Teaching Resources

This article highlights the purpose of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), what it looks like in the classroom, and the principles of UDL that emphasize learner variability. It also looks at how families can support student learning through UDL.

A lesson plan that addresses the misconception that climate change is a distant future threat, by showcasing the present impacts through the New York Times series "Carbon's Casualties." This lesson plan can be useful in engaging studen...

New York Times page with the following resources for climate change awareness: a digital children's book with a related lesson plan, an interactive quiz to assess students' knowledge, and a short film on the impact of climate change in Nica...

This tool aims to help teachers become more aware of and intentional about the underlying assumptions that are influencing how they see students, themselves, their community, and their work. The tool is meant to help teachers "draw connections&q...

The Universal Design for Learning Guidelines database is a living, dynamic tool that is continuously developed based on new research and feedback from practitioners. It seeks to address critical barriers rooted in biases and systems of exclusion.

Through this video from 2015, hear from teachers and alumni from across the Teach For All network as they break the barriers of conventional education to demonstrate why student leadership matters - not just for our students, but for our world.

This resource contains 36 daily and 24 weekly lesson plans that can be used to deliver explicit social-emotional learning instruction. Topics include: why we listen, focusing attention, impulse control, expressing how we feel, negative thought patter...

This guide provides multicultural and interdisciplinary perspectives. It makes use of text, video, photography, and interactive experiences around climate science and its interaction with the food system. The resource can be used for a series of less...

This resource has 50 cross-curricular lessons from a range of organizations including Amnesty International and War Child. Topics include challenging antisemitism and Islamophobia, conflict transformation, religion and peace, the human rights effects...

A video game that helps students learn how to make the right decisions during disasters and earn points to unlock new levels. If they can master all seven levels (wildfire, tornado, hurricane/blackout, home fire, winter storm, tsunami/earthquake, thu...