Tag: North America
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USAID Cuts Lesson Plan
When the world’s largest foreign aid donor shut down its aid agency, millions of people felt the consequences almost immediately. This lesson examines why it happened, what was lost, and whether the partial reversal was enough. Explore this lesson in three differentiated reading levels for grades 6-12.
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Canada Pipeline Debate 2026 Lesson Plan
When environmental and economic security collide, whose definition wins? This lesson uses Canada’s 2026 pipeline debates (Coastal GasLink, the Alberta-BC crude pipeline, and the Bridger expansion) to teach security as a contested concept, with Indigenous perspectives included in the debate.
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Hantavirus Outbreak Lesson Plan
How can a disease outbreak shows us the strengths and limitations of international cooperation and international organizations like the WHO? This differentiated lesson for Grades 6-12 explores globalization, sovereignty, and the limits of international health cooperation through the 2026 Hantavirus outbreak.
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2026 Global Energy Crisis Lesson Plan
The Philippines: +72.6%. Japan: +8.2%. Same crisis, same global oil market, but very different consequences. This no-prep lesson uses the 2026 Hormuz crisis to explore why global shocks land harder on poorer countries, with differentiated readings and real price data for Grades 6-12.
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Anthropic’s Mythos AI Lesson Plan
Is AI getting too dangerous? When Anthropic announced in April 2026 that its new AI model, Mythos, was too dangerous to release publicly, it sparked a global debate: who gets to decide how powerful AI can become, and who should be in charge of the rules? This lesson uses the Mythos case and the EU’s…
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