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Browse the Educators’ Catalog Database below to find articles and classroom activities that focus on a range of topics, geographies and learning outcomes. Scroll to the left to see the complete menu of options. You can also view the database in Google Sheets.
Excerpts from the most recent Educators’ Catalog:
Trading in bullets for ballots in Sri Lanka
After failed attempts to topple the Sri Lankan government, a rebel group has come to power through peaceful means, with the help of a youth movement.
How floods in Spain brought a deluge of disinformation
After massive floods in Valencia, fake news messages on the internet seemed targeted to intensify chaos and undermine trust in the authorities.
Decoder Replay: Why do people believe conspiracy theories?
Trump faked his assassination attempt. Princess Di wasn’t killed in an accident. The moon landing never happened. Why do people believe disproven ideas?
Decoder Replay: Beware of shorthand labels
Are the Houthis in Yemen “Iran-backed” or “Iran-aligned”? Are Hezbollah members “terrorists” or “liberators”? Labels can make a big difference.
Decoders
Our “Decoders” go beyond headlines to provide context for the big issues in the news. ND correspondents bring decades of journalistic expertise reporting on major world events to write exclusive news articles in English for our youth audience. Student reporters are trained in our Pitch, Report, Draft, Revise methodology to produce balanced, credible and authoritative news content.
Every article includes a list of questions to prompt discussion. Browse a selection of our news archive by categories below, or search by keywords on your desired topic or region in the Search box.
Israel-Palestine
Decoder Replay: When nations go too far
Even warfare has rules. But how can the world stop the mass slaughter and starvation of a people?
School closed on account of … war
Some 90 million students across the globe lose their access to education, not from snow or hurricanes, but from the political storms that rage around them.
Decoder Replay: Is peace in the Middle East even possible?
It is difficult to undo almost eight decades of hostility. To understand what’s happening now in Gaza you have to go back to the creation of the Israeli state.
Decoder Replay: Do the Geneva Conventions still have force?
Israel strikes crowds at food distribution sites. Russia bombs cities in the Ukraine war. Can we not hold nations to account?
The war in Gaza is a test for humanity
Standing by while a whole people gets massacred doesn’t absolve countries of their responsibility in that. There is complicity in silence.
Ukraine
School closed on account of … war
Some 90 million students across the globe lose their access to education, not from snow or hurricanes, but from the political storms that rage around them.
Decoder Replay: Do the Geneva Conventions still have force?
Israel strikes crowds at food distribution sites. Russia bombs cities in the Ukraine war. Can we not hold nations to account?
Decoder: Do fixed borders guarantee peace?
While Russia and Ukraine war over their shared border, two Central Asian nations prove that borders can be changed by mutual agreement.
Decoder: From a cold war to a warm hug
How to get the significance of Donald Trump’s bitterness towards Europe? You have to look at the complicated dance between Russia and the United States.
Decoder Replay: The importance of Ukraine to the world
On the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine we return to the question we asked our correspondents then. Why should the world care?
Technology
Designed in California but made … all over the world
Many people in the United States feel they can’t live without an iPhone. But its global components have put it is at the heart of an international trade battle.
With no warning
As the planet heats up and extreme weather events get more common, the United States slashes funding to its weather services. What does that mean for the world?
When that dream job turns into a nightmare
Victims of fake job offers in South Asia find themselves far from home, forced to work digital fraud scams with high ransoms demanded for their freedom.
Could Trump’s tariffs end up spurring green innovation?
U.S. trade wars could create new alliances around energy independence, and make fossil fuel investments risky.
Are smartphones at schools all bad?
Across the world, schools are banning phones. But parents want to keep connected to their kids and students and some teachers find they can enhance learning.
Economy
Decoder Replay: Why all the fuss over interest rates?
When the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank lowers interest rates, that can affect the prices for all the stuff you buy. But do you understand how they work?
Decoder Replay: Gold is valuable. But you can’t drink it.
We’re marking World Water Week, a gathering in Sweden intended to solve water-related challenges such as droughts, floods and food security. Let’s invest in it.
How worried are we about the future? Let’s quantify it.
The “fear index” measures the ups and downs of the stock market. That often mirrors how we feel about the economy, and world.
Tourists love Spain. But the feeling isn’t mutual.
Across the globe, tourist hubs are losing their love for the visitors who throng to them. Can an equilibrium be reached?
Can Kenya keep a small moth from doing a lot of damage?
Kenyan roses are prized for their beauty. The flower industry employs thousands of people there. But just one insect can upend all that.
Environment
Saying goodbye to our glaciers
Glaciers predate human life but our lifestyle causes them to melt. Can a funeral for a glacier get this message across? Let’s do something before it’s too late.
Decoder Replay: Gold is valuable. But you can’t drink it.
We’re marking World Water Week, a gathering in Sweden intended to solve water-related challenges such as droughts, floods and food security. Let’s invest in it.
Is climate change carcinogenic?
Increasingly, researchers are finding a causal connection between cancer and extreme weather events and other manifestations of climate change.
Finally, a focus on freshwater fish
Fish are disappearing in an African lake that feeds the people of four countries. Freshwater lakes may not be as vast as oceans but they are just as important.
Can Kenya keep a small moth from doing a lot of damage?
Kenyan roses are prized for their beauty. The flower industry employs thousands of people there. But just one insect can upend all that.
Health & Wellness
Decoder Replay: Why all the fuss over interest rates?
When the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank lowers interest rates, that can affect the prices for all the stuff you buy. But do you understand how they work?
The cultural power in a cigarette puff
Globally, rates of smoking are in decline. But in Indonesia, a cigarette is a measure of masculinity and hospitality. That makes it habit hard to break.
Decoder Replay: Gold is valuable. But you can’t drink it.
We’re marking World Water Week, a gathering in Sweden intended to solve water-related challenges such as droughts, floods and food security. Let’s invest in it.
When you feel sick but are embarrassed to say so
Hundreds of millions of people suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, young people in particular. But we don’t like to talk about it.
Is climate change carcinogenic?
Increasingly, researchers are finding a causal connection between cancer and extreme weather events and other manifestations of climate change.
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