Politics, Economics, Health, and Media through Planet America
Planet America is a weekly Australian current affairs program, broadcast by the ABC and co-hosted by John Barron and Chas
Lesson Plan: Real-Time Facial Recognition and Civil Liberties — The Case of New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — For two years, New Orleans police secretly relied on facial recognition technology to scan city streets in
Lesson Plan: Understanding the Subtle Body Language of Liars
Online influencers claim subtle, non-verbal cues expose when a person is lying. But how much do gestures, eye contact and
Lesson Plan: Understanding Wildfires and Their Global Impact
Objective: Students will explore the causes, trends, and impacts of wildfires globally and locally, compare wildfire data from their own
Lesson Plan: Kodachrome (2017) – Memory, Technology, and the End of an Era
Grade Level: High School (Grades 9–12)Subjects: Media Studies / History / Visual Arts “We’re all so frightened by time, the
Lesson Plan: The New Pope in a Time of Global Crisis
Title: Hopes for the New Pope: Understanding Papal Influence in Contemporary Global Affairs Grade Level: Upper Secondary / College Prep
Lesson plan; What Has Happened to the American Dream?
THE AMERICAN DREAM — often idealized by the house and white picket fence — has been debated, pondered and relentlessly pursued
Lesson Plan: Exploring Memorable Commencement Speeches
Objective Students will analyze famous commencement speeches, collaborate to select and justify their favorite speaker, and use rhetorical techniques from
Lesson Plan: Exploring Existential Risk and AI—Critical Thinking in the Age of Intelligent Systems
“AI companies should be required to calculate the risk of their systems escaping human control, experts have said, amid fears
