Social Studies
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Meet the Journalist: Gregory Scruggs
In September 2017, Hurricane Irma devastated several Caribbean islands, including tiny Barbuda. But...
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Meet the Journalists: Kiah Collier and Julian Aguilar
A decade ago, the federal government swept into South Texas and began seizing land to build a border...
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Meet the Journalist: Jackie Spinner
Jackie Spinner traveled to Morocco in August 2017 to spend a little more than three months living...
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Estudiantes exploran leyes de expropiación en la construcción de la cerca fronteriza entre los EE.UU. y México para crear un recurso para miembros de su comunidad sobre los derechos a la tierra.
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Estudiantes explorarán cómo el gobierno se apoderó de tierra tejana para una cerca fronteriza. Estudiarán políticas federales y estatales de expropiación y compartir esa información con su comunidad.
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Students explore eminent domain law in the construction of the U.S./Mexico border fence through text and video to create a resource outlining and advocating for their community members’ land rights.
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By exploring land seizures for a border fence in the Rio Grande Valley, students will learn about federal and state eminent domain policy and share that information with the local community.
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Students examine the anatomy of offshore activities revealed in the Paradise Papers to evaluate their impact on various actors and consider what steps should be taken as a result of the investigation.
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Lesson Plans
Deportation and the Cycle of Violence in El Salvador
This lesson asks students to examine Salvadoran gang violence in the U.S. and El Salvador, evaluating the role deportation plays in stoking violence and considering its impact on multiple actors.
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Meet the Journalist: Ben Mauk
Mining companies and government agencies hoped to build up our nuclear arsenal and, as an...
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Meet the Journalist: Ana P. Santos
"A Woman's Crime and Punishment" is a multi-media report series that looks at how zina laws that...
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Students analyze how photojournalist applies different photography techniques to communicate his reporting on a variety of global issues in order to plan and execute their own photo stories.