MY HERO Classroom Resources for Teachers

Curated Multimedia Thematic Lesson Resources to use Throughout the Year Connected to the United Nations International Days and Sustainable Development Goals

January

Kid Inventors' Day (K.I.D.) Lesson Plan

Martin Luther King Jr. Lesson Plan

Holocaust Remembrance Day Lesson Plan

February

Black History Month Lesson Plan

International Day of Women and Girls in Science Lesson Plan

World Day of Social Justice Lesson Plan

March

Women's History Month Lesson Plan

Read Across America Lesson Plan

World Poetry Day Lesson Plan

World Water Day Lesson Plan

Developmental Disabilities Month Lesson Plan

April

Poetry Appreciation Month Lesson Plan

Jazz Appreciation Month Lesson Plan

World Health Day Lesson Plan

Global Youth Service Day Lesson Plan

Earth Day Lesson Plan

May

World Press Freedom Day Lesson Plan

International Day for Biological Diversity Lesson Plan

International Day of UN Peacekeepers Lesson Plan

June

LGBT Pride Month Lesson Plan

World Environment Day Lesson Plan

World Ocean Day Lesson Plan

World Refugee Day Lesson Plan

Public Service Day Lesson Plan

August

International Youth Day Lesson Plan

World Humanitarian Day Lesson Plan

International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition Lesson Plan

Women's Equality Day Lesson Plan

September

National Preparedness Month Lesson Plan

International Literacy Day Lesson Plan

National Grandparents Day Lesson Plan

Patriot Day Lesson Plan

International Day of Peace Lesson Plan

Little Rock Nine Lesson Plan

National Hispanic Heritage Month Lesson Plan 

October

National Hispanic Heritage Month Lesson Plan

LGBTQ History Month Lesson Plan

World Space Week Lesson Plan

Mental Health Awareness Week Lesson Plan

International Day of the Girl Lesson Plan

World Food Day Lesson Plan

UN Disarmament Week Lesson Plan

Global Media and Information Literacy Week Lesson Plan

November

Native American Heritage Month Lesson Plan

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists Lesson Plan

International Education Week Lesson Plan

World Science Day for Peace and Development Lesson Plan

World Kindness Day Lesson Plan

International Day for Tolerance Lesson Plan

Universal Children's Day Lesson Plan

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Lesson Plan

December

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Lesson Plan

Human Rights Day Lesson Plan

US Bill of Rights Day Lesson Plan

International Migrants Day Lesson Plan

Curated Multimedia Lesson Resources to Celebrate Hero Birthdays Throughout the Year

Wangari Maathai (Founder of the Green Belt Movement) Lesson Plan

Kim Phuc Lesson Plan

Maya Angelou Lesson Plan

Jane Goodall Lesson Plan

Thurgood Marshall Lesson Plan

Ron Kovic Lesson Plan

Dalai Lama Lesson Plan

Malala Yousafzai Lesson Plan

Mattie Stepanek Lesson Plan

Nelson Mandela Lesson Plan

Viola Vaughn Lesson Plan

James Baldwin Lesson Plan

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lesson Plan

Melinda Gates Lesson Plan

Katherine Johnson Lesson Plan

Sylvia Earle Lesson Plan 

Dan Eldon, Photojournalist, Lesson Plan

Georgia O'Keeffe Lesson

Claude Monet Lesson Plan

Madeleine L'Engle Lesson Plan