Current Issues
Classroom activities to engage students in learning about and discussing issues in the news
Students learn about and discuss the current state of the youth climate movement and how young people are helping to shape our nation's response to the climate crisis.
Students hear the story of one Asian American family, consider some key dates in the history of racism against Asian Americans, and learn about and discuss their own family history.
Students learn about and discuss why people around the world are calling for a “people’s vaccine” to protect everyone against Covid.
Students explore the accelerating move toward electric vehicles and consider how we might address some of the remaining obstacles to this transition.
Students engage in inquiry to uncover the history of redistricting and gerrymandering and discuss the provisions of H.R.1, which proposes an end to partisan redistricting.
Students grapple with numbers in the news, from the minimum wage bill to Bezos's billions.
Students collectively gain an understanding of a new monument, the artwork, the artist’s intentions, and some of the history influencing the work.
In this two-part lesson, teachers and students explore the concept of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions as a way for nations and communities to begin dialogues and chart a path toward healing.
Distribution of the Covid vaccine has been inequitable, both in the U.S. and globally. Students explore this problem and talk about what should be done.
Students consider the sequence of events leading up to former President Trump's second impeachment trial and the arguments for and against conviction.