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Signs of Your Identity Curricular Resources
Links to curricular resources for Daniella Zalcman’s Signs of Your Identity project.
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Students discuss culture, identity, and the impact of government-mandated residential schools for Indigenous children in the U.S. and Canada using photography and reporting by Daniella Zalcman.
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Fractured Lands Children's Book
After reading, discussing, analyzing and synthesizing "Fractured Lands", students will develop a children's book further exploring a character, region or event.
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Taiwan: A Changing Status Quo Exploration Activities
These activities are designed to prepare students to engage with Richard Bernstein’s project "Taiwan: A Changing Status Quo."
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Lesson Plan: Understanding the Zika Virus
This Zika Virus-focused lesson plan for English teachers, history teachers, humanities teachers and science teachers, uses journalist-grantee Laura Bassett's article "The Zika Virus Could Force Women...
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Psychological Effects on Migrant Workers
This lesson covers some of the psychological impacts that affect migrant workers and their families using reporting on Filipino migrant workers and their families by Ana P. Santos.
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Families of Domestic Workers from the Philippines
In this lesson, students evaluate the impact of how an author orders information by analyzing two articles about Filipino women leaving their countries to work as domestic workers in the Middle East.
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Facing Risk: Journalists and their Families
This lesson, designed for journalists and journalism students, uses the film "Facing Risk" to guide a conversation about the impact of reporting dangerous stories on journalists and their families.
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The Journey Through Their Eyes
Students look at the journey and struggle that immigrants endure to come to the United States through their perspectives.