Asking Critical Questions: Teacher Fellowship Units

Students engage key questions that drive exploration of global issues and underreported local stories, resulting in podcasts that capture the plurality of experiences and voices in their community.

Ray Salazar
Teacher Fellow

Students engage with the question, “How does my community relate to the larger global community in the problems that they face?”

Jacqueem Winston
Teacher Fellow

Students analyze a series of first person narratives of immigrants and migrants and then capture stories of migration from their own family in short documentary films.

Mary Aiken
Teacher Fellow

Students engage with journalism, short films, local interviews, and self reflection to expand their definitions of advocacy, explore the causes and impacts of trauma, and ultimately compose a recipe...

Karen Sojourner
Teacher Fellow

Students examine the relationship between success, opportunity, and environment by analyzing underreported news stories and conducting interviews about the impact of systemic issues in the U.S.

Michelle Dueñas Mowery
Teacher Fellow

Students apply close reading and photo analysis skills to analyze underreported global news stories. They then compose photojournalism projects capturing underrepresented stories in their communities.

Renee O'Connor
Teacher Fellow

Students produce podcasts that cover local underreported stories after analyzing historical and contemporary issues central to Native American history and culture in the U.S.

Stephanie Tsakeris
Teacher Fellow

Students analyze how communities can leverage local government and community advocacy to address environmental events driven by climate change.

Lisa Holewa
Teacher Fellow

Students analyze the relationship between race, wealth, and educational access by examining the issue of school segregation in global and local contexts.

CeCe Ogunshakin
Teacher Fellow

Students engage with underreported news stories, excerpts from books that explore the theme of conflict and peace, and local stories to create a project exploring cycles of conflict and peace.

Jeri Johnson
Teacher Fellow

Students explore how events from the past influence the present, how rhetoric can be used to inspire empathy, and how journalism/media can be used as a tool for justice and reform.

Brittany Goldsby
Teacher Fellow

Students explore reporting about the lived experiences of BIPOC and historically marginalized people, eventually designing children’s books that tell their own important and underrepresented story.

Sawsan Jaber
Teacher Fellow