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This lesson for journalism or ELA students explores Evan Osnos’ North Korea reporting to debate the role of journalists in crises and to develop original reporting projects.

Students learn about the politics and policies of nuclear security by exploring the U.S.-North Korea and U.S.-China relationships.

Students will analyze how selection and order of information are used to tell stories of gun violence. They will curate photo essays and produce policy recommendations to reduce local violence.

Students will learn about tannery and e-waste pollution in India and the connection with American consumer goods. They will design a presentation based on what they learn.

Students will analyze how the writer's point of view shapes articles written about the U.S.-North Korean nuclear crisis.

In this lesson, students investigate landai poetry and the women who create them in order to write poems that address taboos facing their own communities.

Students explore four international topics (North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, and climate change) that made news this summer using photography-based activities.

Students analyze the use of images to visualize the human impact of the socioeconomic changes in Venezuela in order to select an image that encapsulates the economic struggles facing Venezuelans.

Students explore two recent reporting projects on North Korea, comparing and contrasting the journalists' purpose, content, and style.

In this lesson, students will analyze an article about terrorism in the Maldives while practicing their writing and presentation skills.

In this lesson, students use the Pulitzer Center website to research a specific country before giving an oral presentation. 

This lesson introduces students to the individual experiences of child soldiers as well as larger issues like the impact of war on children through reporting on Boko Haram.