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Artists are once again at the forefront of political activism.
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Project
The World They Inherit
This series examines the challenges the young face in a post-pandemic world, including poverty...
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This unit connects global stories of migration with an investigation into local Newark history in order to build a digital archive celebrating migration’s impact on Newark and student’s own lives.
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Students analyze news articles on the choices and challenges that migrants face, and use rhetorical appeals to create Public Service Announcements that reflect those choices and challenges.
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Students build bridges of empathy, affinity, and understanding by exploring underreported stories and using persona poetry to amplify those stories, as well as stories of their own community members.
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Students evaluate news stories about migration to Europe or North America from countries in Africa, and use details to create a fictional Google Earth story about the experiences of a young migrant.
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Project
Nigeria's #EndSars Protests
A story that gives deeper context and details from families affected by police brutality in Nigeria.
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Lesson Plans
The Migrant’s Experience
Students examine the question, “What is the migrant experience?” with the intention of demonstrating how international policies feed migration patterns that have a global effect.
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Students learn to identify perspectives and their implications by reading The Tempest, alongside other literary and journalistic texts, and analyzing themes of colonialism, xenophobia, and migration.
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Students examine news stories about youth displacement, and how youth respond with resilience and improve society. Students then script and film videos to capture personal connections to the stories.