YES! For Teachers

07/23/2020

NEW student writing lesson "Your Wildest Dreams for 2020" features winning essays from our Spring student writing contest as mentor texts.

As you begin a new decade and a new year, what might you accomplish in your wildest dreams?

06/17/2020

What happens when students pivot from problem-awareness to thinking about solutions?

They meet a student climate activist, community members preserving local history, a therapist helping patients recover and beat opioid addiction, and other solutionaries committed to making this a better world.

In late fall 2019, nine schools were selected to pilot the YES! Solutions Project. The project shifts students from problem-awareness to thinking about solutions as they identify and interview change-makers

04/08/2020

Feeling unsure about how to start talking to your students about Anti-Blackness? Our tough topics discussion guide will help generate a conversation about anti-Black racism, colorism, police brutality, U.S. history of slavery—and ways to help dismantle anti-Blackness in this country.

While we often hear the words “racism,” “white privilege,” and “intersectionality” in today’s discourse around racial justice, “anti-Blackness” and “anti-Black racism” almost always get left behind. What many people don’t

04/02/2020

From a chemistry demo in a home kitchen to a Broadway show-tune singalong on Zoom, here's a global snapshot of how educators are teaching online during the coronavirus pandemic. How's it going for you?

Schools are closed for hundreds of millions of students, but educators, parents, and children are still learning—including how to keep a sense of connection.

04/01/2020

Are your students feeling anxious or confused about COVID-19? Use this image and Visual Learning Lesson to help them understand this global pandemic—and develop their visual literacy muscles, too.

Your students will think about the effect coronavirus has had on their lives, routines, and community.

03/02/2020

A printable and foldable zine for kids and everyone to learn about coronavirus, its misconceptions, and what to do from here.

You may have heard the word "coronavirus" online or on TV. You probably have a lot of questions. Check out our comic to get some answers — and print out a zine version at home.

02/27/2020

Don't forget to register for our spring writing contest- registration ends tomorrow!

https://www.yesmagazine.org/education/2020/01/16/spring-2020-national-student-writing-competition-wildest-dreams-for-2020/

02/21/2020

Uneasy about how to talk to your students about fat-shaming and related issues like body image, phobias, public health, and bullying? Here are some resources to start the conversation.

Uneasy about how to talk to your students about fat-shaming and related issues? Here are some resources to start the conversation.

02/20/2020

Remember to register for our Spring Writing Contest: Your Wildest Dreams by Feb. 28!

Learn more.

02/19/2020

Talking to students about identity and heritage? Our student writing lesson will get students reflecting and writing on their roots and how connected they are to all of their parts.

Students will read and respond to the YES! article “Native and European–How do I Honor All Parts of Myself?” by Kayla DeVault. In this article, Native American author Kayla DeVault

02/03/2020

"These mascots are teaching stereotypical, misleading and too often, insulting images of American Indians...negative lessons are not just affecting American Indian students; they are sending the wrong message to all students."

NFL's Kansas City Chiefs, one of several American sports teams that copy Native American imagery and traditions, will take the field for Super Bowl LIV. How did the team, which was founded in 1959, come to have such a loaded name? And why does the practice of such cultural appropriation still endure...