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Lesson Plan August 29 2021

Lesson plan: Native American boarding schools and human rights

Students will examine primary source photos before and after learning about Native American boarding schools in the U.S. and the long-term effects of such policies

The warped shape of the stellar disk of the Milky Way galaxy is seen over the Warsaw telescope

Lesson Plan June 03 2021

Lesson plan: Design a generator to help meet UN Sustainable Development Goals

Learn about a promising source of renewable energy and make your own sustainable design

Reaction In Hong Kong As WHO Considers Emergency Decree

Daily Video January 31 2020

What students should know about the coronavirus

Use this NewsHour Extra lesson to teach your students about the novel coronavirus.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg participates in a youth climate change protest in front of the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan

Daily Video September 21 2019

Greta Thunberg on the urgency of the climate crisis

Use this NewsHour Extra lesson plan to learn more about Greta Thunberg and other youth activists' fight against climate change.

Daily Video June 13 2019

How Michigan schools welcome refugees from Syria and Yemen

Use this NewsHour lesson plan to learn about the challenges and the triumphs of recent refugee students to the U.S.

Lesson Plan October 24 2018

Lesson plan: What the United Nations means today

Explore what the U.N. means to your students today by examining the 17 sustainable development goals (SDG) which aim to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and fix climate change.