Welcome to Channel One News!

Channel One News is an award-winning daily news program that encourages young people to become informed, global citizens. The newscast and curriculum can be used in whole class activities, small group projects, flipped classrooms and other blended learning environments.

About Channel One News Premium

Since 1990, millions of students have watched Channel One, learning how news events affect their daily lives. The daily show, vast video library and engaging activities connect Social Studies, STEM and ELA curricula to real-world events — liberating classrooms from dated traditional textbooks.

Site Tour and Accessing Curriculum

    • Watch the daily show — any time, on any device.
    • Log in to your school’s account.
    • Choose from two editions, Junior for grades 3–5 and the Senior edition for grades 6–12.
    • Navigate easily to the curriculum, transcripts, student activities and archives.
    • For support email/phone number, please use this:

      General Customer Service Inquiries
      Phone: 800.225.5425
      Email: k12inquiries@hmhco.com

    Curriculum Lesson Planning

    • Lesson Plans include provocative discussion prompts, key terms and a vocabulary ‘Word of the Day’, quizzes, slideshows, writing prompts and media literacy activities — every single day.
    • Multimedia slideshows build context for the day’s news or bring history to life.
    • Easily check your state’s standards with EdGate

    Printable Quick Start Guide

    Get started now with our comprehensive downloadable PDF.

    • Accessing Premium Content
    • Using the Video Library
    • Detailed walkthrough of Lesson Plans and Student Activities
    • Standards Correlation Tool (national and state standards)