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Lesson Plans
Debating Australian Mines in Africa
Introduce students to the impact of mining by Australian companies in Africa. Students explore a multimedia slideshow and use what they discover in a structured debate.
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Lesson Plans
The Dangers of Drunk Driving
Students read global news articles and design a mock campaign addressing the issue of driving under the influence.
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Lesson Plans
Nuclear Testing on the Marshall Islands
A quick, 10-minute lesson about the effects of the Nuclear tests done on the Marshall Islands by the United States.
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Michael Peel
Journalist Michael Peel talks about his experience reporting on land rights in Myanmar, part of the...
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Lesson Plans
Analyzing Nuclear Arms Funding in the United States
Students use evidence gathered from the resources to write a letter or presentation articulating their own opinion of whether or not to continue funding nuclear weapons in the U.S.
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Lesson Plans
Debating the Global Land Rush
Students explore the concept of journalistic objectivity and use evidence from articles about land rights in Ethiopia, Indonesia and Myanmar to debate how a country’s natural resources should be used...
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Lesson Plans
School and Identity: Using Multimedia to Examine the Legacy of Indian Residential Schools
Through project-based learning, discussion, and reading, students examine the impact of Canadian Indian residential schools and the relationship between school environment and personal identify.
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Lesson Plans
Cuban Youth
Students investigate and discuss the impacts of recently restored relations between the United States and Cuba by analyzing reporting from journalist Tracey Eaton’s project “Cuban Youth: A New Dawn?”
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalists: Ana P. Santos & Veejay Villafranca
The Philippines has always been a "low-incidence" country in terms of HIV with less than 1 percent...
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalists: Ariel Zirulnick and Will Swanson
Nairobi-based freelance journalist Ariel Zirulnick discusses her project with photojournalist Will...
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Carina Storrs
Why does the rotavirus vaccine only prevent 43 percent of young children in Bangladesh from getting...
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Lesson Plans
The impacts of water crises in China and Flint, MI
This lesson asks students to compare the water crisis facing Flint, Michigan to a water crisis in China. Students use digital resources and practice cooperative learning and writing skills.
