High School
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Lesson Plans
Beauty and Truth in Images of Dandora
This lesson uses techniques developed with Project Zero to help students explore the interplay between beauty and truth in photojournalism.
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Lesson Plans
Stewart: Debating Drones
In this lesson, students will weigh the benefits and drawbacks of the use of drones for surveillance, war, and agriculture.
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Objective: to allow students to explore the interplay between China’s politics, environmentalism and Tibetan Buddhism. Lesson length: 50 minutes.
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Lesson Plans
Power Lunch: India's Mid-day Meal Program
How do content and form work together in telling a story in the news? This unit/lesson builds on thinking routines developed by Project Zero at Harvard University.
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Lesson Plans
Why They Flee: Understanding the Migration of Minors
Students investigate multiple perspectives on migration by children and teens to the U.S. from Central America in order to ultimately propose ideas for immigration reform to their state senators.
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Students will explore the potential impact of Pope Francis's call for ecological preservation and contrast trends in China that are prompting Buddhists there to be better environmental stewards.
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A high school civics lesson that uses photography as a tool for neighborhood improvement.
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Resources: Micah Albert, Photojournalist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9uv4ORHjA Buried in Dandora: (Just listen to the audio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS1u07xV3cY BBC curated photo essay...
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Lesson Plans
Cancer Alley
Student will discuss the difference between essential facts, secondary facts, and emotive statements.
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Students will make connections between history 600 years ago and present problems confronting South American Countries such as Brazil and Peru.
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Lesson Plans
How to Fight Corruption in a Dangerous State?
Students will analyze whether technology can increase citizens’ abilities to fight corruption when speaking out can result in jail time or death.
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Lesson Plans
Analyzing How the Press Depicts Islam
Students will expand their understanding of Islam by comparing press coverage to what Muslims in the Middle East are doing to try to prevent the world from misunderstanding what most Muslims believe.