Illinois

Students compare accounts of lead poisoning in Oakland, CA, to coverage of Chicago’s issues with lead. They conduct water tests and use data to develop a lead count map for Chicago.

Catherine Yackee
Lesson Builder User

After exploring local reporting about immigration, students lean into dialectic journaling and then lean into the ‘lost art’ of letter writing as a way of building historical context, global...

Heather Ingram
Lesson Builder User

In 2020, the Illinois legislature promised to end poverty in the state by 2036. In this lesson, students analyze progress on that goal by comparing news stories on Cook and Alexander Counties.

Rivanna Jihan
Guest Contributor

Students analyze a French news article on artisanal gold mining in Uganda and Burundi to explore its environmental and health impacts and propose possible solutions.

Fanny Clonch

Students examine the four types of diffusion, evaluate how information spreads through the media, and then practice incorporating diffusion strategies into public health campaigns.

Catherine Yackee
Lesson Builder User

Students deepen their understanding of how systems in the United States impact health at home and around the globe.

Olivia Brown
Teacher Fellow

Students learn about cervical cancer in India as a problem and a system with many causal factors, including those associated with specific cultural and geographic contexts.

Seth Brady
Teacher Fellow

Michael Hawthorne is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and investigative reporter who focuses on the environment and public health for the Chicago Tribune. He has written extensively about the Great Lakes and...

September 17, 2025

Kelly Garcia reports on youths, prisons, and the court system. Before joining Injustice Watch in 2022, Garcia was a staff writer at the Chicago Reader, where she wrote about news and politics. In 2022...

September 17, 2025

Max Blaisdell is an investigative journalist based in Chicago. He is a staff writer at the Hyde Park Herald and helps lead the Investigative hub at South Side Weekly. Blaisdell is also a fellow with...

September 17, 2025

Josh McGhee is an investigative reporter covering the intersection of criminal justice and mental health, with an emphasis on public records and data reporting. He has covered Chicago on various beats...