Middle School
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Lesson Plans
Community in the Face of Climate Change
Students analyze how communities can leverage local government and community advocacy to address environmental events driven by climate change.
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Society’s Mirror: Stories to Change the World
Students produce podcasts that cover local underreported stories after analyzing historical and contemporary issues central to Native American history and culture in the U.S.
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Connecting Brittney Griner’s Detention with Local Legal Injustices: Beyond the Headlines
Students examine stories that illuminate the impact of punitive legal policies in the U.S., and understand Brittney Griner's detention in Russia in the context of global legal injustices.
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Evaluating AI's Impact on Everyday Life
Students explore reporting on the many ways artificial intelligence can be used, its potential benefits, and its negative consequences in order to evaluate AI's impact on their lives and communities.
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Students reflect on their own sense of place or belonging as they explore reporting on the lasting impact of the Morrill Act of 1862 on Native communities in the U.S.
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Students examine how the 2022 World Cup has highlighted Qatar's history of labor exploitation and make connections between the sporting event and global issues of workers' rights and climate migration...
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What the Fact?! Teaching Guide
This teaching guide supports in-depth engagement with Dr. Seema Yasmin's new book about media literacy, which explains how misinformation spreads, its effects, and what we can do to stop it.
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Agents of Change: Who Am I Among Others?
Students explore their authentic identities by connecting to underreported news stories through text analysis, research, discussion, and art making.
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Self-Identity in Today’s New America
Students analyze a range of texts that examine racial injustice in the United States and then craft an argumentative essay analyzing how racial inequality impacts identity.
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The Power of the Personal Story
Students analyze news stories and other nonfiction texts focused on the experiences of individuals who have been forced to migrate throughout the world, and then practice the skills of storytelling...
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Community Care Through Climate Justice
Students apply close reading and analysis skills to examine who is most impacted by climate change, why, and what climate initiatives can be taken to enhance community care and safety. They then...
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How Can We Use Surveys to Advocate for Ourselves?
Students explore news stories that center statistics, analyze best practices for using surveys to evaluate underreported issues, and ultimately design surveys focused on their interests and concerns.