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"With more and more of the world's content online, it is critical that students understand how to effectively use web search to find quality sources appropriate to their task. We've created a series of lessons to help you guide your students to use search meaningfully in their schoolwork and beyond. On this page, you'll find Search Literacy lessons and A Google A Day classroom challenges. Our search literacy lessons help you meet the new Common Core State Standards and are broken down based on level of expertise in search: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced."

An interdisciplinary approach to incorporating climate change in your classroom The WWF Climate Change Team has developed a comprehensive educational curriculum that will elevate students' knowledge of the issue and spur dialogue about what each of us can do to make a difference. The high school-level curriculum is divided into fifteen lessons which include handouts, a glossary of terms and additional resources for ongoing discussions and research. Please feel free to use the lessons you believe your students will most benefit from.

US Holocaust Museum lesson plans

UNICEF lessons for secondary students on: UNICEF: An Introduction Child Rights The Millennium Development Goals Children, Youth and Climate Change Child Labour Water and Sanitation

Lessons and resources on Asia, including China and Japan

Free resources and lesson plans, including PPT presentations

This site provides educators and specialists in Japan Studies a space for sharing, discussing and developing teaching ideas and resources about Japan, especially as they relate to K-12 classrooms. The site features thought-provoking essays; classroom-ready lesson plans; an area for asking and answering questions; resources including historical documents, maps and images; and member profiles. In addition to user-generated content, the editorial team will develop original materials organized around different themes.

An overview of the people and events of the Holocaust through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature. Includes lesson plans and ideas.

The iRespect website exists to promote positive tolerance and active citizenship. This includes a unit of work on how to take an oral history.

"TeachUNICEF is a portfolio of global education teacher resources designed and collected by the U.S. Fund for UNICEF's Education Department for teachers, afterschool instructors, and parents. The units, lesson plans, stories, videos and multimedia cover topics ranging from the Millennium Development Goals to poverty and water and sanitation. "

MoneySmart Teaching offers quality resources for secondary teachers that are aligned to the Australian curriculum. Our units of work and teacher guides give educators lesson plans that they can take directly into the classroom. Our digital activities help students to learn real life skills like mobile phone security and buying your first car.

These materials provide an overview of the causes and consequences of climate change, and help teachers to explore its impact on everyone, especially people in the developing world. The activities also help pupils to understand their own contribution to climate change, and that of their school. Includes ideas for active citizenship projects designed to reduce your school and personal use of fossil fuels.

Lesson plans and resources for Ancient Egypt. Relatively simple information

"The world produces enough food to feed everyone. Yet, one in seven people on our planet go to bed hungry each night. Why does hunger exist in a world with enough food for all? Food for Thought are lessons for English and other subjects to help you explore these and more questions. Check out animations, videos, blogs and more and use the skills you learn in class to make a difference to the world. Real life learning friend... sick."

Lesson plan on the Middle Passage - audio, visual and written sources

"Children in the Slave Trade" - Lesson plan about children in the slave trade - includes extracts from Olaudah Equiano's narrative

"Explorations are inquiry-based, interactive modules designed to give students the opportunity to do history: to conduct research, analyze primary sources, and draw their own conclusions." - US history

In this unit, students explore a variety of resources-texts, images, sounds, photos, and other artifacts-to learn more about the Holocaust. Beginning with journal writings and a picture book to introduce the central issues, the unit focuses on student-centered inquiry. Students explore a range of print and non-print resources through extensive online inquiry activities. Progressing from individual work to a group learning project, the unit culminates in publishing the group's findings in topic-based newspapers.