Lesson Plans

This lesson plan and attached classroom resources use international reporting to investigate how Muslim communities in Sweden are preventing radicalization of Muslim youth in their communities.

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The following lesson explores the project "Pumped Dry," which covers the recent shortage of vanishing groundwater. It teaches skills of persuasion.

This lesson explores the Greek Island of Lesbos, which has taken in thousands of refugees despite its small population. The island has been a focal landing point for migrants and refugees.

Seiler Smith
Pulitzer Center Alum

In this lesson, students use online reporting to compare the 2016 U.S. election to elections in Iran and Taiwan.

Pulitzer Center Education
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This climate change lesson plan explores the environmental impacts of China’s growing polluters and industry. It also looks at the human impact of China's water transfer project.

Seiler Smith
Pulitzer Center Alum

Students explore the concept of journalistic objectivity and use evidence from articles about land rights in Ethiopia, Indonesia and Myanmar to debate how a country’s natural resources should be used.

Introduce students to the impact of mining by Australian companies in Africa. Students explore a multimedia slideshow and use what they discover in a structured debate.

Pulitzer Center Education
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Students read global news articles and design a mock campaign addressing the issue of driving under the influence.

Elana Dure
Pulitzer Center Alum

A quick, 10-minute lesson about the effects of the Nuclear tests done on the Marshall Islands by the United States.

Seiler Smith
Pulitzer Center Alum