Turn today's global challenges into thought-provoking lesson plans that build students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills, while building language skills. Engage in interdisciplinary, hands-on activities that explore world population growth, natural resource use, and what it means to be a global citizen. Presented activities provide academic enrichment in science and social studies, and enhance literacy skills for dual language learners in grades 6-8. Bilingual lesson plans that address state learning standards for several content areas will be shared.