Current Events In Your Classroom
Teaching Resources for High School and Middle School Students
Engaging with current events is an essential part of educating young people to be informed and humane participants in a democracy.
Use our current events resources – including Teaching Ideas on specific topics and adaptable strategies – to foster thoughtful classroom conversations and build your students’ capacities for critical thinking, emotional engagement, ethical reflection, and civic agency.
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Journals provide students with space to process their thoughts, feelings, and uncertainties during this difficult time. Use the tips and writing prompts in this resource to help your students establish a practice of journaling.
View our Educator Guide, which includes tools and strategies for organizing discussions about current events in your classroom.
Learn how to make meaningful connections between current events and your curriculum using strategies for navigating tough topics, partisan politics, and breaking news with ready-to-use teaching resources.
In The News Now
Race in US History
Supporting Students after the Shooting in Buffalo
As teachers and students return to classrooms after the racist attack in Buffalo, we offer support and tools to create the time and space to process emotions before analyzing what happened.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Teaching Resources for the US Elections
Use these resources on voting, media literacy, polarization, and bias for remote and in-person learning to talk about the US presidential elections with your high school and middle school students.
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Race in US History
Democracy & Civic Engagement
Reflecting on George Floyd’s Death and Police Violence Towards Black Americans
This Teaching Idea is a guide for teachers to begin conversations with their students about George Floyd’s death and the events that surround it.
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Global Immigration
Justice & Human Rights
Teaching about the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis
Use this Teaching Idea to introduce students to the experiences of Ukrainian refugees fleeing war, highlight inspiring ways people have stepped up to help, and raise ethical questions about the treatment of refugees from non-European countries.
About Our Current Events Content
What is a Teaching Idea?
Our Teaching Ideas help you address specific events and issues in the news. With a variety of accessible resources and engaging teaching strategies, they can be used for all or part of a class period.
What is an Explainer?
Our printable “Explainers” introduce key terms and ideas that are essential to understanding today’s news. View our latest explainers.
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