Investigative
Some news stories require greater investments of time to report, with journalists conducting exhaustive investigations using data, public and private records and interviews with a host of sources. Pulitzer Center grantee stories tagged with “Investigative” feature in-depth reporting that delves deeply into serious issues. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on investigative journalism.
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Lesson Plans
International Adoption: Ethics and Effects
This is a multi-week unit on international adoption and ethics. Students will examine how international adoption agencies work and the role of culture, ethics, local policy, and international law.
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Lesson Plans
Technology and Activism in Mexico
The following global affairs lesson plan for history, ELA, Spanish, and Humanities teachers investigates the use of technology in Mexico to combat corruption, and the impacts of that activism.
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Europe's failure to provide adequate health care to tens of thousands of migrants trapped in Greece...
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Lesson Plans
A Game Revealing Africa's Offshore Empires
This lesson guides students through the game "Continent of Secrets," which reveals what investigative journalists uncovered about the use of offshore companies by African businesses.
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With a population numbering just 5 million, Central African Republic is a microcosm of sub-Saharan...
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Lesson Plans
Resources for University of Chicago Teachers
This plan includes lesson plans connected to the work of journalists that presented at the UChicago Summer Teacher Institute in June 2016.
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Lesson Plans
Thinking Like a Journalist
Guide students through the process of investigating images, evaluating captions, and exploring slow journalism.
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This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
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Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: Afghanistan: To Stay or Leave?
How does one make the choice to leave home?
June 14, 2016