Social Studies
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Lesson Plans
Examining Peacebuilding as a Framework
Students will examine peacebuilding efforts in Chicago and Colombia, looking at how peacebuilding can be used as a framework to address the underlying causes of conflict, heal trauma, and prevent the...
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Celebrating AAPI Grassroots Action Amid the Pandemic
Students watch a video about two queer Asian women who have provided critical support amid the COVID-19 pandemic before researching and celebrating local Asian and Pacific Islander leaders.
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Unpacking the Symbolism of Monuments and Memorials
Students explore the relevance of monuments, street names, and memorials as symbols in the context of racial justice.
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'Bring Them Home' Lesson Plan and Viewing Guide
Students will examine the challenges of negotiating for the release of a U.S. businessman detained in Iran by watching a short film about his family and their efforts to secure his freedom.
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Contextualizing the Crisis in Ukraine
Students analyze reporting on conflict and Russian intervention in Ukraine over the past several years to gain context for the current crisis.
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Visualizing Colonialism's Impact on Deforestation
Students examine the relationship between colonialism, governmental policy, and deforestation in order to evaluate conservation strategies and/or create their own graphic timelines of deforestation.
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Understanding the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan
Students will examine short videos from PBS NewsHour to understand factors that led to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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Students watch the short documentary "Moving Migrants" and examine the connections between migration, climate change, and gender in Bangladesh.
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Lesson Plans
The Middle Passage
A lesson from the Office of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Initiatives of Buffalo Public Schools in which students learn about the experience and journey of enslaved Africans along the...
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Displacement in the Face of Climate Change
Students analyze how climate change affects migration around the world, make local connections to global climate migration stories, and summarize learning through one-pagers and persuasive letters.
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Students learn to distinguish between breaking news and underreported stories about migration, and consider how perspectives and authorship shape the stories of migration we encounter.
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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.