Elevating Underreported Stories in the Classroom: Teacher Fellowship Unit Plans
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Students explore the effects of climate change, the impact of global youth climate advocacy, and then craft a persuasive letter or art piece encouraging local and national officials to take action on...
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Students learn about disenfranchisement and the fight for voting rights from Reconstruction to the present. They then compose an underreported story about a person fighting for democracy locally.
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Lesson Plans
Making History
Students evaluate reporting on several underreported issues, and analyze the role of underreported stories in documenting history in order to create a presentation on a topic they think future...
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Lesson Plans
Images from the Past, Images from the Present: Black Excellence, Resistance, and Joy Yesterday and Today
Students explore underreported stories of Black excellence, resistance, and joy past and present and use images, text, and interviews to create collages that form a class museum of Black joy.
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Students explore how environmental degradation disproportionately affects marginalized communities, reflect on the sacredness of water, and create art to communicate a message of environmentalism.
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Lesson Plans
Shattering Broken Mirrors and Windows: Exploring Youth Liberation Counter-stories Through Photojournalism
Students analyze techniques that photojournalists use to communicate underreported stories, explore reporting about youth activists across the U.S. and the world, and then create photo stories about...
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Students analyze texts and art on the theme of humanity. They explore stories about Ethiopia's civil war and the experiences of Rohingya refugees, and create poems and art in response to the stories.
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Students discover the range of global events that spur human migration and then explore one migration narrative by crafting a book cover that captures their journey.
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Students analyze reporting from Eastern Europe to evaluate the differences between the authoritarian and representative democracy styles of governments. They explore ways that leaders from both styles...
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Students explore how visual arts are used globally to amplify marginalized voices, and create block prints uplifting underreported stories. This unit contains supports for multilingual learners.
