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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...
The following units were created and facilitated by educators who participated in the spring 2021 Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellowship program on Journalism and Justice in Chicago. Each unit includes a downloadable PDF with lesson plans, teaching materials, evaluation rubrics, and evidence of student work. If you are interested in applying for the fall 2021 Pulitzer Center Teacher fellowship, please email [email protected]. The Pulitzer Center is so proud to have had the opportunity to work with this incredible team of Teacher Fellows, and to support the truly inspiring projects below.