Middle School
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Students examine how the 2022 World Cup has highlighted Qatar's history of labor exploitation and make connections between the sporting event and global issues of workers' rights and climate migration...
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What the Fact?! Teaching Guide
This teaching guide supports in-depth engagement with Dr. Seema Yasmin's new book about media literacy, which explains how misinformation spreads, its effects, and what we can do to stop it.
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Invitamos a los estudiantes a hacer oír su voz en este concurso escribiendo una carta a su representante que proponga una solución local a un tema global. Fecha límite: 13 de noviembre de 2022.
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Agents of Change: Who Am I Among Others?
Students explore their authentic identities by connecting to underreported news stories through text analysis, research, discussion, and art making.
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Self-Identity in Today’s New America
Students analyze a range of texts that examine racial injustice in the United States and then craft an argumentative essay analyzing how racial inequality impacts identity.
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The Power of the Personal Story
Students analyze news stories and other nonfiction texts focused on the experiences of individuals who have been forced to migrate throughout the world, and then practice the skills of storytelling...
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Community Care Through Climate Justice
Students apply close reading and analysis skills to examine who is most impacted by climate change, why, and what climate initiatives can be taken to enhance community care and safety. They then...
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How Can We Use Surveys to Advocate for Ourselves?
Students explore news stories that center statistics, analyze best practices for using surveys to evaluate underreported issues, and ultimately design surveys focused on their interests and concerns.
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Imagine a World Without Prisons
Students apply their prior knowledge of constitutional amendments, the judicial branch, racism, and ideas of justice to explore the historic roots, and present-day realities, of incarceration in the...
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This unit makes space for students to discern local/global sources of hope and pride. Using visual storytelling and interview skills, students make storyboards highlighting people who inspire them.
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Making History
Students evaluate reporting on several underreported issues, and analyze the role of underreported stories in documenting history in order to create a presentation on a topic they think future...
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Celebrating AAPI Grassroots Action Amid the Pandemic
Students watch a video about two queer Asian women who have provided critical support amid the COVID-19 pandemic before researching and celebrating local Asian and Pacific Islander leaders.
