Media, Misinformation, and the Pandemic Teacher Fellowship Unit Plans
The following units were created and facilitated by educators who participated in the fall 2020 Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellowship program on Media, Misinformation, and the Pandemic. Each unit includes a downloadable PDF with lesson plans, teaching materials, evaluation rubrics, and evidence of student work. For more information on the fall 2020 teacher fellowship program, click here. If you are interested in applying for the spring 2021 Pulitzer Center Teacher fellowship, click here. 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.
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Believeland: Responses to the Pandemic
Students apply critical thinking skills to analyze news stories about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the world, make personal connections to reporting, and compose community maps that...
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tudents use descriptive writing and critical thinking skills to create video responses centered on the experiences of workers from meat manufacturing plants (1900–present) in the U.S. in order to make...
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Identity in the Time of COVID-19
Reflecting on how identity and community change in the face of crises such as COVID-19, and the role of media in these changes.
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Vote and Voice: A Pandemic Photojournalism Series
Students analyze news stories on the COVID-19 pandemic and practice photojournalism skills to compose photo stories on the impacts of the pandemic and elections in their communities
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Community and Civic Participation
Students will engage with photographic artifacts, personal stories and reporting, as well as prepare interviews with members of their own communities to examine the impacts of COVID-19 on communities...
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The Impact Of The Pandemic In Local And Global Contexts—Understanding My Role In My Community To Change The World
Students will learn about what a journalist does, how to write interview questions, and how to conduct an interview. Students will then share the highlights of their interview. Students can write an...
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Visualizing The Pandemic: An Exploration in Descriptive Statistics and Personal Stories
Students will create a descriptive statistics data visualization to go with a chosen under-reported story about the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. They will reflect on their graphic...
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Students analyze reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic and historical research on The Black Death in order to evaluate the purposes and biases of sources, compare and contrast pandemics from two time...
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Pandemic: A Child’s Perspective
Students will build upon their literacy skills by analyzing underreported stories. They will conduct interviews with children around the world of similar ages about their experiences during the...
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'Reading' the News: Media, Research, and Debate
Students evaluate underreported news stories and other sources to prepare and conduct debates on pressing issues that matter to them.
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