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Stories and lessons for growing minds

We are a free multimedia platform for educators and students. Through our immersive storytelling and curricula, we explore the deeper issues facing humanity. Use our award-winning films, photo essays, and essays to learn about social, cultural, and environmental issues from people and communities worldwide. For grades 3-12, our stories and lessons encourage students to broaden their perspectives and worldviews while fostering inquiry, empathy, resilience, and a sacred relationship to our planet. We aim to bring universal values into the lives of educators and students.

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Watch this short video to learn more about the stories we tell.

Protester holding up when will MLK's dream come true
Photo Essay
We Will Breathe

These photos by Sheila Pree Bright share intimate moments of mourning and inspiration within the Black Lives Matter movement.

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United States flag graffiti on concrete wall
Webinar
Nurturing the Heart of Democracy

How might we teach democracy in our classrooms? Parker Palmer and Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger, in this webinar recording, explore civic and moral education.

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Hanging artifacts of the Nomadic Mountain People of Tibet
Student Contest
Student Photography Contest: The Artifacts in Our Lives

Students photograph an artifact and tell its story. What memories of your cultural and family heritage exist within the objects of our lives? Open until November 19, 2020.  

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Article
Learning and Teaching from the Heart in Troubled Times

Ariel Burger explores ways to embrace curiosity and celebrate questions in challenging times.

by Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger
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Film Marie's Dictionary

Marie Wilcox is the last fluent speaker of Wukchumni and created a dictionary to keep her language alive.

by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
Lesson Plans
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Lesson Plans
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Native American Heritage Month

Explore these stories and lessons to learn more about Indigenous and Native communities.

Discussion Guide Exploring Indigenous Language Vitality with Google Earth

A global lesson plan in collaboration with Google Earth’s tour Celebrating Indigenous Languages.

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Photo Essay
We Are Still Here

These photographs present portraits of contemporary Native Americans.

by Camille Seaman
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Film
Water Flows Together
Colleen Cooley, a Navajo river guide, reflects on the importance of acknowledging Indigenous land in outdoor recreation.
by Palmer Morse , Taylor Graham and Matt Mikkelsen
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Student Voice

Through photography, students document their unique and powerful perspectives during the global shelter in place orders amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Student contest winner. One handful of ash
Unsettling Evidence

I am fortunate enough to witness two worlds in my country: the continual game of monopoly within the urban sprawl of Sydney and the often forgotten rural hearts and souls. This macro perspective of the inevitable devastation of our bushfire season was a message to the world.

Ned Henderson (age 17) - Queens Park, Australia

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Upcoming Events

HundrED Innovation Summit 2020

Watch recordings from this year’s Summit which explores the world’s leading education innovations and practices, including Global Oneness Project.

Film Screening: Upstream with Robert Macfarlane & Rob Petit

Join our sister organization, Emergence Magazine, for a special live screening and U.S. premiere of Upstream, an erie, hypnotic and experimental film by writer Robert Macfarlane and director Rob Petit.

ISTE EdTech Conference 2020

Join Cleary Vaughan-Lee and Elizabeth Crawford for a session on “Empowering Student Voices: Using Short Films and Photography to Promote Climate Action."

Who Is Using Our Materials

Our materials provide opportunities for an interdisciplinary approach to learning across disciplines from social sciences and humanities to environmental sciences. Education stakeholders, including K-12 educators, university professors, librarians, tech/media specialists, parents, and students are using our materials in multiple learning environments.

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