Browse and adapt hundreds of standards-aligned lesson plans for K–12 classrooms. Lessons encourage students to make local connections to global news stories, while strengthening skills such as critical thinking, media literacy, and communication. Click here to send feedback to our team.
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![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%20510%20315'%2F%3E "A young camel tugs at Cadar Maxamed's hijab in Xinjiinle, in northern Somaliland. The camel was named Baruud—"tough"—because its mother survived years of drought, unlike most of Cadar's animals. Camels and other livestock are the basis of pastoralists' wealth in the region. Image by Nichole Sobecki/National Geographic.")
Students will engage with infographics to analyze and communicate global migration trends, and specifically visualize the experience of women who are migrating.
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This unit focuses on the power of both underreported news stories and poetry to tell a story and get to the emotional core of a justice issue.
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Students distinguish among prejudice, racism, and systemic racism and analyze their manifestations in their lives, news stories, and the legal system.
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Investigating Police Budgets
Students investigate how governments fund policing and how police use their budgets, and communicate facts and personal perspectives on police funding through digital zines.
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This conversation-based unit guides students in telling fuller truths about marginalized people's experiences and struggles for justice by centering stories of joy.
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In this lesson, students analyze how journalists use interviews to research and tell under-reported stories. They then apply those tips to planning, conducting, and editing their own interviews.
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Curricular Materials for The 1857 Project
Explore reading guides, a lesson plan, and extension activities for The 1857 Project, a journalism project that chronicles the legacy of racial injustice in and around St. Louis.
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This resource includes quotes, key terms/names/historical events, and guiding questions for many of the 30+ essays and creative works that compose "The 1857 Project."
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Lesson Plans
Exploring 'The 1857 Project: Extracting the Poison of Racism from America’s Soul' by William H. Freivogel
This lesson plan is designed to introduce William Freivogel’s essay, and The 1857 Project as a whole, through discussion questions and guided reading.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/mm9019_ngs61831s-19_191210_07580.jpg.webp?h=9dd951d5&itok=dZzAQ6Fr "A young camel tugs at Cadar Maxamed's hijab in Xinjiinle, in northern Somaliland. The camel was named Baruud—"tough"—because its mother survived years of drought, unlike most of Cadar's animals. Camels and other livestock are the basis of pastoralists' wealth in the region. Image by Nichole Sobecki/National Geographic.")
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/interviews-thumbnail.png.webp?h=c673cd1c&itok=P5BlP8TK "Screenshot from the video "Journalist's Toolbox: Interviews," which features an image by Mikey Cordero. Puerto Rico, 2019.")
