Global Pulse is a fast-moving and informative television and web series that helps navigate the news of the world. Each 3-to-5 minute episode looks at the news, the world and ourselves in a new way.

Each day Global Pulse compares and contrasts news worldwide, as presented by diverse national broadcasters - tracking the important stories you might have missed, and finding new angles on stories you thought you understood.

LEARNING GOAL: How do we compare two humanitarian stories in the news: one from the United States and one international? How do we analyze media coverage and the way decisions about reporting are made? How can we construct our own news report?
Grades: 6-8     

Subjects: Language Arts

LEARNING GOAL: What is the ongoing controversy in Turkey about allowing women to wear the Muslim headscarf in public universities? How can we discuss the issue and connect this to our own lives? What is the relationship between religion and government, and what influence has each had over the other in modern societies?

Grades: 9-12

Subjects: Social Studies & Government

LEARNING GOAL: What are the ongoing controversies concerning detainees, “illegal combatants,” and Guantanamo Bay? How does the global news media report on these controversial issues? How can we analyze the tone, target, and bias present in mainstream news?

Grades: 9-12

Subjects: Social Studies & Government

LEARNING GOAL: How does global media coverage of the war in Iraq differ between the United States and the rest of the world? 

Grades: 9-12

Subjects: Social Studies, World History

LEARNING GOAL: How did the global media present the issues and candidates in the 2008 US presidential campaign? What are the important issues and values in your community for our next president to represent and address?

Grades: 9-12

Subjects: Government, US History

Latin Pulse is a half-hour, bilingual English/Spanish news magazine that presents news and analysis on Latin America through the eyes of Latin American media.

Each program, broadcast with both English and Spanish subtitles, covers major issues presented by reports selected from newscasts from different Latin American countries. The topics are enhanced with live discussions involving experts.

LEARNING GOAL: Who are the indigenous people of Latin America, where do they live, and what are they fighting to protect?

Grades: 9-12

Subjects: Social Studies, World History

LEARNING GOAL: What are the current issues and various perspectives of immigration in the United States?  What are the complexities of immigration policy and the various stakeholders this issue impacts?

Grades: 9-12

Subjects: Social Studies & Government

Explore is a philanthropic multimedia organization that showcases extraordinary nonprofit efforts and leaders around the world. Through fact-finding missions to identify potential grant recipients, members of the Explore team see first hand where and how possible financial support might be used. Explore opens the door to a world most people never get to see - one that has been neglected by the mainstream media. Viewers meet the people affected by positive change catalyzed by philanthropy, and just as importantly, the leaders creating it.

LEARNING GOAL: What are some particular issues facing modern China, such as the environment, human rights, women’s issues, or education?
Grades: 6-8

Subjects: Social Studies &/or Language Art

LEARNING GOAL: How do educational opportunities to children with different abilities create future leaders?  How can I be a leader?
Grades: 6-8

Subject: Social Studies

LEARNING GOAL: How is India struggling to save its unique wildlife? What can be done to save animals in my own community?
Grades: 6-8

Subjects: Social Studies, Earth Science

LEARNING GOAL: How is classical Indian dance a language as well as a story telling medium? How can I use body gestures to express myself?
Grades: 6-8

Subjects: Social Studies, Language Arts