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Sustainability
Teach your students about the environment, from stewardship to climate justice.
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Social Justice
Teach your students about equity, inclusion, and building a world that works for all.
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Respect & Empathy
Teach your students to treat everyone with compassion and dignity.
ExploreStudent Writing
Lessons
Help your students connect with real-world issues and reflect on their values.
ExploreVisual Learning
Lessons
Teach your students to interpret a single image with playfulness and imagination.
ExploreTough Topics
Discussion Guides
Talk with your students about things that matter, even when they’re complicated.
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Tough Topics Discussion Guides
Let’s Talk About Anti-Blackness
Resources for talking with students about anti-Black racism and related issues like colorism, U.S. history of slavery, and police brutality.
Tough Topics Discussion Guides
Let’s Talk About Mass Incarceration
And related issues like race, poverty, and punishment.
“Why Bother to Vote?” Student Writing Lesson
Is not voting a responsible option in a presidential election?
The YES! National Student Writing Competition
Students read and respond to a YES! article. Check out the winning essays from recent contests.
The Latest
Writing Contest
Winter 2017: “Your Sacred Place” Middle School Winner Isabel Hardwig
Read Isabel’s essay, “The Bullfighter,” about querencias—and the trampoline where she draws strength.
Writing Contest
Winter 2017: “Your Sacred Place” High School Winner Imogen Rain Cockrum
Read Imogen’s essay, “Half of Who I Am,” about her mother’s war-torn, crayola-bright hometown in El Salvador.
Winter 2017: “Your Sacred Place” University Winner Valerie Hoffman
Read Valerie’s essay, “My Dressing Room,” about the office space at school that gives her the privacy and freedom to be herself.
Writing Contest
Winter 2017: “Your Sacred Place” Powerful Voice Winner Saef-Aldeen Elbgal
Read Saef’s essay, “Standing Up for My Mosque,” about the precious guidance he receives from the Oakland Islamic Center—and his plans to protect it.
Writing Contest
Winter 2017: “Your Sacred Place” Powerful Voice Winner Mara Peruzzi
Read Mara’s essay, “Candelight,” about how meditative drawing helps her cope with misophonia, a disorder that causes the hatred of specific sounds.
Writing Contest
Winter 2017: “Your Sacred Place” Powerful Voice Winner Ella Vonada
Read Ella’s essay, “Noni’s House,” about the scratchy records and soft chairs in her favorite house—where she’ll always have someone to catch her if she falls down.
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