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Afghanistan by Donkey
During the year that is supposed to determine Afghanistan’s future, Anna Badkhen gives readers a longer look at a deeply fissured nation that has endured war almost incessantly for millennia.
Classroom Subjects
Social Studies
China’s Rising Labor Movement
As China’s Pearl River Delta region moves toward higher-skilled manufacturing, a network of former migrant workers is organizing, educating and empowering the area’s workforce.
A Soldier’s Gift
An American military medical facility has become one of the most active organ donor hospitals in Germany. That’s because a high percentage of mortally wounded U.S. troops are donating their organs in a country where organ donation is still a verboten topic.
Justice at Guantánamo
The tribunal of Noor Uthman Muhammed, the first terrorism suspect to be tried at Guantánamo Bay.
Russia’s Underground Fire: Conflict and Human Rights in the North Caucasus
Ten years after the end of full scale war in Chechnya, a smoldering insurgency has spread to neighboring republics in the North Caucasus region of southern Russia.
North Africa: The Young and the Restless
Ellen Knickmeyer has been traveling the Arab world from the first weeks of the revolutions to tell the story of the frustrated young generation at the heart of the unrest.
Malaysia: How “Green” Bio-Fuels are Destroying the Little People of the Rainforest
For the “little peoples” - a reference to both physical stature and political clout - loss of the rainforests to loggers and palm oil plantations has been a high price to pay for bio-fuel production.
Nepal: Rebuilding Lives after Trafficking
After being sold in the brothels of India for as little as $300, many Nepali girls who have been rescued from sex trafficking are now finding ways to empower themselves in their home country.
Belize: Improving the Odds for the Nation's Mothers
One woman dies every 90 seconds from pregnancy-related complications somewhere in the world. The Belize Ministry of Health is improving access, coverage, and quality of maternal health care in hopes of someday no longer being one of those places.
The Art of Equality: Finding Creative Solutions to Empower the Youth of Brazil
Through literacy programs, empowerment training and the arts, NGOs in the favelas of Brazil are providing youth new opportunities and finding sustainable ways to create a more equitable future for a country long divided by poverty and violence.
Colombia: Mining Fever in Paradise
The government in Colombia has to choose between guarding its unique ecosystems or boosting its economy with mining. The decision could exhaust or recast Colombia’s long, agonizing armed conflict.
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.
May 02, 2012 | Education Resources
Pre-visit materials: Jen Marlowe
Materials for teachers and students ahead of filmmaker Jen Marlowe's visit.
April 12, 2012 | Education Resources
Pre-visit materials: Dominic Bracco
Resources for teachers and students ahead of Dominic Bracco's classroom visit.
April 03, 2012 | Education Resources
Pre-visit materials: Ameto Akpe
Resources for students and teachers ahead of journalist Ameto Akpe's visit.
November 27, 2011 | Meet the Journalist
Telling the Anna Hazare Story
Anti-corruption leader Anna Hazare burst on the scene in early 2011, a mystery to most Indians and much of the world. He is no mystery in the village where he has put Gandhian principles to the test.
November 01, 2011 | Student Reporting
England: Rebuilding from the Rubble
After last August's riots, what's next for Britain?
August 19, 2011 | Student Reporting
Student Reporting: Peace Building in Chicago
A documentary by Chicago students working with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and Free Spirit Media.
August 18, 2011 | Education Resources
Lesson Plan: China's Rising Labor Movement
This lesson examines China's growing labor movement, drawing comparisons to the American Industrial Revolution and the progressive social movement that grew during the same time period.
July 01, 2011 | Education Resources
Lesson Plan: Writing About the "Arab Spring"
This lesson helps students critically examine the factors that led to and sustained the 2010-2011 revolutions in the Middle East.
June 22, 2011 | Education Resources
Lesson Plan: Food Insecurity
In this lesson students explore the concept of food insecurity, examining its causes and effects in Guatemala, India, and Kenya.
June 17, 2011 | Education Resources
Lesson Plan: Youth and Education in Afghanistan
This lesson investigates the dangers and daily challenges faced by many Afghan students, teachers, and schools.
June 08, 2011 | Education Resources
Lesson Plan: International Aid and Fragile States
In this lesson students will learn what fragile states are, what factors influence their stability, and the role of the international community and foreign assistance in six distinct fragile states.
April 26, 2011 | Education Resources
Lesson Plan: The Crisis in the Ivory Coast
Through this lesson, students will examine the causes of the recent conflict in the Ivory Coast and explore the country's future amid ongoing political and ethnic violence.
September 22, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Fractured Lands Preface- Interactive Digital Notebook
This digital interactive notebook was created to help middle school students grasp the important information presented in the Preface section of “Fractured Lands” by Scott Anderson.
September 15, 2016 | High School
A Right to Water for Everyone?
This is a multi-week unit on water rights and access. Students examine the causes of water shortages across the globe and explore solutions to ensure that all people have access to clean, safe...
September 15, 2016 | High School
International Adoption: Ethics and Effects
This is a multi-week unit on international adoption and ethics. Students will examine how international adoption agencies work and the role of culture, ethics, local policy, and international law.
September 15, 2016 | High School
U.S. Responsibility for China’s Workers
This is a multi-week unit on U.S. companies and the welfare of international workers. Students will examine how U.S. companies manufacture their goods and how they care for their workers abroad.
September 14, 2016 | High School
The Impact of Ancestors’ Movements on Current Descendants
This multi-week unit for grades 9-12 on the Out of Eden project can be divided for individual lesson plans. Students explore human migration and its impact by generating digital media and debating...
September 13, 2016 | Elementary
Who Am I?
This multi-week unit for grades 3-5 on the Out of Eden project can be divided for individual lesson plans. Students explore human migration and its impact by generating digital media.
September 07, 2016 | Middle School, High School, College
Fractured Lands 30 Ft Timeline/ Assessing Causes & Effects
Students will illustrate their critical reading of "Fractured Lands" and their assessment of the causes and effects of the crisis in the Arab World by creating a 30-foot timeline.
September 05, 2016 | High School, College
The Arab Spring Monologues
This lesson provides guidelines for students to create their own play based on "Fractured Lands," a story published by The New York Times Magazine in the print edition on August 14, 2016.
September 04, 2016 | High School
Working with Fractured Lands in Middle East History
After discussing “Fractured Lands,” groups of students will present on a particular character’s story, contextualizing it in terms of contemporary history, geopolitics, and conflict.
August 25, 2016 | Middle School
"Fractured Lands" Eighth Grade Global Awareness Lesson Plans
This lesson plan is designed as a guide for engaging students in Scott Anderson's "Fractured Lands," a gripping examination into the unraveling of the modern Middle East.
August 18, 2016 | All Grades, High School
"Fractured Lands" Focus Lesson: An ISIS Fighter's Background
Students analyze Scott Anderson's characterization of a former ISIS fighter in "Fractured Lands" to evaluate media depictions of ISIS and argue for or against the main character's death sentence.
August 16, 2016 | Middle School, High School
News Bite Lesson: "Fight for Fallujah," a virtual-reality film
In this lesson, students analyze the impact of reporting the conflict using virtual-reality through discussion and individual reflection.