Elevating Underreported Stories in the Classroom: Teacher Fellowship Unit Plans

Students journey through historical points of displacement and dispossession and create a digital museum that identifies tribal communities displaced by The Morrill Act.

Heather Ingram
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Students explore their authentic identities by connecting to underreported news stories through text analysis, research, discussion, and art making.

Mary Haddad
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Students analyze a range of texts that examine racial injustice in the United States and then craft an argumentative essay analyzing how racial inequality impacts identity.

Larue Fitch
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Students analyze news stories and other nonfiction texts focused on the experiences of individuals who have been forced to migrate throughout the world, and then practice the skills of storytelling...

Jessica Lopez
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Students apply close reading and analysis skills to examine who is most impacted by climate change, why, and what climate initiatives can be taken to enhance community care and safety. They then...

Dani McCormick
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Students explore news stories that center statistics, analyze best practices for using surveys to evaluate underreported issues, and ultimately design surveys focused on their interests and concerns.

Bethany Bryant
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Students apply their prior knowledge of constitutional amendments, the judicial branch, racism, and ideas of justice to explore the historic roots, and present-day realities, of incarceration in the...

Kristin Leffler
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Students engage with a series of underreported feature stories in global and local contexts and then investigate an underreported story about their own community to be published as a feature on a...

Heather Worley
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This unit makes space for students to discern local/global sources of hope and pride. Using visual storytelling and interview skills, students make storyboards highlighting people who inspire them.

Charles Sanderson
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Students analyze how journalist-playwrights communicate true stories through theater, then plan and write their own dramatic scripts about underreported issues, working to center marginalized voices.

Chayanee Brooks
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After examining how women across the globe are overcoming gender inequality amplified by the pandemic through advocacy and financial empowerment, students promote opportunities to invest in micro...

Catherine Yackee
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Students evaluate educational budget priorities in the wake of COVID-19 by exploring underreported pandemic stories advocating for initiatives that prioritize mental health support for students.

Mark Wiley
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