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Lesson Plans
World Water Day
The following World Water Day lesson plan and classroom resources for humanities, science, social studies, media and English teachers ask students to investigate four Pulitzer Center reporting...
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Resources to support student Letters to the Next President inspired and informed by global problems such as water access, climate change, forced migration and more.
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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.
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Students will discuss how they use water, predict the impacts of a reduced groundwater supply, investigate articles and video, and create advocacy campaigns in support of groundwater regulations.
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalists: Ian James and Steve Elfers
Ian James and Steve Elfers traveled around the world to report on the global problem of groundwater...
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Lesson Plans
Lesson Plan: Vanishing Groundwater
This lesson plan examines the effects of rapidly depleting groundwater reserves around the world using photos, video, interactive maps, startling statistics and rich interviews.
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Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: The Global Crisis of Vanishing Groundwater
The new climate agreement is good news, but there is much more to be done.
December 16, 2015 -
Project
What Happened on Tarajal Beach?
On February 7, 2014, 300 people rushed a fence dividing Morocco from Spain, a rare land border...
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Lesson Plans
Museum of Current Crises
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.
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Author
Sam Metz
Sam Metz reports on North Africa for the Associated Press. He previously reported on the American West and spent two years in Tangier, Morocco, as a Fulbright scholar.
September 19, 2023