Social Studies

Students will analyze the choices for girls in Bangladesh and discuss whether working in the garment industry really does allow women to find more freedom.

Students will come to their own informed conclusion as to whether cash payments to those living in poverty is helpful or simply a hand out.

Students will analyze the role of religion in many different aspects of people’s lives and analyze how deeply faith can impact a society’s progress.

Every so often, students and educators take an interest in a global issue and act on that interest...

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In 2012, our grantees Austin Merrill and Peter DiCampo founded Everyday Africa, the photo-sharing...

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By now, you may have heard of him -- the journalist walking around the world. Paul Salopek is a...

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In the following global affairs lesson plan, students analyze how an author utilizes diverse and conflicting viewpoints to communicate the Iranian perspective of U.S. sanctions.

In the following global affairs lesson plan, students demonstrate understanding of current events in Saudi Arabia by providing objective summaries of three texts from journalist Caryle Murphy.

Students analyze how an author structures articles in different ways to report on malnutrition. The articles come from the project “1,000 Days: To save women, children and the world” by Roger Thurow.

Students will analyze how authors order ideas and emphasize details to report on a global conflict. They will reflect on injustices they have witnessed and write their own reports on local conflicts.

Why do young people from Jordan and Tunisia decide to join militant groups in Syria? Are they driven...

Alice Su
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In many ways this century already belongs to the city. By 2050, it is anticipated that an additional...

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