Curriculum & Resources
Curricula and lesson plans on topics ranging from climate change to happiness.
In each of the following categories, you'll find a variety of teaching tools for immediate use in the classroom or for building your own curriculum. These resources include: lessons, curriculum, poetry, videos, projects, stories, and essays.
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:: Teaching Happiness
Discover the good life through resilience, creativity, and community.
:: Teaching Outside the Box
Meaningful learning pushes boundaries with action, inquiry, and innovation.
:: Teaching Peace & Justice
Paths to peace, inclusion, equality, and compassion for all.
:: Teaching Sustainability
How to build a robust economy, healthy planet, and just world for all.
:: Visual Learning
Use the wonder of a photo to engage in deep discussions and understanding.
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Resources for Teaching Peace
by Katie Billingsposted May 23, 2005 - Curricula and other resources for teaching peace.
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Resources for a Sustainable Future
by Katie Billingsposted May 19, 2005 - Want to take action, but don't know where to start? Start here! The following is a list of organizations that support both teachers and students in their efforts to create positive environmental change.
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Lesson Plan Guidelines: Using YES! Stories in Class
by YES! for Youth Education Programposted May 18, 2005
- YES! for Youth curriculum materials are based on articles published in the pages of ad-free YES! magazine. They are designed to help students explore positive solutions to social justice and environmental challenges.
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Questions for Students: Bringing Biodiesel from Colorado to Colombia
by YES! for Youth Education Programposted Mar 10, 2005
- Questions for reflection and discussion from the article "Bringing Biodiesel from Colorado to Colombia"
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Questions for Students: Earth Charter
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Questions for Reflection: The Lake and the 'Hood
by YES! for Youth Education Programposted Aug 23, 2004 -
Questions for Students: Going Forward Full Circle
by YES! for Youth Education Programposted Aug 23, 2004
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Questions for Reflection: Reclaiming America
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Questions for Students: When Youth Lead
by YES! for Youth Education Programposted Aug 23, 2004
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Questions for students: Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope
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Into-Through-Beyond: a lesson-planning framework for using YES! in the classroom
by Kim Corrigan, Bob Daviesposted Aug 08, 2004
- A brief outline of well-known planning technique that can help teachers make YES! content more meaningful, applicable and interesting to their students. Along with sharing the technique, we also provide an example of using it with a YES! article, and then offer some specific guidelines for effective curriculum planning.
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Eight Steps To Teach Kids Peace
by The Alliance for Childhoodposted May 20, 2004 - 8 practical steps to teaching peace in your community.
YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these easy steps.,
YES! Magazine.
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