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May 27, 2020 | Middle School, High School, College
Analyze and Discuss: The 1619 Project Video Introduction
A lesson plan to guide analysis of a video introduction to Nikole Hannah-Jones and The 1619 Project.
Builder Grade Level
Middle School
May 27, 2020 | Middle School, High School
Exploring Voter Suppression and Activism in U.S. Elections
Students learn about voter suppression and disenfranchisement in U.S. elections, and how people are mobilizing to combat it.
April 17, 2020 | Middle School, High School
Reducing Health Disparities in Black and Brown Communities During a Pandemic
In this lesson, students will analyze data showing that Black and brown people are over-represented in COVID-19 mortality statistics, investigate structural causes, and search for solutions.
April 10, 2020 | Middle School
Exploring Media Representation and Bias in Photography
Students explore images from the Everyday Africa, evaluate how images can inform a person's understanding of what a place looks like, and brainstorm images that they can compose to more accurately...
April 10, 2020 | Middle School
Telling Stories with Photographs
Students explore images from Everyday Africa, and then practice planning images for a photography exhibition that aims to present everyday life in their communities.
April 10, 2020 | Middle School
Practicing Photojournalism Skills
This is the third lesson in the Everyday DC unit, and it introduces students to photography techniques for use in their Everyday DC project.
April 10, 2020 | Middle School
Captioning and Curating Photography
Students explore photography the Everyday Africa and Everyday DC projects to develop curation and caption-writing skills.
April 10, 2020 | Middle School
Exploring Portraiture as a Storytelling Tool
Students practice conducting interviews and using them to illuminate portrait photographs that reflect underreported stories of everyday life in their communities.
April 10, 2020 | Middle School
Composing Photographs and Creating Exhibition Narratives
Students explore the Everyday Africa project, and then apply photography and curation techniques to compose photo stories that represent everyday life in their communities.
April 10, 2020 | Middle School
Creating Individual and Collaborative Photojournalism Exhibits
This is the seventh and final lesson in the Everyday DC unit, where students conclude their work on Everyday DC by completing a final individual and collaborative project.
April 08, 2020 | Middle School, High School
Analyzing the Exit of Private Prisons: Now What?
Students analyze text-based reporting and engage with what happens when communities decide to stop relying on private companies to run correctional institutions
March 25, 2020 | Middle School, High School
Growing Up Through the Cracks: Exploring Solutions to Child Poverty in Scotland and the United States
Students analyze solutions to end child poverty in Glasgow, Scotland and Allegheny County in the Southwest of Pennsylvania.