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In this lesson, students read reporting and examine the complex role of Illinois museums in the face of COVID-19 and anti-racist protests across the country.
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Meet Paul Salopek
Meet two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Salopek, a National Geographic fellow and Pulitzer Center...
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La Salud: Un Derecho Humano
Students consider health as a human right by analyzing an article about access to health care in a Spanish-Speaking country, review how to write a formal letter, and then write a formal letter to a...
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Plastics, Bioplastics, and Health
Students explore plastics' health impacts, discuss gaps in research, and assess the limitations of alternatives. They brainstorm and present community solutions to reduce plastic pollution locally.
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A Moment of Connection
Students apply critical thinking and analysis skills to analyze several journalistic texts, evaluate what most connects them to a story, and then apply their analysis to create a photojournalism essay...
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Genetically Modified Organisms
Students engage with reporting about a health issue in Uganda, connect to their personal lives, investigate healthy diet and GMO, and then defend their response to the essential question, "can a...
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Investigating Issues in Local Communities
Students learn what underreported stories are and why they matter through analysis of health reporting, and then research and write a story they think is underreported in their local community.
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AI Accountability Classroom Toolkits
This resource is designed to support classroom engagement with AI journalism by providing background information and key concepts for better understanding artificial intelligence and its societal...
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Our Immigration Cuentos
Students will examine underreported stories related to immigration and relate the articles they read to themes of querencia. Working in groups, they present the story they investigated to the class...
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Investigating, Informing, Influencing: Exploring Current Issues on a National and Global Scale
Students use a thinking routine to analyze a curated list of seven news stories on a global issue they select. Working in groups, they evaluate connections in the reporting, formulate claims about the...
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Explore media literacy activities designed to help students in out-of-school time programs critically analyze and navigate the news.
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