The Weekly: Pulitzer Center Curriculum
Every episode, The Weekly delves into one of the most important news stories of our times to produce news documentaries and reveal how the story was reported. The Pulitzer Center is proud to be the education partner for this television series from The New York Times. Past episodes of The Weekly, now discontinued, can be accessed here.
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Lesson Plans
The Weekly: Analyzing the Impacts of Chronic Disease
Students learn about sickle cell disease and the first teen to undergo an experimental new treatment, while also exploring issues of chronic illness and access to medical care more broadly.
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Students learn about how gold from illegal mines in Colombia winds up in American electronics, and the violence, labor conditions, and environmental consequences that result from this trade.
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Students learn about the asylum-seeking process and family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border, while also exploring themes connected to migration and refugees more broadly.
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Students learn about a Louisiana school accused of fabricating student records and abusing students. In tandem, they learn how journalists investigate a story, and the impact news can have on lives.
