Conflict
Conflict takes many forms, from disagreements between different political parties to indigenous communities battling government and corporate interests to full-blown warfare. Pulitzer Center grantee stories tagged with “Conflict” feature reporting that covers adversarial politics, war and peace. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on conflict.
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Pulitzer Center Update
"Fractured Lands" at Columbia School of Journalism
A panel discussion on the people and issues behind "Fractured Lands," a landmark issue of The New...
September 13, 2016 -
Pulitzer Center Update
News Bites and Lesson Plan of the Week: Arab Spring Monologues
This week's newsletter highlights lessons that explore "Fractured Lands" and the "Power of Poetry"
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Students will illustrate their critical reading of "Fractured Lands" and their assessment of the causes and effects of the crisis in the Arab World by creating a 30-foot timeline.
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Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: Syria's Lawless Land
Impunity for Syria's war criminals, new HIV treatments in South Africa, and a new approach to...
September 7, 2016 -
Lesson Plans
The Arab Spring Monologues
This lesson provides guidelines for students to create their own play based on "Fractured Lands," a story published by The New York Times Magazine in the print edition on August 14, 2016.
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Lesson Plans
Working with Fractured Lands in Middle East History
After discussing “Fractured Lands,” groups of students will present on a particular character’s story, contextualizing it in terms of contemporary history, geopolitics, and conflict.
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Paul A. Kramer
What difference did it make for the U.S. government's preparation and response to Hurricane Katrina...
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Ben Taub
The Assad Files, a project for The New Yorker, tells the story of a group of war crimes...
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This lesson plan is designed as a guide for engaging students in Scott Anderson's "Fractured Lands," a gripping examination into the unraveling of the modern Middle East.
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Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: When the Arab World Came Apart
Reactions to "Fractured Lands," the last leprosy patients in Sri Lanka, and the health effects of...
August 23, 2016
