Social Studies
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Lesson Plans
Altobello: Getting the Word Out About Food Waste
Students analyze reporting about food waste in DC and South Korea. They then create their own media plans on reporting food waste issues in their communities.
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Lesson Plans
Fragile States and Our Communities: Part 4
Students will take action to apply their learning on fragile states and their communities to improve conditions.
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Lesson Plans
Fragile States and Our Communities: Part 3
Students use technology to communicate and publish their ideas and reactions of fragile states effectively.
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Lesson Plans
Fragile States and Our Communities: Part 2
In this lesson, students determine main ideas in new information on fragile states and identify their own and others' points of view.
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Carl Gierstorfer
Biologist and filmmaker Carl Gierstorfer always had an interest in diseases and how they affect...
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Lesson Plans
Fragile States and Our Communities: Part 1
In this lesson, students will investigate their daily cost of living and develop and understanding of the safety structures in their environments.
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Lesson Plans
News Bite 3: Too Young to Die
In this lesson, we'll take a look at a short film trailer and a photograph by Carlos Javier Ortiz around the issue of gun violence in Chicago, exploring its often-untold consequences.
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Uri Blau
American dollars have tremendous impact on the ground in Israel and Palestine. Investigative...
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Lesson Plans
News Bite 1: Syria's Future
In this lesson, students will read and respond to a photograph and article excerpt by Lauren Gelfond Feldinger, published in the BBC Magazine, about Syrian refugee children in Jordan.
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Female genital cutting affects more than nine out of ten of women in Mali. Those working to end the...
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Lesson Plans
Context for "TB2: Mali's Ancient Manuscripts"
Special lesson for NCSS 2015 attendees, created to accompany Pulitzer Center computer game "TB2: Mali's Ancient Manuscripts."
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Paula Bronstein
Paula Bronstein is a photojournalist based in Bangkok, Thailand, and has been specializing in...