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Columbia University

Nasa: Sedac: Health and the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twenty-three data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine health issues and how the environment impacts health in areas around the globe. They look at a...
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Columbia University

Nasa: Sedac: Poverty and Economic Indicators

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twelve data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine global poverty and economic factors that contribute to poverty. They look at infant mortality,...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Tactics and Techniques of the National Woman's Party [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive essay lays out the tactics the National Woman's Party used in its campaign to obtain women's suffrage. In addition to an explanation of the various tactics are many photographs from the Library of Congress' Records of...
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Article
BBC

Bbc: The Un and World Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from 2000 covers debt throughout the world and where poverty is focused. Speculates on possible problems and reasons why the poor nations are focused on certain continents.
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BBC

Bbc: Africa's Famine: Country by Country

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the different countries of Africa and how they are being affected by famine. Click on each of the countries to get information about the famine that is occurring. 11/02
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Article
BBC

Bbc News: Africa's Economy: Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the issue of poverty in Africa. Four maps show the levels of poverty, debt, aid, and trade for each country in Africa.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Online News Hour Extra: Millennium Development Goals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine slum conditions around the world and analyze how the UN Millennium Development Goals are working with help from this excellent lesson plan.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Progressive Movement: New Voices for Women and African Americans

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines how the women's rights movement began and how it evolved over time, followed by a look at the development of the African American civil rights movement and the different leaders that emerged during the Progressive Era.
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Interactive
Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Canadian Geographic: A Developing World

For Students 9th - 10th
CIDA, in partnership with Canadian Geographic, have created a resource which allows students to investigate the quality of life in over 200 countries by examining various Human Development Index indicators. Students may search by...
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BBC

Bbc: Africa's Food Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth article from BBC (2/06) containing maps, interviews, pictures, and news features about the causes of the African famine, and what can be done about it.
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Article
Other

Story md.com: Wellness and Habits

For Students 9th - 10th
How can you stop yourself from making unhealthy decisions or acquiring bad habits? In a world of increased portions sizes and highly processed convenience foods, it isn't as simple as knowing what is and isn't good for you.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: The Great Depression 1929 1932: President Hoover's Response

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines how Herbert Hubert responded to the crisis of the Great Depression and his personal belief system that caused him to respond that way. Also looks at how governments at other levels addressed the Great Depression, and why most...
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: The Great Depression 1929 1932: The Depths of the Great Depression

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines the challenges faced by the average American, by African Americans, and by farmers on the Great Plains during the Great Depression, and the government's response or lack thereof.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs American Experience: She Resisted: Strategies of Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
Explores the final decade of the women's suffrage movement through powerful images, brought to life with color for the first time. Live through the epic 1913 Washington, D.C. procession, Ida B. Wells's successful voter registration...
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Freedmen's Education During Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
Freed slaves had a hunger for education. Find out how they supported their own schools in addition to receiving aid from the Freedmen's Bureau and northern aid societies.
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Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature: "Sounder" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Teachers can share the award-winning young adult novel "Sounder" with their students through the use of this 40 page study guide. "Sounder", by African American author William H. Armstrong, is about a young boy in the American South who...
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Lesson Plan
University of California

The History Project: Ideas and Strategies of the Woman Suffrage Movement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The campaign for woman suffrage in the U.S. began with the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. Sixty years later, however, women could vote in only four states: Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. In 1910 the state of Washington voted nearly...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Hey, Mom! What's for Breakfast?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this instructional activity students working in cooperative groups will: 1.Discuss food items they consume for breakfast. 2.Investigate elements of foreign culture, particularly food. 3.Use map skills to locate selected foreign...
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World Food Programme

United Nations World Food Programme: Peru

For Students 9th - 10th
World Food Programme is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. This site covers why Peru's economic growth rate has not been sufficient to reduce poverty or food insecurity and the resultant migration...
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World Food Programme

United Nations World Food Programme: Bolivia

For Students 9th - 10th
World Food Programme is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. This site describes the work of the United Nations in Bolivia.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Cesar Chavez Joined Larry Itliong to Demand Farm Workers' Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
In the late 1960s, grapes grabbed national attention -- and not in a good way. Newly organized farm workers, fronted by Mexican-American civil-rights activist Cesar Chavez, asked Americans to boycott the popular California fruit because...
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Article
PBS

Pbs.org: Education: 7 Ways Teachers & School Leaders Can Support Students in a (Post) Pandemic Year

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The Multiple Pandemics and the Impact on Emotional Health: As students return to school, remediating learning loss is a high priority for school leaders and teachers. While some educators may feel better equipped to address the learning...
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Other

International Medical Corps

For Students 9th - 10th
The International Medical Corps is a humaritarian, non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving world suffering by providing health care training and relief.
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Other

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (Cafod)

For Students 9th - 10th
CAFOD helps the impoverished by promoting long-term development, emergency response, and educating the public about poverty. CAFOD also speaks out on behalf of the poor and promots social justice.

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