Middle School
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Lesson Plans
Imagine a World Without Prisons
Students apply their prior knowledge of constitutional amendments, the judicial branch, racism, and ideas of justice to explore the historic roots, and present-day realities, of incarceration in the...
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Making History
Students evaluate reporting on several underreported issues, and analyze the role of underreported stories in documenting history in order to create a presentation on a topic they think future...
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This unit makes space for students to discern local/global sources of hope and pride. Using visual storytelling and interview skills, students make storyboards highlighting people who inspire them.
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Celebrating AAPI Grassroots Action Amid the Pandemic
Students watch a video about two queer Asian women who have provided critical support amid the COVID-19 pandemic before researching and celebrating local Asian and Pacific Islander leaders.
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'Bring Them Home' Lesson Plan and Viewing Guide
Students will examine the challenges of negotiating for the release of a U.S. businessman detained in Iran by watching a short film about his family and their efforts to secure his freedom.
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Contextualizing the Crisis in Ukraine
Students analyze reporting on conflict and Russian intervention in Ukraine over the past several years to gain context for the current crisis.
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Using Pulitzer Center Reporting to Examine the SDGs
Students will explore and discuss the SDGs and Pulitzer Center-supported reporting that connects to all 17 goals. They will then use research, writing, and art skills to engage with the reporting.
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Understanding the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan
Students will examine short videos from PBS NewsHour to understand factors that led to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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The 1619 Project Resources for Afterschool Education
Explore resources and opportunities for sharing 'The 1619 Project' in afterschool education spaces.
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‘I Am Omar’: Exploring Identity and Representation
Students analyze a story about a Muslim scholar from Senegal, who wrote the only surviving autobiography in Arabic by an enslaved person in the United States.
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Lesson Plans
The Middle Passage
A lesson from the Office of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Initiatives of Buffalo Public Schools in which students learn about the experience and journey of enslaved Africans along the...
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Lesson Plans
Displacement in the Face of Climate Change
Students analyze how climate change affects migration around the world, make local connections to global climate migration stories, and summarize learning through one-pagers and persuasive letters.