As an extension of a fairy tale unit, or after reading Little Red Riding Hood, students will plan and create a map with a safe path for Little Red to outsmart The Big Bad Wolf and get to Grandma’s house safely. The students will view a map grid of the forest with spaces where The Wolf may be lurking. They must create a safe path and use BeeBots, Dash, Sphero or another robot to follow the path. If no robots are available, it can be done as an unplugged activity.

In this online lesson, students are introduced to resources that will help them better understand the effects and implications of the reopening of the ancient Silk Road between Europe and China, including Marco Polo's travels and the location of his routes.

These two short activities set up tragedies of the commons – one in water (lemonade) and the other in fish (M&Ms). The debriefing guides students through analysis of the different incentives embodied in common and private ownership and helps them understand how the rules of the game shape people’s behavior – and their use of valuable environmental amenities.

Students will use a series of clues and their knowledge of incentives and voluntary exchange to solve the sweatshop mystery. Students will fully examine the issue – an examination that must include the accounts from workers, themselves, who often welcome the opportunity sweatshops offer and fear that foreign agitation will cause factories to close or relocate.

This reading-based activity is a combination guided discussion and paper-and-pencil exercise examining the impact of trade barriers on various participant groups in the sugar market. U.S. sugar policy creates a tale of 2 markets and offers a clear illustration of who benefits from and who bears the costs of market restrictions. In the process of analyzing and comparing those markets, students rediscover three important economic constants: voluntary trade creates wealth; incentives always matter; and economic change creates winners and losers.

Students analyze a map of the North Polar region, test their knowledge of the Arctic, and brainstorm examples of the interconnectedness of life in this region with life around the world.

In this activity, students see that markets can help to reduce pollution if people value a cleaner environment, and if they have good information about the pollution that is present.

In this lesson, students explore the effect that a particular culture can have on popular music.

In this lesson, students explore the effect that a particular culture can have on popular music.

In this lesson, students will research and prepare an almanac on the Arctic. They then examine the laws that attempt to provide jurisdiction over this area and consider how these laws will be affected if geography of the Arctic continues to change due to the effects of global warming.

In this lesson the students will use a variety of print, video, and electronic media to learn about China's place in world economy. They will examine how China is fast becoming a giant consumer of the worlds factors of production. They also will look at China's population and determine how many resources China will need in the future to sustain its growth.

This lesson examines the civil liberties guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and how the conditions of war might affect those liberties. Students will: review the rights and responsibilities of a citizen in a democratic system; study historical precedents for altering civil liberties during time of war; discuss and debate the pros and cons of the wartime curtailment of civil liberties; examine the role of the press in keeping citizens informed in light of the government's need to limit information during times of crisis.

In this lesson, students investigate artificially elevated regions or cities around the world to compare histories, cultures, and strategies related to potential flooding disaster.

Students will identify and explain factors that contributed to ethnic tensions and conflicts in Sri Lanka. They will watch a video clip related to the conflict in Sri Lanka and critically analyze texts to determine the characteristics of the author. Students will also use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the war in Sri Lanka with another conflict previously studied.

In this series of activities, students use GPS units or GPS-enabled mobile phones to find EarthCache sites.

In this lesson, students explore the connection between economic progress and ecological costs. Students will read and discuss several articles.

Through this lesson, students are able to explore the impact oil extraction, logging, and mining have on communities across the globe, including how indigenous people respond. Students will also be able to reflect on the policies, both domestically and internationally, governing the industry and determine if they are sufficiently "green."

This lesson plan is designed as a guide that offers different ways to engage your students in the article "Fractured Lands" by Scott Anderson, published by The New York Times with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. In “Fractured Lands,” Anderson explores the modern Middle East through the eyes of six individuals, tracing their lives from the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq through the Arab spring, up to the present day. While these people come from different countries, ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds, their interlinked narratives provide a window into a turbulent region and help the reader understand the macro-narrative of modern Middle Eastern history. Throughout “Fractured Lands” Anderson raises questions about leadership, governance, identity, dissent and the consequences of history, which enrich our understanding of current events and may also help us better anticipate the future.