Girl Model
Girl Models and The Ideal Beauty Standard
In this lesson, students will engage in an in-depth discussion that examines the demand in the advertising industry for thin models under the age of 18 and the impact that this practice has on the body images of consumers.
Reportero
The Price of a Free Press: Is Journalism Worth Dying For?
In this lesson, students will investigate the risks that journalists take to report on organized crime and corrupt government leaders. They will first discuss the role and value of a free press and some of the principles that define the work of reporters. Student groups will then role-play the work of a newspaper editorial board that must decide whether or not to publish a controversial story that could put the paper and its staff at risk.
Grade Levels:
9-10th Grade
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11-12th Grade
Subjects:
Civics
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Current Events
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Geography
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International
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Language Arts
/
Social Studies
/
World History
Nostalgia for the Light
Pinochet’s Concentration Camps: Recounting History through Non-fiction Picture Books
In this lesson, students will watch and discuss video clips that show how two men in Chile coped with being prisoners in concentration camps during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Each student will then create a non-fiction picture book that tells the story of one of these men and provides historical context.
Grade Levels:
6-8th Grade
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9-10th Grade
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11-12th Grade
Subjects:
History
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Language Arts
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Social Studies
/
World History
Sun Kissed
Simulate a Genetic Bottleneck
In this lesson, history meets science as students investigate whether an event in the 1860s that limited genetic variation among Navajos may have led to both children of a modern-day Navajo couple being born with a rare genetic disease. To investigate this theory, students will use a basic simulation model to track gene frequencies across multiple generations.
Grade Levels:
9-10th Grade
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11-12th Grade
Subjects:
Current Events
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Health
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Science
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U.S. History
Give Up Tomorrow
Can the Media Influence the Fairness of Criminal Trials?
In this lesson, students will investigate how press coverage of criminal trials has the potential to influence public opinion and the rights of the accused. Using a video case study of a trial in the Philippines, the class will first discuss how a man was characterized in the media following his arrest, and then analyze the coverage of the trial and verdict.
Grade Levels:
9-10th Grade
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11-12th Grade
Subjects:
Current Events
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International
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Language Arts
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Media Literacy
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Social Studies
El Velador (The Night Watchman)
Creating Place-based Poems
In this lesson, students will walk step-by-step through the process of creating place-based poems. Students will also investigate how this cemetery inspired the content of two poems by Mexican poet Dolores Dorantes.
Grade Levels:
9-10th Grade
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11-12th Grade
Subjects:
Arts
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Current Events
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Geography
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History
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International
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Language Arts
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Social Studies
/
World History
I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful
Nonfiction Character Analysis
In this lesson, students will conduct nonfiction character analyses of a New Orleans resident named Carolyn Parker, who was filmed for a documentary following the Hurricane Katrina disaster in 2005. Students will collect details from these clips about Parker's background and personal characteristics and then organize this information into character analysis essays.
Grade Levels:
6-8th Grade
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9-10th Grade
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11-12th Grade
Subjects:
Current Events
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Geography
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Language Arts
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Social Studies
/
U.S. History
Sin País
U.S. Immigration Policy Analysis
In this lesson, students will explore and analyze how United States immigration policy affects families with mixed citizenship status.
Grade Levels:
6-8th Grade
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9-10th Grade
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11-12th Grade
Subjects:
Civics
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Current Events
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Geography
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Social Studies
/
U.S. History
The Barber of Birmingham
: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
Exploring the Heroes of Social Justice Movements
In this lesson, students will identify and research participants in social justice movements or other types of movements or communities.
Grade Level:
6-8th Grade
Subject:
Civics
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Current Events
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History
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Social Studies
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U.S. History
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