Browse and adapt hundreds of standards-aligned lesson plans for K–12 classrooms. Lessons encourage students to make local connections to global news stories, while strengthening skills such as critical thinking, media literacy, and communication. Click here to send feedback to our team.
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HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic
In this lesson, students will participate in a Socratic Seminar using the Palm Beach Post article to dialogue about the impact of AIDS in the Dominican Republic.
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AIDS in Paradise: A Crisis In The Caribbean
Students explore HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, using the Pulitzer Center’s interactive website Heroes of HIV: HIV in the Caribbean. Students will create a final product based on information they find.
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Israel, Palestine, and Idi Amin
The following lesson plan for teachers explores how an author balances narrative storytelling and facts while exploring Uganda's connections to Israel over several decades.
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South Africa's Bid to End AIDS
Students analyze how journalist Jon Cohen unfolds an analysis of HIV prevention measures in South Africa in order to create their own promotional tools.
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After engaging with reporting projects, students propose and defend a recommendation about how many refugees the U.S. government should accept.
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Debating Australian Mines in Africa
The Common Core-aligned land rights lesson plan and education resources attached introduce students to the impact of mining by Australian companies in Africa. Students explore a multimedia slideshow...
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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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Waste disposal
What is the most efficient way to reduce the amount of waste? Can we ever reach the point of waste elimination?
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Chew on This
College journalism students analyze Eli Kintisch’s reporting process and journalistic strengths.
