High School
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Lesson Plans
The Weekly: Analyzing the Impacts of Chronic Disease
Students learn about sickle cell disease and the first teen to undergo an experimental new treatment, while also exploring issues of chronic illness and access to medical care more broadly.
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Students explore reporting on civil asset forfeiture (the seizure of property police believe is connected to a crime), evaluate perspectives on "policing for profit," and make local connections.
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Lesson Plans
Using Oral History in Reporting
Students learn about the techniques and value of oral history by looking at examples used in reporting, and developing their own projects by connecting historical events to their own community.
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Students learn about how gold from illegal mines in Colombia winds up in American electronics, and the violence, labor conditions, and environmental consequences that result from this trade.
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Students learn about the asylum-seeking process and family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border, while also exploring themes connected to migration and refugees more broadly.
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Lesson Plans
Evaluating and Reshaping Timelines in The 1619 Project: New York Times for Kids Edition
This lesson plan guides students in exploring a special kids' section of The New York Times titled "Why You Should Know About the Year 1619."
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Exploring Techniques for Investigative Journalism
Students explore how the Baltimore Sun conducted their deep investigation into the corrupt case of Sgt. Wayne Jenkins, a former police officer for the Baltimore Police Department.
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Students learn about a Louisiana school accused of fabricating student records and abusing students. In tandem, they learn how journalists investigate a story, and the impact news can have on lives.
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Lesson Plans
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats: China Begins the Next Genome Revolution
Will China’s decision to heavily invest in genome editing of crops payoff in the long run?
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Lesson Plans
Future of Food
This lesson introduces the question: Can we create a nutritious and affordable food system in a way that’s green and fair?
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Lesson Plans
The Ethics of Voluntourism and the Purpose of Travel
Students read solutions journalism that explains the problems with volunteer travel and offers positive alternatives in order to develop their own opinion pieces on the purpose and ethics of travel.
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Lesson Plans
Home, Community, and Tradition: Ramadan in Refuge
This lesson looks at a story about refugees who are reckoning with religion and identity while during Ramadan and explores concepts of home, community, and tradition.
