TEACH DEEPLY
FOR GLOBAL EDUCATORS
ABOUT OUR MISSION
As a project of News Deeply, a social enterprise dedicated to digital news in the global public interest, the Teach Deeply program is designed to help teachers bring current affairs into the classroom. With the input of our teacher partners and advisor Steve Armstrong, Former President of the National Council for the Social Studies, we have cr
eated interactive lesson plans around humanitarian issues and global hotspots, crafted for middle and high school classrooms. In our globalized and interconnected world, educators and students need an up-to-date understanding of the rapidly changing social, political, and economic forces shaping society. Through Teach Deeply, these innovative, collaborative, and rigorous open courseware tools will be shared with teachers across the United States and around the world. Our hope is that we can enable students to face the challenges of today’s world, teaching them about complex issues and empowering them to make a difference. All of our courseware is free and open, licensed by Creative Commons and aligned with Common Core and C3 Standard compliance. THE PROBLEM
There is a deficit of in-depth educational programming on global issues current events, especially in American public schools. Teachers who want to bring these issues into the classrooms most often have to do so alone, creating individual solutions to what is a collective problem. The teachers we serve tell us that even the most basic off-the-shelf solutions, properly vetted by subject matter experts, can make a monumental impact in bridging the gap. That’s what Teach Deeply aims to do, by truly linking the newsroom and the classroom through a free and digitally savvy lesson plan. In today’s world, our students and young thinkers must have the capacity to comprehend global issues, with a way to access and understand pivotal crises. By introducing these issues into the classroom, young adults can become more knowledgeable about world events while expanding their global horizons, paving the way for a broader set of career goals and opportunities. These lessons, deployed by dedicated teachers one classroom at a time, can help inform the next generation. OUR SOLUTION
Educating a millennial audience isn’t difficult; you just have to use their tools and speak their language. That is why Teach Deeply has developed digital interactive lesson plans that educate, engage, and inform students. In time, this model could expand to cover a range of global issues, from conflict zones and modern history to civic engagement and environmental science. In doing so, Teach Deeply hopes to provide a whole new dimension of free, open curriculum support that is teacher friendly, student friendly and Common Core Standards compliant. SUPPORT A TEACH DEEPLY PLATFORM
Teach Deeply grows through the support of individual and institutional sponsors, through philanthropy that values education on a global level. If you are interested in supporting a Teach Deeply platform you can reach our team at [email protected].
