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Curated OER

Modern Advocates for Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners make a list of "modern day prophets" and explain how they have made considerable contributions toward the common good. They write a letter to a community leader in which they advocate the solution to a problem or issue in their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Can We Do To End Hunger?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in a lesson that is concerned with finding solutions to the problem of hunger in the world. Students write a story with a mythological superhero to illustrate how we all need to be superheros in order to help end the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Inside Story

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students think about and investigate some of the social problems facing their communities: what causes them; how extensive they are; and what can be done to solve them.
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Digital History

Digital History: Pre Civil War Reform: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
A good introduction to the topic of reform movements in Pre-Civil War America. What were the reasons that encouraged reform of many social ills?
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AllRefer

All Refer Reference: Russia: Declining Health Care in the 70s and 80s

For Students 9th - 10th
A great article depicting the declining standard of living in the Soviet Union. Research showed rising infant mortality, falling life expectancy, among other grim statistics painting a bad picture of state of health in the Soviet Union....
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Boise State University

Social Work History Station: The Three Rs: Research, Reform, and Residence

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an insight into how settlement houses helped change the way poverty was regarded.