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Classroom Subjects
Social Studies
Redefining Gender Roles in Rwanda
Twenty-five years after the 1994 genocide, Rwanda has been labeled a champion for women's rights. What's changed? What work still needs to be done to ensure gender equality in a post-genocide era?
Foreign Influence in the Balkans
Krithika Varagur reports on foreign religious and political investment in the Balkans, focusing on Bosnia and Kosovo, which have been affected by both rising extremism and populism.
A Safe Place to Learn and Grow
Who are the Rohingya? Why have they fled Myanmar? "A Safe Place to Learn and Grow" takes young readers to Bangladesh to learn what is being done to help refugee children heal and access education.
Europe's New Nationalisms
In the last two years, voters across Europe have elected new governments whose platforms rest, in more or less explicit ways, on the politics of "identitarianism."
Jamaica: Voices of the Windrush Generation
Imagine Jamaican emigrants having their dreams of working in the United Kingdom with full citizenship fulfilled, and then suddenly being evicted from their homes purchased with their blood, sweat, and tears.
We Became Fragments
After losing his mother and four siblings in a bombing that left him injured, Syrian teenager Ibraheem Sarhan and his father make a new life for themselves in Winnipeg, Canada.
Marginalized in Malaysia: The Refugee Child’s Struggle for Survival
Many refugee children in Malaysia are attempting to adjust to a foreign society, but with their illegal status, everyday lives are ridden with fear.
Europe Slams Its Gates
A series on Europe’s controversial "pay-to-stay" effort to fight migration at its source.
C.A.R. Crisis: When the State Is Absent
As the Central African Republic slips back into chaos, the government is mostly powerless to intervene. Armed groups hold the power. Here's what happens—and who steps in—when state authority is absent.
Germany's Effort to Bring the Last Living Nazis to Justice
A team of German prosecutors are scouring two continents for Nazis who have managed to escape justice, hoping to bring them to trial before it's too late.
Reporting on Road Safety in the Philippines
Many Philippine roads are death traps. Why are they so deadly? And what can be done to make them safer?
April 08, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Katherine Lewin
Old buildings in Havana sometimes collapse without warning, killing or injuring their occupants. Journalist Katherine Lewin discusses the crisis. She traveled to Cuba with journalist Tracey Eaton.
January 07, 2019 | Education Resources
'Our Democracy': Memphis
Catchlight Fellow Andrea Bruce discusses American democracy with a community of disenfranchised ex-offenders in Memphis, Tennessee.
December 05, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Teresa Fazio
Journalist and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Teresa Fazio speaks about her reporting on gender equality in Sweden's military.
November 09, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Sarah Aziza
Sarah Aziza discusses her investigation of the darker realities of life inside Saudi Arabia under the would-be Saudi reformer, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
October 09, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Roxanne Scott
In 1960, about 100,000 turkeys in England suddenly died. Could grain contamination be the cause? Roxanne Scott explores how Nigerian farmers are planning to recover from aflatoxin contamination.
October 04, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Zack Beauchamp
The truth about Hungary: How a country that used to be a poster child for a successful transition to democracy collapsed into a new kind of authoritarianism.
September 14, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Jennifer Duggan
Jennifer Duggan travels to Lebanon and the Arctic Circle to report on the importance of seeds in ensuring global food security.
August 15, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Krithika Varagur
Learn more about Krithika Varagur's reporting project on Salafism in Southeast Asia and how Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries have systematically spread Salafi Islam, an austere strain of Sunni Islam.
August 13, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Jill Langlois and Lianne Milton
Journalist Jill Langlois and photographer Lianne Milton, reporting on Alcaçuz Federal Penitentiary in Brazil, introduce us to two women whose husbands survived a massacre in the prison.
August 13, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Hassan Ghedi Santur
In May 2018, Hassan Ghedi Santur traveled to Mogadishu, Somalia, to report on former al-Shabab child soldiers and the many challenges that await them once they defect from the group.
August 08, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Jonas Bendiksen
Photographer Jonas Bendiksen traveled to Greenland to visualize its demographic challenges: As more women than men leave to study or live abroad, there are fewer than nine women for every 10 men.
August 07, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Emin Özmen
Photographer Emin Özmen documents the daily lives of Talysh women in Azerbaijan and their complex history of assimilation.
May 22, 2019 | Elementary, Middle School, High School
Challenges and Solutions for Children with Incarcerated Parents
Students read and discuss stories featuring children with an incarcerated parent, then take action to find solutions to some of the challenges these children face.
April 09, 2019 | Elementary, Middle School, High School
Fighting Climate Change with Community Action
This lesson introduces students to some of the ways people around the world are fighting climate change in their own communities, and challenges them to take action themselves.
April 02, 2019 | Elementary, Middle School, High School
Fighting Words: Poetry in Response to Current Events [Contest and Workshop]
Students are invited to submit poems on peace and conflict to the Fighting Words Poetry Contest. The attached workshop guides teachers and students in how to craft a successful entry.
February 27, 2019 | Middle School, High School
Women and Nonviolent Resistance
This lesson plan uses resources about women around the world leading nonviolent movements to fight against violence and injustice.
February 14, 2019 | All Grades
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.
February 13, 2019 | Middle School, High School
Sourcing Our Stuff: Exploring Ethics in Clothing, Accessories, and Food
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.
January 30, 2019 | Elementary, Middle School, High School
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.
January 29, 2019 | High School, College
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?
January 25, 2019 | High School
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.
January 07, 2019 | Middle School, High School, College
Video Discussion: Exploring Democracy with Formerly Incarcerated People
Engage students in a dialogue about democracy with photojournalist Andrea Bruce and members of a re-entry program in Memphis, Tennessee.
December 27, 2018 | Elementary, Middle School, High School
Evaluating Climate Change's Impact on Individuals and Ecosystems
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.
November 16, 2018 | All Grades
Six Tips for Strong Interviews
Students practice skills for preparing and conducting interviews for documentary films.