# Human Progress --- Bring Human​progress​.org to your classroom! This series of lesson plans and classroom resources make it easy to share with your students the many ways in which the world is getting better. Designed by AP World History teacher and Sphere alumnus, Sean Kinnard, these resources fit easily into a variety of history and social studies courses. #### Lessons [![ Centers of Progress: Manchester](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2021-10/Screen%20Shot%202021-10-11%20at%209.30.25%20AM.png?itok=9kotbeRe)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-manchester) [Industrialization](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-manchester) [![Centers of Progress: Chang'an ](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2021-11/Screen%20Shot%202021-11-16%20at%2010.50.46%20AM.png?itok=2tyE8JyU)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-10-changan) [Trade](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-10-changan) [![ Heroes of Progress: Norman Borlaug](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2021-10/Screen%20Shot%202021-10-11%20at%209.30.00%20AM.png?itok=0snd_nHz)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-norman-borlaug) [Agriculture](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-norman-borlaug) [![Heroes of Progress](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2021-11/Screen%20Shot%202021-11-23%20at%201.19.09%20PM.png?itok=GIJS81b2)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-pt-46-astell-wollstonecraft) [Gender Equality](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-pt-46-astell-wollstonecraft) [![Your Life in Numbers 2023](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2023-02/you-life-in-numbers-new-img.jpg?itok=zIK1cB6t)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/life-numbers-student-work-document) [Life in Numbers](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/life-numbers-student-work-document) [![Your Life in Numbers 2023 cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2023-02/your-life-in-numbers-2023-cover-cropped-2.png?itok=S-ZA700h)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/life-numbers) [Your Life in Numbers](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/life-numbers) [![Kate Sheppard screenshot](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-01/kate-sheppard-cropped.jpg?itok=9Dr6zX4i)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-pt-27-kate-sheppard) [Women’s Suffrage](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-pt-27-kate-sheppard) [![Heroes of Progress: Alan Turing](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-01/heroes-of-progress-comp-sci.jpg?itok=CCKIOG_z)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-pt-34-alan-turing) [Computer Science](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-pt-34-alan-turing) [![Centers of Progress - Printing Press graphic](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-01/centers-of-progress-printing-press.jpg?itok=PeYPLo6g)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-15-mainz) [Printing Press](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-15-mainz) [![Centers of Progress - Paper Money](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-02/sphere-paper-money.jpg?itok=5VC6CosS)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-12-hangzhou) [Paper Money](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-12-hangzhou) [![Centers of Progress - Scottish Enlightenment](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-03/scottish-heroes-progress-cropped.png?itok=R54JwRmX)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-18-edinburgh) [Scottish Enlightenment](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-18-edinburgh) [![Center of Progres - Architecture Cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-05/heroes-of-progress-architecture-cover-resized.jpg?itok=SAAjF6d2)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-35-agra) [Architecture](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-35-agra) [![Centers of Progress - Agriculture cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-05/centers-of-progress-ag.jpg?itok=lcJLjQcm)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-1-jericho) [Agriculture](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-1-jericho) [![Human Progress Openness Cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-07/sphere-center-of-progress-openness-cover-cropped.png?itok=JNKZoR8H)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-16-amsterdam) [Openness](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-16-amsterdam) [![Human Progress - Industrialization cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-08/human-prog-industrialization-cover.png?itok=00FYQ_fN)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-pt-13-james-watt) [Industrialization](https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2022-08/human-progress-james-watt.pdf) [![Heroes of Progress - John Snow cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-08/heroes-progress-john-snow-cover.png?itok=0S5N1itb)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-pt-45-john-snow) [Epidemiology](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-pt-45-john-snow) [![Malcom McClean cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-09/heroes-progress-malcom-mclean-cropped.png?itok=wTDboidY)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-pt-17-malcom-mclean) [Shipping](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-pt-17-malcom-mclean) [![Heroes of Progress - Richard Cobden](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-09/heroes-progress-richard-cobden-cropped.png?itok=FVifLlp8)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-pt-9-richard-cobden) [Free Trade](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-pt-9-richard-cobden) [![Centers of Progress - Team Sports Cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-09/centers-of-progress-chichen-itza.png?itok=ISgT2x8Q)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-6-chichen-itza) [Team Sports](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-6-chichen-itza) [![Centers of Progress - Navigation Cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-09/centers-of-progress-seville.png?itok=yPJ35BJv)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-36-seville) [Navigation](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-36-seville) [![Heroes of Progress - Tu Youyou cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-09/centers-of-progrss-tu-youyou.png?itok=30UnXjpE)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-pt-25-tu-youyou) [Pharmaceutical Intervention](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/heroes-progress-pt-25-tu-youyou) [![Centers of Progress - Public Health](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2022-09/centers-of-progress-public-health-cover.png?itok=YFUL_aby)](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-37-dubrovnik) [Public Health](https://www.sphere-ed.org/lesson/centers-progress-pt-37-dubrovnik)