Journalism and Justice in Chicago Unit Plans
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Students work with lawmakers to enact change by creating photojournalism projects that illustrate how passing legislation will help them reach their dreams.
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Fighting Mortality
Students analyze global trends in mortality, investigate health disparities in Chicago, and leverage international initiatives to promote well-being in their own communities through civic action.
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Students explore cross-cultural solidarity in the context of social justice movements in America by examining a diverse range of historical and contemporary texts and craft reflections through daily...
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Preparing for Migration
Students explore a range of reporting on the theme of migration and then leverage research and interviewing skills to prepare for upcoming academic or vocational transitions.
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Journalism, Justice, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Project Based Learning
Students identify underreported news stories that challenge the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and then develop solutions to a violation of the declaration in their own community.
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Listening to Immigrants’ Stories: Comparing the American Dream to the Reality Upon Arrival to the United States
Students evaluate a range of texts about immigrants traveling to the United States and then employ interviewing skills to capture stories about immigration from members of their own community
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Students examine the legacy of discrimination developed under European Imperialism and Enlightenment, and research disruptors in their own communities who have fought against exclusion and oppression.
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Students investigate global and local environmental issues and explore stories that celebrate activists. Then students create posters that highlight environmental issues in Chicago.
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Students explore stories of Muslim women celebrating identity and community and then leverage interviewing and portraiture skills to celebrate the range of identities in their classroom.
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Equity and COVID-19
Students analyze inequities in COVID-19 vaccine distribution, develop digital literacy skills to make informed decisions about the vaccine, and then engage in civic action work to promote equity in...
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Empowering students to shape pandemic budgets
Students investigate the impact of COVID-19 on marginalized communities in Chicago, identifying issues that matter to them, to participate in discussions about CPS budget allocations as an advocate...
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Students examine historic national inequities in education, racial justice, and climate change and then highlight examples of organizations leveraging the challenge of COVID-19 to solve these...
