Teaching Resources

In this video from 2022, Anca Mezei shares her story of overcoming the discrimination that she faced as a Romani child and how this motivated her to work with her students and their families to reclaim pride in their identity and culture.

A collection of lesson plans that use STEM and interdisciplinary approaches to teach about climate change. The lesson plans are grouped according to grade levels and can easily be downloaded, as is, by teachers.

A collection of activities built on a series of space science challenges that offer real insights into modern science and engineering, often using real research data. Each problem has a 'one-page' format with a Teacher's Guide and Answer Key as a sec...

In this video from 2014, former special education teacher and Teach For America Alumnus, Michael Mahoney shares how he wants his students to have a sense of unlimited possibility for what they can be and what they can contribute to the world.

This two-pager guide provides a quick overview of Teaching As Collective Leadership.

A lesson to reflect on the crisis in Myanmar by looking at a photo of people who have fled the violence there. Students will share what they already know about the Myanmar crisis, develop empathy with the people affected, and consider what kind of he...

Explore the insights of this workshop and learn about Roger Hart's Ladder of Participation in this video from 2014.

In this video from 2014, Clint Smith (Teach For America) performs a poem exploring his experience of teaching and his vision for helping students think deeply about social injustice and how to navigate complex power structures with a strong sense of ...

During their two-year fellowship with Teach For Uganda, Charles Obore and Carol Seera worked collectively with teachers, parents, students, and community leaders to begin transforming their schools. In this video from 2020, they share their approach ...