Social Studies

News for kids focused on English Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies.

From a trusted news organization with its finger on the pulse of the world, this free resource can be a reliable source of activities and ideas for current event discussions for older students

A site with a unique approach to history, civics and media literacy helps students cultivate the skills needed to make informed decisions in a divided and demanding world.

We write news for students of English. We help students to learn and understand English. Our easy English news can help everybody who wants to understand better.

A site that presents anti-partisan news from the US.

News for Grades 6 - 12 students and teachers

Teachers will need to create a free account to access to lesson plans, activities, and support materials on the following themes: Identities and Pluralism, Perspectives and Opinions, Political Ideologies, Underlying Values. The site also offers Constructive Discussions: A Canadian educator’s guide to best practices in the classroom.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) provides information about the media freedom situation worldwide in French, English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and other languages.

Free teaching resources from the Economist magazine for weekly discussions about current affairs in the classroom and online.

Under-Told Stories is a journalism project focused on consequences of poverty and the work of change agents addressing them. We produce content for highly respected news organizations and, in collaboration with educators, engage students on pressing issues of our time.

Vox explains the news. We live in a world of too much information and too little context. Too much noise and too little insight. And so Vox's journalists candidly shepherd audiences through politics and policy, business and pop culture, food, science, and everything else that matters.

Offers a rich variety of news and opinion stories on global issues, and its young writers will get students hooked on civic engagement and social justice.