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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The Power of Poetry
In this lesson, students investigate educational resources using diverse media in order to understand how poetry can be used as a means of communication.
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Families of Domestic Workers from the Philippines
Students evaluate the impact of how an author orders information by analyzing two articles about the impact of Filipino women leaving their countries to work as domestic workers in the Middle East.
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Healing for Refugees from Syria
Analyze author’s purpose using articles and video exploring a community’s efforts to support Syrian refugees in Jordan.
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This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
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Refugees and The Island of Lesbos
This lesson explores the Greek Island of Lesbos, which has taken in thousands of refugees despite its small population. The island has been a focal landing point for migrants and refugees.
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Elections Around the World
In this lesson, students use online reporting to compare the 2016 U.S. election to elections in Iran and Taiwan.
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This project outline uses several photojournalism projects to engage student in reflections and analysis of how a “slow approach” to journalism can highlight larger issues in their own communities.
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Pedestrian Safety
Students investigate educational resources about the safety of pedestrians in developing countries and design mock letters to politicians in charge of roads in a developing country.
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Analyzing Nuclear Arms Funding in the United States
Students use evidence gathered from the resources to write a letter or presentation articulating their own opinion of whether or not to continue funding nuclear weapons in the U.S.
