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Central America

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    Writing & Communication Activities

    Guide your students in creative, expository, and persuasive writing, class debates, and science communications exercises designed for any subject area.

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    July 25, 2018
  • A young boy peeks from the window of a bache located in a coffee plantation near the Rio Sereno border crossing. Image by Samira Tella. Costa Rica, 2018.
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    The Cost of Coffee: Seasonal Migration of the Ngäbe-Buglé in Costa Rica

    As demand for high-quality coffee increases, but crop prices decrease, desire for low-wage labor...

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    READ MORE ABOUT THIS PROJECT - The Cost of Coffee: Seasonal Migration of the Ngäbe-Buglé in Costa Rica
  • In March, Geophysical Research Letters reported that the western part of Greenland’s ice sheet is melting at its fastest rate in at least 450 years. Some scientists believe that the Arctic hasn’t seen ice melt like this in 5,000 years. If the ice sheet melts entirely, sea levels would rise 20 feet, leaving Lower Manhattan underwater. Jason Gulley, a geologist, and Celia Trunz, a Ph.D. student in geology, have been conducting meltwater research by releasing a fluorescent red dye to determine how and why…
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    Visualizing Climate Change

    Activities encouraging students to create and evaluate visual representations of climate change in order to interpret and share environmental knowledge effectively.

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    July 24, 2018
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    Taking Action: Activities for Students, Schools, and Communities

    What could you and your students do to fight climate change? This resource outlines letter-writing campaigns, research projects and school-wide event ideas for students.

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    July 23, 2018
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    Digging Deeper: Background Materials & Primary Sources

    Find all the context you need to teach "Losing Earth," including historical timelines and original transcripts from Senate hearings on climate change.

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    July 22, 2018
  • Jahd Khalil dials in from Cairo to speak with Jack London Middle School 6th graders. Image courtesy of Tracy Crowley. United States, 2018.
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    Skype a Journalist into Your Classroom

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    July 21, 2018
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    A born-again member of the 18th Street gang now living in the Eben Ezer evangelical church. Image by Danny Gold. El Salvador, 2018.
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    PART OF: The Only Way Out in El Salvador

    'The Only Way Out Is Through Jesus’: The El Salvador Pastors Saving MS-13 Gang Members

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    July 19, 2018
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  • A born-again member of the 18th Street gang now living in the Eben Ezer evangelical church. Image by Neil Brandvold. El Salvador, 2018.
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    The Only Way Out in El Salvador

    In El Salvador, brutal gangs like MS-13 and 18th Street do not allow members to quit without penalty...

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  • Javier Alejandro Vindel-Rodriguez on the Brownsville Express International Bridge, where U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents deterred asylum seekers like his family from crossing the border. Image by Reynaldo Leal. United States, 2018.
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    This Week in Education: Families Divided Along the Border

    Featured Lesson Plan: Summer Reading Beyond the Headlines: Families Divided Along the Border With...

    July 11, 2018
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    Six-year-old Heyli was separated from her father after crossing the U.S. border in late May. Her mother and aunt, who have spoken to her by phone, say she cries constantly and begs them to take her away from the Arizona facility where she is being held. "There's nothing else I can say to say to make her stop crying," Heyli's mother said. Image by Jay Root. Honduras, 2018.
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    PART OF: Families Divided

    “A Very Cruel Punishment”: A Family Split by “Zero Tolerance” Won’t Try to Cross Again, Mom Says

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    July 10, 2018
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  • Attempts to haul a stuck hook from the bottom of a well. Image by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell. Mexico, 2018.
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    Meet the Journalist: Jesse Alejandro Cottrell

    By the end of 2013, Lucy Genao realized that local police in the Mexican state of Veracruz were...

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    Javier Alejandro Vindel-Rodriguez on the Brownsville Express International Bridge, where U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents deterred asylum seekers like his family from crossing the border. Image by Reynaldo Leal. United States, 2018.
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    PART OF: Families Divided

    The Trump Administration Is Not Keeping Its Promises to Asylum Seekers Who Come to Ports of Entry

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    July 7, 2018
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