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Lesson Plans
Assessing Our Understanding of the Fragmentation of Religious Authority in Select Middle Eastern Societies
Students learn about the fragmentation of religious authority in Middle Eastern countries. They then create polls to assess their peers’ understanding of Islamic terrorist recruitment strategies.
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Lesson Plans
Middle East Strategy Task Force Event Preparation
This lesson is to prepare students for an event featuring Secretary Madeleine Albright and Steven Hadley around the Atlantic Council's Middle East Strategy Task Force report.
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We've read about the harrowing journeys that nearly millions of refugees have made to Europe...
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Students learn about asylum seekers and the boundaries between refugees and migrants. They explore how current refugee and migration policies impact women and children.
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Project
Finding Home
Finding Home documents four families at the heart of Europe's refugee crisis. It's the story of...
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Lesson Plans
Arab Spring Mini Unit and Final Assessment
This unit plan, designed for high school freshmen, analyzes the Arab Spring in the context of the French and Haitian revolutions.
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These lesson plans present close reading, writing, discussion, and hands-on activities that explore "Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart," Scott Anderson's New York Times Magazine story.
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Project
Traces of Exile
The ongoing crises in the Middle East have uprooted millions of people, yet new technology allows...
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Pulitzer Center Update
Chicago High School Devotes Eight Weeks to "Fractured Lands"
A 9th grade teacher describes how exploring "Fractured Lands" provided her students with a much...
November 7, 2016 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Scott Anderson Explores 'Fractured Lands' at University of Chicago
Executive Director Jon Sawyer joins author of landmark Pulitzer Center-supported reporting project...
November 4, 2016
