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Visual Learning: Heart and Sole
This Visual Learning lesson will get your students to think about prisoners—the uniforms prisoners wear and the most effective ways to prepare for their transition back into society. Jim McGowan Sep 17, 2014

Visual Learning: Heart and Sole
This Visual Learning lesson will get your students to think about prisoners—the uniforms prisoners wear and the most effective ways to prepare for their transition back into society. Jim McGowan Sep 17, 2014

Reflections on Poverty with "Nikki-Rosa" Poem
Nikki Giovanni's poem, "Nikki-Rosa," with accompanying Def Jam video and ReadWriteThink lesson will help students develop their understanding of poverty, explore their childhood experiences, and write about these reflections in a poem. Jing Fong Oct 24, 2014

Pause, Breathe, Draw: Art and Consciousness in the Classroom
As a young girl, Elizabeth Traina had a teacher tell her that she wasn’t an artist. Now she helps empower teachers and students through the belief that we are all artists. This is Elizabeth’s story. Elizabeth Traina Apr 29, 2014

Reflections on Poverty with "Nikki-Rosa" Poem

Nikki Giovanni's poem, "Nikki-Rosa," with accompanying Def Jam video and ReadWriteThink lesson will help students develop their understanding of poverty, explore their childhood experiences, and write about these reflections in a poem.

Jing Fong Oct 24, 2014

Pause, Breathe, Draw: Art and Consciousness in the Classroom

As a young girl, Elizabeth Traina had a teacher tell her that she wasn’t an artist. Now she helps empower teachers and students through the belief that we are all artists. This is Elizabeth’s story.

Elizabeth Traina Apr 29, 2014

Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Education / Flickr .

How #FergusonSyllabus Helps Teachers Discuss Police, Racism, and History

“Teachers are better prepared because #FergusonSyllabus created a space for exchange among educators about best practices and materials for illustrating the best and worst of our democracy.”

Liz Pleasant Jan 09, 2015

"Fault In Our Stars" Middle School Winner Bowie Shreiber

Read Bowie's essay that tells how he was able to brave the excruciating world suck stress of baseball tryouts and find awesome.

Bowie Shreiber Dec 16, 2014

"Fault in Our Stars" High School Winner Ally S.

Read Ally's essay that tells how she found the strength to cope with mental illness through the support of the same Nerdfighter online community.

Ally S. Dec 16, 2014

Why Women's Stories Matter
In this New York Times Learning Network lesson plan, students examine their school curriculum and personal experiences on reading stories about and by women. Through this analysis, they will deepen their understanding of why women's stories matter. Jing Fong Feb 24, 2014

"Fault in Our Stars" College Winner Shannon Hickey

Read Shannon's essay about the solace and awesome she found on the Internet as a queer trans Catholic kid, and her desire to spread that acceptance to younger people experiencing suckiness.

Shannon Hickey Dec 17, 2014

"Fault in Our Stars" Powerful Voice Winner Tori Gardner

Read Tori's essay that reveals the unexamined misogyny of the Internet, and what we can do to fight against it.

Tori Gardner Dec 16, 2014

Christopher Zumski Finke's Response to "Fault in Our Stars" Essay Winners

Christopher Zumski Finke responds to the winners of the Spring 2014 "Fault in Our Stars" essay competition.

Christopher Zumski Finke Dec 15, 2014

An image from The Fault in Our Stars. Photo courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox.

"Fault in Our Stars" Literary Gems

We received many powerful essays for the Fall 2014 Writing Competition. Though not every participant can win the contest, we'd like to share some excerpts that caught our eye.

Jing Fong Dec 16, 2014

The Danger of Silence

When he was a kid, slam poet and teacher Clint Smith once gave up speaking for Lent. He found that his silence allowed some of his classmates to be bullied—and that he must use his voice to speak up for truth and justice.

Sep 26, 2014

SPENT: An Online Game to Understand Poverty

If you don’t understand the feeling of trying to survive poverty, you will after playing SPENT.

Jing Fong Oct 24, 2014

Fania Davis' Response to "Restorative Justice" Essay Winners

Fania Davis, co-founder and executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, responds to the winners of the Spring 2014 "Restorative Justice" essay competition.

Fania Davis Aug 12, 2014

Photo by Juan Andres Espinoza Duarte / Flickr .

Visual Learning: What Was Saved

This Visual Learning lesson will get your students thinking about preparing for natural disasters and how they can reach out to those in need of relief aid.

Martha Laura Garcia Apr 24, 2014

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