Social Studies
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Project
Cafe Tekoa
What happens when a left-leaning Israeli filmmaker settles in a West-Bank settlement?
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Twenty-five years after the 1994 genocide, Rwanda has been labeled a champion for women's rights...
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Lesson Plans
Women and Nonviolent Resistance
This lesson plan uses resources about women around the world leading nonviolent movements to fight against violence and injustice.
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Lesson Plans
The People Behind the Stories
Students will do a deep dive into the lives of the people whose stories they hear about in the news and will develop a deeper understanding on how one individual can have a global impact.
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In this project, students explore how we are connected with people across the globe and dive deep into one specific item of their choice to research an issue connected to it.
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Lesson Plans
Exploring Afropunk's Global Influence
Students explore Afropunk as a global social catalyst and consider art and fashion's relationship to identity, culture, and social movements.
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Lesson Plans
Depicting War: Examining the Conflict in Yemen
Students explore reporting on the Yemeni war and consider: What forms can war take, and how does it affect civilians directly and indirectly? How can journalists report on a conflict well?
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Lesson Plans
Evaluating Turkey: What Makes a Country “Free”?
Students evaluate the status of freedom in Turkey using Freedom House criteria, and consider how freedom may be defined at home and around the world.
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Education Resource
'Our Democracy': Memphis
Each year, the Pulitzer Center partners with the Catchlight Fellowship program to support the work...
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Engage students in a dialogue about democracy with photojournalist Andrea Bruce and members of a re-entry program in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Project
Europe's New Nationalisms
In the last two years, voters across Europe have elected new governments whose platforms rest, in...
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Students will evaluate how communities rely on their ecosystems for survival and climate change's impact on their ability to do so by examining the Meitei people's relationship to Loktak Lake.