Social Studies
International adoption is big business in Ethiopia, but serious ethical questions have been raised about some practices, including the falsification of documents and the "harvesting" of children.
Forty percent of girls in India do not attend school. Rusda Shaikh, 10, is determined to continue her education.
As the world's population reaches 7 billion, experts see women's education as a vital tool for dealing with population issues in developing countries.
Like nearly every village in South Asia, Allahpur, in the east Indian state of Bihar, is geographically divided on the lines of caste.
This lesson helps students explore the Haitian experience in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti through poetry, photography, and music.
In this lesson, students will examine the various online resources and reporting projects related to Haiti, and learn more about the reconstruction effort one year after the quake.
Fiction and non-fiction reading selections related to the lives of children in Burundi, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and other Central African nations.
In this lesson, students will explore the concept of peacebuilding on both an international and local level.
Through this webquest, students are able to explore the complex country of Sudan using several different projects compiled by Pulitzer Center journalists.
INTRODUCTION
Through this webquest, students will use several different projects on the "Downstream" Global Gateway to examine the impact of water around the world.
OVERVIEW
Afghan reporters know things about their country that western reporters miss. Can they convey the complexity of Afghan society, not just across language barriers, but across cultures?
Epic floods recently inundated vast expanses of Pakistan in the worst natural disaster in its recent history. This project will chronicle the domestic and global effort to help Pakistan recover.
Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, notorious for its use of child soldiers and sex slaves, has stalked Central Africa for decades. How has Kony evaded capture for so long?