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Guatemala: The Culture that Crawls
More than 20 million people worldwide are effectively immobile. One Mid-Missouri group is working to change that unfortunate reality in Guatemala, but the work they do won’t conquer the culture that crawls.
Classroom Subjects
Public Health
Niger: Feeding the Forgotten
A Niger drought means there is not enough food to feed the country; United Nations reports estimate 7.9 million inhabitants are facing food shortages there.
The Struggle for Health in Chiapas
An infant born in the state of Chiapas as three times as likely to die as the rate for Mexico as a whole. The maternal mortality rate in neighboring Oaxaca is twice the national average. This project explains why, and what is being done in response.
Guinea-Bissau: Dying for Treatment
Sub-Saharan Africa, the poorest region on Earth, is a place where more than 600,000 women die in pregnancy or childbirth every year due to lack of proper care and only 30 percent of the population has access to health care at all. The situation in Guinea-Bissau is among the...
October 29, 2013 | Education Resources
6-8 Lesson Plan: Capturing Emotion in Words
This lesson plan has been designed for middle school students. The recommended timeframe is 1-3 classes.
October 29, 2013 | Education Resources
1-5 Lesson Plan: A Storyteller's Eye
This lesson plan has been designed for elementary school students. The recommended timeframe is 1-3 classes.
August 13, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Kathleen McLaughlin Reports on China's Problem with Fake Drugs in Africa
Reporter Kathleen McLaughlin looks at how China's efforts to provide medical aid to Africa have been corrupted by fake drugs.
July 30, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Nepal: Journalists Allison Shelley and Allyn Gaestel on Chaupadi
Allison Shelley and Allyn Gaestel discuss the challenges of reporting on "Chaupadi: Nepali Women's Monthly Exile" and the barriers to reproductive health care faced by women in rural Nepal.
June 25, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Director Micah Fink on "The Abominable Crime"
Interview with director Micah Fink about the making of "The Abominable Crime", a film about Jamaica's violent homophobia and the brave people who stand up to it.
June 03, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Journalist Sharon Schmickle Connects via Skype with Students in Australia
Skype brings Pulitzer Center grantee Sharon Schmickle together with classes studying food insecurity at Australia's Queensland University of Technology.
April 24, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Meet Tony Leys and Mary Chind: A Steady Hand for Haiti
Des Moines Register reporter Tony Leys and photojournalist Mary Chind talk about their project in Haiti.
February 22, 2013 | Student Reporting
School Garden Programs and Food Security
Planting and maintaining vegetable gardens on school grounds in South Africa was supposed to be a sustainable operation to maintain food security. Unfortunately, it seems to have proven otherwise.
February 18, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Steve Sapienza on the Struggle for Education on Malaysia's Palm Oil Plantations
Journalists Steve Sapienza and Jason Motlagh investigate the struggle of migrant children on Malaysia's palm oil estates to gain access to education
January 30, 2013
Jens Erik Gould and David Rochkind on HIV and the Garifuna of Honduras
Photographer David Rochkind and reporter Jens Erik Gould introduce themselves and their project "The Forgotten: HIV and the Garifuna of Honduras."
January 28, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Dimiter Kenarov on Fracking in Ohio and Pennsylvania
Travelling across Pennsylvania and Ohio, Dimiter Kenarov explores the economic and environmental issues related to shale gas extraction, and the rising anti-fracking movement in the region.
September 14, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
#AskAmeto: Nigerian Journalist Ameto Akpe Answers Your Questions
Nigerian journalist Ameto Akpe answers questions via video on government accountability, and water and sanitation. You can watch here.
February 09, 2018 | Middle School, High School
Ending Epidemics: Strategies for Preventing the Spread of Infectious Diseases
Students will learn about the concept of epidemiology and how it is used to control or prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
November 06, 2017 | Middle School, High School
Cooking Up Pollution: The Health Crisis of Open Fires and Leaky Stoves
Students learn about health problems associated with solid fuel cooking, alternative cooking methods that would reduce the incidence of these problems, and the difficulties of implementing changes.
July 24, 2017 | All Grades
Telling Science Stories: Data Visualization
This lesson shows students how journalists use data visualization to effectively communicate scientific issues—and directs students to create their own projects using the mapping platform CartoDB.
February 23, 2017 | Middle School, High School
What Happens to Communities When Industries Leave?
In this lesson, students create a timeline using multimedia reporting on the leather and textile industries in the U.S.. Students then design their own narrative timelines to explain a current event.
February 20, 2017 | Middle School, High School, College
Evaluating the Impacts of Leather Tanneries in Bangladesh
This lesson for English, science, history, and journalism teachers asks students to assess how journalists integrate diverse media to analyze the impacts of leather production in Bangladesh.
November 13, 2016 | All Grades
Climate, Land Rights, and Water Lesson Plans
These lessons present close reading, writing, discussion and hands-on activities that explore reporting on climate change, land rights debates and water issues.
October 05, 2016 | College
To End AIDS: Addressing Community Needs
Students develop solutions for challenges in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. Students will conduct in-depth research on their issues, create proposals, and present them.
September 26, 2016 | All Grades
Heroes of HIV in the Caribbean
The following lesson plans were designed by Liz Morrison, coordinator of Social Studies for the Parkway School District in St. Louis, as part of the Pulitzer Center's Global Gateway initiative.
August 04, 2016 | All Grades
Cesaire: Lesson Plan: Analyzing Reporting on the Fight Against Malnutrition
Students analyze how an author structures articles in different ways to report on malnutrition. The articles come from the project “1,000 Days: To save women, children and the world” by Roger Thurow.
July 18, 2016 | All Grades
Ending AIDS
Students analyze how journalists William Brangam, Jon Cohen, and Jason Kane unfold an analysis of HIV prevention measures in several locations around the world.
July 07, 2016 | All Grades
HIV/AIDS In Palm Beach County, Florida
In this lesson, students will learn about AIDS in Florida, and participate in an activity understand the role of health education and its impact on the AIDS epidemic in the United States.
July 07, 2016 | All Grades
HIV/AIDS in Haiti: The Prison
In this lesson, students will participate in a class discussion using the articles by Antigone Barton focusing on the work of Dr. John May.