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The Weekly: Pulitzer Center Education Programming
Access free episodes and curricula for “The Weekly,” the news documentary television series by The New York Times .
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The 1619 Project: Pulitzer Center Education Programming
The Pulitzer Center is proud to partner with The New York Times Magazine on The 1619 Project to expand its educational mission.
Cafe Tekoa
What happens when a left-leaning Israeli filmmaker settles in a West-Bank settlement?
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.
June 18, 2020 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Jesse Hyde
Jesse Hyde traveled to the Brazilian Amazon in June 2019 to report on the impact of cattle ranching on the rainforest and a series of violent conflicts over the forest's future.
June 28, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Nadja Drost
Journalist Nadja Drost discusses her reporting with filmmaker Bruno Federico on Venezuela's battle for power between President Nicolás Maduro and Juan Guaidó.
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.
June 25, 2020 | High School
Too Few Lawyers, Too Many Cases: Examining Triage in the U.S. Criminal Justice System
In this lesson, students explore the concept of triage in Missouri's public defender system, and more broadly across the United States.
June 24, 2020 | All Grades
How to Describe Places to Tell Under-Reported Stories: From Drafting to Editing
In this lesson, students will hear from a journalist who uses writing skills to describe under-reported place, and practice the same skills in original writing.
June 08, 2020 | All Grades
"Nobody's Gonna Silence Me": Exploring Identity and Resilience
In this lesson, students consider questions of identity and visibility by analyzing a documentary about an intersex woman from Zimbabwe seeking asylum in the U.S.
June 01, 2020 | All Grades
Reading Guide: Quotes, Key Terms, and Questions
This resource includes quotes, key terms/names/historical events, and guiding questions for each of over 30 essays and creative works that compose The 1619 Project.
May 31, 2020 | All Grades
Index of Terms and Historical Events
A partial listing of historical events and terms referenced in The 1619 Project essays to support teachers in curricular integration.
May 29, 2020 | All Grades
Lesson Plan: Exploring "The Idea of America" by Nikole Hannah-Jones
A lesson plan for close reading and guided discussion of Nikole Hannah-Jones' essay, which provides the intellectual framework and introduction for The 1619 Project.
May 28, 2020 | All Grades
Activities to Extend Student Engagement
Standards-aligned activities drawing from concepts in the essays, creative texts, photographs, and illustrations to engage students in creative and challenging ways.
May 27, 2020 | Middle School, High School, College
Analyze and Discuss: The 1619 Project Video Introduction
A lesson plan to guide analysis of a video introduction to Nikole Hannah-Jones and The 1619 Project.
May 27, 2020 | Middle School, High School
Exploring Voter Suppression and Activism in U.S. Elections
Students learn about voter suppression and disenfranchisement in U.S. elections, and how people are mobilizing to combat it.
May 20, 2020 | All Grades
How to find and analyze under-reported stories: Critical thinking, text analysis and writing
Students explore news articles and instructional videos to evaluate how they can find and analyze under-reported stories in the news, and in their own communities
April 29, 2020 | Elementary
In Their Shoes [Workshop]: Understanding Forced Displacement Around the World
In this workshop, elementary students will learn what it means to be a refugee, explore how four child migrants around the world go to school, and reflect on common threads between their lives.
April 17, 2020 | Middle School, High School
Reducing Health Disparities in Black and Brown Communities During a Pandemic
In this lesson, students will analyze data showing that Black and brown people are over-represented in COVID-19 mortality statistics, investigate structural causes, and search for solutions.