Stories, Lesson Plans & More

Essay
Memory’s Radial Path to Learning

This essay explores how memory and storytelling are tools to humanize learning, allowing students to connect to their inner lives.

Essay
Learning and Teaching from the Heart in Troubled Times

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

Film
The Lindworm

Mythologist and storyteller Martin Shaw tells an old Norwegian tale about a mythical creature that is part human and part snake.

High School
Grade Level: 9-12
The Value of Listening
High School
Grade Level: 9-12
A Refugee's Story
High School
Grade Level: 9-12
Far from Home
High School
Grade Level: 9-12
Freedom to Change
Film
The Ocean Inside

A meditation on surfing and the ocean, filmed off the coast of West Marin, California.

Essay
Lessons in the Old Language
Linguist Matthew C. Bronson examines how language can shape our relationship to people, places and things.