Social Studies
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Lesson Plans
Connecting Brittney Griner’s Detention with Local Legal Injustices: Beyond the Headlines
Students examine stories that illuminate the impact of punitive legal policies in the U.S., and understand Brittney Griner's detention in Russia in the context of global legal injustices.
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Evaluating AI's Impact on Everyday Life
Students explore reporting on the many ways artificial intelligence can be used, its potential benefits, and its negative consequences in order to evaluate AI's impact on their lives and communities.
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Students reflect on their own sense of place or belonging as they explore reporting on the lasting impact of the Morrill Act of 1862 on Native communities in the U.S.
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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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Lesson Plans
Beyond the Headlines: Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti
Students learn about the current humanitarian crisis in Haiti and explore its connection to foreign exploitation through the legacy of French colonial rule, debts, and military interventions.
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Beyond the Headlines: Justice for Mahsa (Zhina) Amini and Global Protests Against State Violence
Students learn about the protests in Iran sparked by the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini in police custody and connect the protests to global calls for justice in response to state violence.
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Lesson Plans
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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Lesson Plans
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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Lesson Plans
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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After examining how women across the globe are overcoming gender inequality amplified by the pandemic through advocacy and financial empowerment, students promote opportunities to invest in micro...
