Social Studies
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Lesson Plans
The Impact of the Atomic Bomb
Students examine two stories about the atomic bomb and create a documentary poem synthesizing the stories and demonstrating understanding of the event.
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Students explore how climate change affects delivery workers, then write persuasive op-eds to raise awareness and advocate for local solutions.
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AI powers captions, voice assistants, and translation tools. But who designs these systems and who gets left out? Journalist Joanna S. Kao investigates AI and accessibility.
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Students are invited to enter poems written in response to news stories to the Fighting Words Poetry Contest. This workshop guides teachers and students in how to craft a successful entry.
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Lesson Plans
Fighting Words: Concurso y taller de poesía
Se invita a estudiantes a entregar poemas escritos en respuesta a noticias al concurso de poesía del Pulitzer Center. Esta página incluye directrices del concurso y un taller para guiar el proceso de...
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Students learn about cervical cancer in India as a problem and a system with many causal factors, including those associated with specific cultural and geographic contexts.
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Students are invited to make their voices heard this election season by writing a letter to a decisionmaker that explains the global issue they want to see prioritized. Deadline: November 14, 2025.
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Lesson Plans
Babies Can’t Wait: Addressing Maternal Matters during War and Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
This lesson explores the impact of geography, conflict, and resilience in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through the lens of healthcare and community support systems by centering a maternity...
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Lesson Plans
Resource Guide: What Japan’s Atom Bomb Survivors Have Taught Us About the Dangers of Nuclear War
This resource guide includes lessons, videos, and additional texts to support student engagement with the Retro Report short film, “What Japan’s Atom Bomb Survivors Have Taught Us About the Dangers of...
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Lesson Plans
The Complexities of Global Health Care Access
Students explore examples of limited healthcare access in rural America and Nigeria and then consider how a lack of access impacts individuals, families, communities, and countries.
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Lesson Plans
How Social Sentinel Crossed Student Privacy Rights
Students discover how AI influences their daily lives and how the use AI and biometric data by institutional systems could potentially violate their privacy.
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Students examine the impact individuals, governments and corporations have on what might be our most precious natural resource: drinking water.
