Pulitzer Center Education
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PROJECTS & STORIES
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Students explore clips from the PBS Series Extra Life to analyze the history and legacy of life-saving medical discoveries that have doubled human life expectancy in the last 100 years.
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Lesson Plans
"The Living Century" from The New York Times Magazine: Underreported stories of medical progress
Students examine factors, many of which have been underreported, that have led to the doubling of human life expectancy over the past century.
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Reach out to the Pulitzer Center education team to connect your students with an award-winning journalist who can demystify a wide range of public health issues.
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This lesson examines reporting from journalist Zahra Ahmad and encourages students to investigate their cultural traditions after considering Ahmad's reporting on her experiences as an Iraqi-American.
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Students analyze a discussion with public health experts on life expectancy in the face of COVID-19.
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Pulitzer Center Update
Announcing "The 1619 Project" Education Network
Learn about The 1619 Project Education Network, a new initiative to connect and support education...
February 1, 2021
![Pooyan Tabatabei presents "Walking on a Blade," a photojournalism project documenting the impacts of COVID-19 on Iran's marginalized communities. Image courtesy of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago. United States/Canada, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/pooyan_presents.jpg.webp?h=13c444e7&itok=yKtOXKTR "Pooyan Tabatabei presents "Walking on a Blade," a photojournalism project documenting the impacts of COVID-19 on Iran's marginalized communities. Image courtesy of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago. United States/Canada, 2020.")
