by Aralynn Abare McMane | 14 Apr 2022 | Art, Conflict, Educators' Catalog, Refugees, Ukraine
News groups around the world are encouraging children shocked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to turn to art as an outlet for their worries. Youth around the world are drawing pictures in an outpouring of support for the children of Ukraine. My nonprofit, Global...
The war in Ukraine has been traumatic for young people around the globe who have never seen armed conflict in Europe and who may not have followed atrocities in Syria, Yemen or elsewhere in the world. Social media platforms have broadcast terrifying images from Ukraine, and teachers have struggled to help students absorb the atrocities. Aralynn McMane, a News Decoder trustee who specializes in how news media can better serve the young, has pulled together artwork by young people inside and outside of Ukraine that channels their emotions while packing a punch. Art, and not just words, can convey complicated thoughts.
Exercise: Ask your students to draw a picture that captures their feelings about the war in Ukraine.
by Kamuskay Kamara | 5 Apr 2022 | Africa, African Leadership Academy, Contest winners, Discovery, Identity, Personal Reflections, Student Posts, Youth Voices
I have always wondered why my Mom gave me a merciless beating over a piece of meat. But that meal changed my life for the better. The author with his mother and elder sister Isata in 2009 This story won second prize in News Decoder’s 11th Storytelling Contest....
by Nelson Graves | 30 Mar 2022 | News Decoder Updates
Seven years after its launch, News Decoder is searching for a new Educational News Director to succeed founder Nelson Graves. (Artwork by Sandrine Courau) For everything, there is a season. At News Decoder, it’s time for change. Today we are posting an...
by Varlee S Fofana | 29 Mar 2022 | Africa, African Leadership Academy, Discovery, Identity, Student Posts, Youth Voices
We studied together ahead of exams. What I learned about friendship and adversity at study camp in West Africa will serve me for life. At study camp in 2019 in Kpelleh Town Community, Jacob Town, Painesville, Liberia. From left to right, Teddy Jallah, Varlee Fofana,...
by Nelson Graves | 25 Mar 2022 | Faculty in the Spotlight, News Decoder Updates, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Students in the Spotlight
Zurich’s oldest high school wins News Decoder’s Spotlight award for its creative engagement and its students’ exemplary, multimedia work. Martin Bott (far left) with RGZH students from his Media Week class (L to R): Lucy Beckenbauer, Aruna Steineck...
