Human Rights
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Lesson Plans
Why They Flee: Understanding the Migration of Minors
Students investigate multiple perspectives on migration by children and teens to the U.S. from Central America in order to ultimately propose ideas for immigration reform to their state senators.
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Students will explore the potential impact of Pope Francis's call for ecological preservation and contrast trends in China that are prompting Buddhists there to be better environmental stewards.
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In eastern Nepal, a Hepatitis E epidemic infected over 5,000 people, killing over a dozen. But in...
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Pulitzer Center Update
'Seeds of Hope' Wins World International Humanitarian Platinum Award
Vote for the Fiona Lloyd-Davies documentary for the 2015 favorite in the World Humanitarian Awards.
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Lesson Plans
Weighing the Pros and Cons of Working Abroad
Students will read articles and watch videos as preparation to an empathy-building exercise that will help them understand why people choose to leave their families to seek out employment overseas.
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Objective: To introduce journalism students to the concept of convergence. Essential Question: Why does convergence journalism make a story more powerful?