If America Were a Village

If you like this amazing title that makes us look at our United States
communities in a whole new light... Then check out the rest of Citizen Kid's
globally-focused resources at
http://www.kidscanpress.com/US/CitizenKid-C2539.aspx?section=5&series=2.

Wolframalpha

Great tool for problem solving.

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Everyday Heroes Videos

Heifer International's Read to Feed Program. The program dropped off the
radar for a while and is now back. Yahoo. Check out this cool video and take
a look at the great resources available to anyone wanting to make a
difference.

Video
http://www.heifereducation.org/site/c.lwL0KlN1LvH/b.5437871/k.94FA/Everyday_
Heroes.htm

Reading incentive program
http://www.heifereducation.org/site/c.lwL0KlN1LvH/b.4130829/k.B3E0/Read_to_F
eed_a_reading_incentive_servicelearning_program.htm

Community Challenge

I'm sure you've heard of CyberMission but if you haven't, it's soooooooo IB
and super cool. The deadline has passed for this year, that's ok, we're all
super busy anyways...but I just wanted to share some of these cool ideas so
we all can get inspired for next year.

I'm not sure if these "topics" or challenges stay the same or change but
they are amazingly perfect for a school service learning or IB program or
you can even design our own.

If you're a community group or even just an individual share these ideas and
partner up with a teacher or school in your area. You can even run this as
science fair or an after school club.

Take a look:
https://www.ecybermission.com/public/About/About_ECM.aspx

Teaching Tolerance - Good Stuff!!!!

I've probably shared this before but no classroom or community organization
should be without this awesome FREE resource. Sign up for your subscription
today. Check out this really neat idea to get yourself or your students
really thinking about the "labels" you put onto others.

http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-37-spring-2010/check-labels

Have a restful and tolerant weekend, Jenny

Persuasive Text

I just found out that Upfront Magazine has a link to their Debate articles.
These are super models of persuasive text. Check it out at...

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/debate/index.as
p?article=pastdebates

Recycled Holiday Cards

A simple and fun activity is to reuse holiday cards by cutting up used cards
and pasting the art/designs onto another card or onto recycled paper. The
"recycled" cards can be given to teachers, sold as a fundraiser, or sent to
a local organization such as a senior center or a veterans association. We
sent our cards to Bunkers in Baghdad, Inc. 665 Main Street, Suite 400
Buffalo, New York 14203 so soldiers will receive them by Christmas. Remember
to tell your friends, families and colleagues to save their cards.