Curriculum & Resources

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

Nurturing Creative Thinkers

posted Oct 30, 2009

In this entertaining talk, Sir Ken Robinson asserts that to get the best out of people, schools need to nurture creative thinkers rather than good workers.

Bringing Power Home

posted Oct 30, 2009

Be inspired by Malawian teenager William Kamkwamba. After being forced to drop out of school, William teaches himself how to build a windmill to bring power to his village.

Visual Learning: Art Cars at Burning Man

posted Sep 22, 2009

Images, photos, and pictures stimulate the mind. For the viewer, they offer a chance to connect and question. They also offer potential for play and imagination, and pulling the observer into purposeful messages.

Rethinking Schools

posted Sep 22, 2009

Like YES! Magazine, Rethinking Schools strives to be both visionary and practical. We are delighted to share three of many lesson plans from Rethinking Schools that get to the heart of a real-world education.

Connect and Engage: Education for the Mind & Soul

posted Sep 22, 2009

Here's a resource to connect your students' learning with their local community, culture, and environment. Also learn how knowing yourself can translate to being an even better teacher.

Visual Learning: Salt Flats of Uyuni

posted Jul 07, 2009

Images, photos, and pictures stimulate the mind. For the viewer, they offer a chance to connect and question. They also offer potential for play and imagination, and pulling the observer into purposeful messages.

Connect and Engage :: Teaching about Today's Economy

posted Jul 07, 2009

Here are lessons plans and curriculum to help your students better understand the cause and effects of the current housing upheaval, the concepts of work (what kind of work is paid?) and workplace, and definitions of wealth.

Curriculum & Resources: Teaching Economics As If People Mattered

posted Jun 30, 2009

United for a Fair Economy’s (UFE) economic education curricula and workshops are dynamic resources for high school and adult continuing education teachers, and college faculty.

Visual Learning: Self Portrait in Waste

posted Apr 10, 2009

Use this photo by Chris Jordan to ask your students what they notice and are wondering. Then share the facts behind the image to connect to greater understanding and discovery.

Connect and Engage :: Food Stamps and Seafood

posted Apr 10, 2009

What would you eat for only $3 each day? What’s the difference between freshwater and farm raised fish? You and your students will take your eating awareness to another level with these two resources. Your new knowledge will make you think before you buy.

YES! Recommends: Sustainable Table

posted Apr 10, 2009

The multi-media resources from Sustainable Table are designed to awaken consumers to the problems with factory farming and to promote sustainable food as a desirable and more responsible alternative.

Visual Learning: Ending Hunger

posted Mar 16, 2009

Use this photo to ask your students what they notice and are wondering. Then share the facts behind the image to connect to greater understanding and discovery.

Connect and Engage: Local Food

posted Mar 11, 2009

Here’s an array of colorful, practical, and compelling materials that you can use not only in your classroom but also in your profession and everyday life.

YES! Recommends: Food For Everyone

posted Mar 11, 2009

Raising youth: growing food, justice, and leadership in your classroom. These articles from the Food For Everyone issue of YES! Magazine embody the possibilities when we take our health and our food into our own hands.

Visual Learning: Week of Nonviolence

posted Jan 27, 2009

Use this photo to ask your students what they notice and are wondering. Then share the facts behind the image to connect to greater understanding and discovery.