Arts, Journalism, and Justice Fall Teacher Fellowship Units
The following units were created and facilitated by educators who participated in the fall 2020 Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellowship program on Arts, Journalism, and Justice. Each unit includes a downloadable PDF with lesson plans, teaching materials, evaluation rubrics, and evidence of student work. For more information on the fall 2020 teacher fellowship program, click here. If you are interested in applying for the spring 2021 Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellowship, click here. The Pulitzer Center is so proud to have had the opportunity to work with this incredible team of Teacher Fellows, and to support the truly inspiring projects below.
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Lesson Plans
Sickle Cell Disease and Health Justice
Students use journalism sources to understand sickle cell disease, identify injustices that people with sickle cell face, and create art (poetry and posters) that brings awareness to the disease and...
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Lesson Plans
Writing Personal Narratives in a Political World
Exploring the connection between journalistic writing and personal narrative.
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Unit Overview: Analyzing how illustrations can enhance journalistic coverage, and using art and journalism skills to amplify underreported social justice issues in students' communities. Resources for...
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Explore a range of racial justice topics through the lense of social emotional learning.
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Students review photo stories that explore the challenges that Black Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants face in the United States.
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This unit focuses on the power of both underreported news stories and poetry to tell a story and get to the emotional core of a justice issue.
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Lesson Plans
Food Justice: Planting the Seeds of Change
Students use varied art and media forms to learn about and raise awareness of food (in)security issues around the world and in their own communities.
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Students distinguish among prejudice, racism, and systemic racism and analyze their manifestations in their lives, news stories, and the legal system.
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Lesson Plans
Investigating Police Budgets
Students investigate how governments fund policing and how police use their budgets, and communicate facts and personal perspectives on police funding through digital zines.
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This conversation-based unit guides students in telling fuller truths about marginalized people's experiences and struggles for justice by centering stories of joy.
