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Greatest Hits: Most Popular Resources of the School Year

Our June newsletter is packed with resources for teaching and learning. Read it here.

7 Doors to Happiness Project

Create your own path to authentic happiness, using multimedia tools from the 7 Doors to Happiness Project.

Everybody Eats

Understand how a community-based food system works with this deliciously colorful, mind-mapping poster.

Free to Be Me

Teacher Gia Rae shares her passion for Brooklyn Free School, where kids decide what they want to learn.

In the Current Issue:

Will There Be Enough?, the Summer 2010 issue of YES! Magazine

The water solutions issue. Browse this issue.

Food in Dry Times

By Frederick Kirschenmann

The water issues we face are influencing the way farmers grow food. What do we need to do to revitalize local foodsheds?

Reusable bag Step Away From the Plastic Bag

By Kim Eckart

Lightweight, polkdot sandwich bags? Explore green alternatives to the standard plastic Ziploc.

For Your Classroom

Curriculum & Resources

Relevant and empowering curricula and lesson plans ranging from sustainability to happiness.

Stories from Teachers

Your inspiring stories direct from the classroom, or the field.

Tools from YES! Magazine

Posters, charts, and other visuals from the pages of YES! Magazine that capture student interest and learning.

Exemplary Essay Project

inspired writing The YES! Exemplary Essay Project demonstrates how teachers can use YES! Magazine stories as the basis for thought-provoking writing. It also gives students an opportunity to voice their opinions and show off their stellar writing.

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Read Recent Student Essays

inspired writing Exemplary Essay on "Why Iraq Veterans Can't Stay Silent" and "Who Will Rule?"

Students in Jann Gates’ “Modern Dilemma” senior seminar at Santa Fe Waldorf High School in New Mexico read and reacted to YES! articles of their own choosing. Featured essays were in response to “Why Iraq Veterans Can’t Stay Silent,” by Sarah Olson and “Who Will Rule?” by Michael Marx and Marjorie Kelly. Read more...

Eleanor Stevens Fill the Void

by Eleanor Stevens

An imagined letter to be sent to Marine Captain Alexander H., a former acquaintance. Read more...

Pecos Singer When the Greater Good for All Prevails

by Pecos Singer

A corporation is simply a group of shareholders, organized into a conglomerate that can be held liable separate from its owners. Read more...

Spotlight on Happiness

How Thankful Are You?

Researchers say thankful people tend to be happy people. Take this test to find out your gratitude score.

10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy

Scientists can tell us how to be happy. Really. Here are 10 ways, with the research to prove it.

Changing the World: One Story at a Time

For former teacher and Chicken Soup for the Classroom co-author Anna Unkovich, a “nightmare” teaching moment was the key to a more open classroom. Learn how she discovered the value of sharing stories.

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