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Use these mini-lessons to connect your students to real-world situations, meet notable thinkers, and develop the skills to challenge - not confirm - their biases and assumptions about the world. For more recent stories, see the Thinking Citizen (Jr) resource here.

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A mini-lesson based on a Vox article, exploring the relationship between political campaigns and music, and why artists are so sensitive about their work being used without permission.

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POWERFUL PERSUADERS | ACT Mini lesson (Middle Years)

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A mini-lesson based on a NPR interview with author Zoë Schlanger, about her recent exploration of intelligence and agency in plants.

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AGENCY AND INTELLIGENCE | ACT mini-lessons (Middle)

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A mini-lesson based on an NPR article, exploring how the relationship of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce has generated attention, debate, and abuse on the internet, and beyond.

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ATTENTION BEGETS ABUSE | ACT mini-lesson (middle)

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A mini-lesson based on a BBC article, describing Bad Bunny’s (angry) reaction to an AI-created track that used his voice.

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BAD BUNNY AND CREATING ART | ACT mini-lesson (middle)

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A mini-lesson based on a Conversation explores a controversy about the nature of mathematics generated by a viral TikTok video.

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MATHEMATICS: REAL OR INVENTED? | ACT mini-lesson (middle)

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A mini-lesson based on a Guardian article about cracking knuckles serves a springboard for an exploration of evidence, science, and knowledge.

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KNUCKLE-CRACKING SCIENCE | ACT mini-lesson (middle) 

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A mini-lesson based on a Scientific American article, which uses a famous experiment to explore how culture influences our understanding of psychology.

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MARSHMALLOWS & HUMAN NATURE | ACT mini-lesson (middle)

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A mini-lesson based on a  Big Think article, assessing whether the way we use pronouns such as ‘I’ and ‘we’ affects our psychology.

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SHIFTING OUR PERSPECTIVES | ACT mini-lesson (middle)

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A mini-lesson based on a article from NPR, discussing the shift in the debate around human genetic modification from ‘if’ to ‘how.’

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PANDORA’S BOX? | ACT mini-lesson (middle)

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A mini-lesson based on an audiocast from NPR, exploring a new conspiracy theory (this time, about eating bugs) and traces its history.

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THE EVOLUTION OF A CONSPIRACY THEORY |  ACT mini-lesson (middle)