Curriculum & Resources

Curricula and lesson plans on topics ranging from climate change to happiness.

Words That Inspire: It Couldn’t Be Done

posted Feb 06, 2011

There are few things that motivate young people more than to be told that something can’t be done. High school student Ashe Jaafaru reads "It Couldn't Be Done", a poem by Edgar Albert Guest.

Who Participated in No Impact Week? Meet the Students!

posted Feb 06, 2011

Meet six students who started the New Year tracking their trash, taking record-breaking showers, battling the bus system, and learning that green is the color for all seasons.

YES! Recommends: Centre for Child Honouring, and Voices Education Project

posted Feb 06, 2011

If we made children our top priority, would we create a better world? The Centre for Child Honouring and Voices [Education Project] are helping create peaceful, sustainable societies.

Visual Learning: Paper Cranes for Peace

posted Feb 06, 2011

With this YES! lesson plan, try to truly understand an image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not). In this case it's all about peace.

Curriculum & Resources: Engaging Student Families, Adoption in the Classroom

posted Feb 06, 2011

Inclusion is one of the best ways to nurture student learners. These two resources offer tips on engaging student families and a positive approach to talking about adoption.

YES! Recommends: Tell Me Your Stories

posted Dec 22, 2010

Tell Me Your Stories connects young and older people through oral history interviews. Curriculum, interview templates, and other tools guide students through the interview process.

Words that Inspire: On Facing Judgment

by Shannon Hayes

posted Dec 22, 2010

Facing judgment is a life skill that teachers can help their students learn, so they may deal with others' opinions—fair or not—with confidence.

Visual Learning: Sacred Water

posted Dec 22, 2010

With this YES! lesson plan, try to truly understand an image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not). In this case it's all about water.

Curriculum & Resources: Getting Boys to Read, Story of Food

posted Dec 22, 2010

Two resources that explore how to get boys to be lifelong readers and where our food comes from.

Words that Inspire: Stories that Light Up the Dark

by Sanjay Khanna

posted Oct 13, 2010

The Experiences of Our Ancestors Offer Us Wisdom for Surviving Today's Crises. By: Sanjay Khanna

Visual Learning: Cone in the Cob

posted Oct 13, 2010

With this YES! lesson plan, try to truly understand an image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not). In this case it's all about simplicity.

YES! Recommends: Global Oneness Project

posted Oct 13, 2010

YES! recommends the Global Oneness Project for their inspiring and richly produced resources that explore how the radically simple notion of interconnectedness can be lived in our increasingly complex world.

Curriculum & Resources: Individual and Community Resilience

posted Oct 13, 2010

What makes teenage brains unique? What happens when people from all walks of life play an alternate reality game to create a better future? Lesson plans from Inside the Teenage Brain and World Without Oil.

Curriculum & Resources: Water

posted Aug 01, 2010

Measure your water footprint with H2O Conserve's easy-to-use calculator, and wrap your head around the impact of the BP oil spill using this trio of classroom resources.

YES! Recommends: Water Environment Federation

posted Aug 01, 2010

The Water Environment Federation offers communities and students a myriad of learning opportunities to protect and preserve the Earth's water resources.