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As schools reopen across the country, we and our partners hope that YMI's free classroom and home-based educational resources help you create a dynamic learning experience for your students.

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YMI's educational outreach programs tap into popular culture to create a dynamic learning experience. Browse by subject through our library of free study guides and online resources, to find standards-based lesson plans for your grade level and programs for learners outside the classroom.

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We all have a role to play in creating a safe and supportive community for students. That’s why the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) and Young Minds Inspired (YMI) have …

College/University

Help Take a Bite out of Crime® with this consumer education program designed to inform photography students about the dangers of buying counterfeit camera accessories, such as batteries and chargers. …

High School & College

Reimagined for the 21st century, ROOTS is the epic story of an American family’s journey from slavery to freedom and their struggle to pass on their cultural identity from one …

High School, College & Libraries

Bring the fight for equality to life in your classroom with SUFFRAGETTE, the stirring new film about the women who were willing to lose their jobs, their homes, their children, …

High School & College

Bring a project shrouded in secrecy to life in your classroom with Manhattan, the WGN America original series beginning a new season on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, at 9pm/8c. Explore …

High School & College

Bring the Revolution to your classroom with learning resources based on TURN: Washington’s Spies, the AMC series that tells the little-known story of America’s first spies, the Culper Ring, who …

High School & College

Based on The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, a documentary written, directed, and produced by Brian Knappenberger, this video case study combines online clips from the film …

College & Post-Graduate

Use this study guide for the newest film adaptation of ROMEO & JULIET to enrich your students’ engagement with Shakespeare’s most cherished love story. Includes learning activities that guide students …

High School & College

Challenge your students to become changemakers in their own community with these resources inspired by the film Promised Land. The Changemakers Planning Guide helps students identify local issues where they …

College

Bring your students into the conversation surrounding the new film Snitch, opening in theaters nationwide on February 22, 2013. Inspired by the true experiences of a teenager who became caught …

College

Was Shakespeare a fraud? Weigh the evidence on both sides of the authorship debate with this study guide to the film Anonymous. Students examine what we know about Shakespeare’s life …

High School & College

Bring Beowulf to life with lessons on the historical background, characters, and themes of this epic story, now told onscreen. Students explore the family dynamics that help shape Beowulf’s fate, …

High School & College

Witness the tragic ending to the Native American struggle for independence, and learn how that struggle continues, with this study guide to the HBO docudrama Bury My Heart at Wounded …

High School & College

Help students of all ages recognize the risks they can face online and learn the rules for responsible online behavior with this comprehensive program on copyright and respect for intellectual …

Grade 3 - College

Weigh the challenges faced by a woman who led her nation to the pinnacle of power in a world dominated by men with this study guide to the HBO series …

High School & College

Tread the Forum alongside Cicero and Caesar to learn what life was really like in ancient Rome with this study guide to the HBO mini-series. Students investigate how class, religion, …

High School & College

The story of Stephen Glass, denounced for journalistic fraud in 1998, sets the stage for debate on editorial practices and ethical standards in this study guide to the film Shattered …

High School & College

Explore the moral anguish of a Holocaust survivor with this study guide to Roman Polanski’s Academy Award-winning film The Pianist. Students gauge their own reactions to prejudice, weigh the options …

High School & College

Guide freshmen through the challenges of money management, budgeting, and maintaining good credit with this orientation program made possible by Visa. Click the images below to download the program.

College

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