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Our World, Our Story: Investigating and Crafting Underreported Stories in Our Communities
Students engage with a series of underreported feature stories in global and local contexts and then investigate an underreported story about their own community to be published as a feature on a...
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After examining how women across the globe are overcoming gender inequality amplified by the pandemic through advocacy and financial empowerment, students promote opportunities to invest in micro...
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Students evaluate educational budget priorities in the wake of COVID-19 by exploring underreported pandemic stories advocating for initiatives that prioritize mental health support for students.
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Vaccine Hesitancy and Historical Trauma
Students will examine and discuss reporting about vaccination efforts in Ghana and Chicago to better understand the relationship between medical racism and vaccine hesitancy among people of color.
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Examining Challenges to Reproductive Freedom
Students will build their knowledge of the challenges people face when trying to access abortions. They will then use research, writing, and media literacy skills to make local and global connections.
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Celebrating AAPI Grassroots Action Amid the Pandemic
Students watch a video about two queer Asian women who have provided critical support amid the COVID-19 pandemic before researching and celebrating local Asian and Pacific Islander leaders.
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Using Pulitzer Center Reporting to Examine the SDGs
Students will explore and discuss the SDGs and Pulitzer Center-supported reporting that connects to all 17 goals. They will then use research, writing, and art skills to engage with the reporting.
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In this lesson, students engage with stories about Latinx leaders and organizations on the frontlines of serving their communities before researching and celebrating local Latinx changemakers.
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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.
