Migrants, Displaced People and Refugees
War, economic crisis and climate change can trigger mass migrations of people. Pulitzer Center grantee stories tagged with “Migrants, Displaced People and Refugees” feature reporting that covers refugees, migrants and internally displaced people. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on migrants, displaced people and refugees.
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Students will illustrate their critical reading of "Fractured Lands" and their assessment of the causes and effects of the crisis in the Arab World by creating a 30-foot timeline.
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Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: Syria's Lawless Land
Impunity for Syria's war criminals, new HIV treatments in South Africa, and a new approach to...
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Lesson Plans
The Arab Spring Monologues
This lesson provides guidelines for students to create their own play based on "Fractured Lands," a story published by The New York Times Magazine in the print edition on August 14, 2016.
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Lesson Plans
Working with Fractured Lands in Middle East History
After discussing “Fractured Lands,” groups of students will present on a particular character’s story, contextualizing it in terms of contemporary history, geopolitics, and conflict.
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Pulitzer Center Update
Costa Rica, Cuba, and the Future of Central American Migration
Both Costa Rica's president and grantee Jason Motlagh see a Cold War-era law as driving migration...
September 1, 2016 -
This lesson plan is designed as a guide for engaging students in Scott Anderson's "Fractured Lands," a gripping examination into the unraveling of the modern Middle East.
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Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: When the Arab World Came Apart
Reactions to "Fractured Lands," the last leprosy patients in Sri Lanka, and the health effects of...
August 23, 2016