Youth
There are now more people under the age of 25 in the world than ever before, presenting both opportunities for social progress and considerable challenges. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Youth” feature reporting on young people, the issues they face and the potential for change they represent. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on youth.
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Pulitzer Center Update
Kent State Recognizes Student Fellow for NPR Goats and Soda Story
Daniel Socha tells of program where kids' school fees paid if they participate in running club. One...
August 17, 2016 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Arlington, Virginia Students Explore a Slow Approach to Reporting
Arlington, VA, students participating in the World Affairs Council's Leadership in Global Affairs...
August 16, 2016 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Lesson Plans Connect Students to "Fractured Lands"
Connect students to this gripping modern history of the Middle East with lesson plans for K-12 and...
August 11, 2016 -
Lesson Plans
Running for the Future of Congo
This lesson uses “What Makes the Kids of Congo Run” by Daniel Socha to introduce students to the situation in Eastern Congo, the challenges youth face, and ways to effect change.
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Students analyze how an author structures articles in different ways to report on malnutrition. The articles come from the project “1,000 Days: To save women, children and the world” by Roger Thurow.
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Over the past two decades fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has torn through the...
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Dominic Bracco
Between 2008 and 2010 Ciudad Juarez was ranked the most violent city in the world, based on its...
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Young women are at particularly high risk for HIV in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, where about 5,000...
