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\nGlobal Problem Solvers\n

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\nCisco’s animated series, Global Problem Solvers, teaches viewers about social responsibility and teamwork. The two-season series follows a diverse group of talented teenagers who combine their unique individual skills and cooperate to...\n
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\nCrash Course Navigating Digital Information\n

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\nIn an age when so much information is delivered online, media literacy skills are essential. John Green's Crash Course on Navigating Digital Information provides 21st-century learners with the skills they need to help them evaluate the...\n
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\nSocial Issues\n

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\nStudents examine issues that affect Americans every day and create a documentary regarding a selected topic. In small groups they select an issue, conduct Internet research, and create an information sheet. Students write interview...\n
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\nUninsured in America\n

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\nStudents explore the issue of being uninsured in America. In this social issues lesson, students review data about uninsured Americans. Students create and conduct surveys related to the social issue of being uninsured.\n
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\nIndividuality vs. Conformity\n

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\nSpark an animated debate in your class! Young adults consider some of the fads or trends that are prevalent at their school, as well as their own level of participation in them. Just how much of a role does popular culture play in their...\n
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\nPoets Got Them Blues\n

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\nContemplate what music learners listen to and why they listen. Can they find poetry within music lyrics? Specifically hone in on blues lyrics and ruminate upon the social issues prevalent in the themes. Particular song lyrics coincide...\n
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\nThe Joy Luck Club: Culture and History\n

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\nExplore San Francisco's Chinatown in a lesson about the first few chapters of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. Kids research Chinatown on the Internet and create a virtual tour of the neighborhood, including the foods, cultural events,...\n
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\nResearching and Compiling Survey Information\n

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\nBring Internet research and social issues to your language arts class in this activity. After investigating the topic \"Media Violence and How It Affects Teenagers\" on the Internet, middle schoolers work in groups to compile their...\n
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\nTweeting for Change\n

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\nDo some good with social media. Secondary scholars participate in a live Twitter chat focusing on social justice issues. The thought-provoking activity allows academics to set up a live chat, create responses, and express their personal...\n
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\nStep One: We've Got Issues\n

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\nWhat is the most pressing issue in your community? The resource helps you and your middle schoolers begin the process of doing something about it! Learners compare and contrast two pressing issues in their local counties by reading two...\n
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\nSmoking Today = Smoking Tomorrow\n

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\nExamine statistical data to recognize the relationship of statistics to real-world issues. Pupils navigate e-stat using the Internet and find data about social issues. They complete a worksheet with their data and create an anti-smoking...\n
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\nInternet: Protecting Students from Net Predators\n

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\nStudents research and develop lessons to emphasize safe Internet use by children. They design pamphlets about safe use by children for parents. Using Powerpoint, they deliver a presentation about Internet predators. Students alsodevelop...\n
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\nCivil Rights and Active Citizenship\n

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\nAs part of a study of the American Civil Rights movement, class members search the Internet to find important facts, people, events, and pictures that they use to create a timeline of events between 1955 and 1970. \n
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\nFacing Reality\n

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\nStudents explore social issues that are meaningful to them and create documentaries in which they share their information, thoughts and impressions.\n
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\nMuppets as Mediators\n

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\nYoung scholars explore current social issues in the Middle East to create their own student television programs for Palestinian and Israeli Students.\n
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\nWhat’s A Hot Job?\n

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\nWhat jobs are the next best thing? Curious career scholars explore their options in instructional activity three of a five-part series. Pupils research job trends and labor statistics before discussing the factors that influence...\n
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\nEpisode 1.1: The Team\n

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\nMeet the dream team! Introduce the class to a group of master problem-solvers in the first part of a seven-episode Global Problem Solvers series. The video kicks off season one by introducing the team's leader, meeting each cast member,...\n
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\nThe Merci Train\n

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\nStudents investigate the Merci Train and conduct research in order to write a summary about its origination and purposes. They make a boxcar that is designed and made from construction paper and glue and wrapped around cardboard.\n
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\nPublic Service Graphic Design\n

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\nTwelfth graders create a billboard design (on the computer) to promote and increase awareness of a social problem. Students conduct research of public service issues that are of interest to them. They collect photos and images through...\n
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\nCandid Cameras\n

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\nStudents read a New York Times article associated with the use of photography as a tool to depict social issues in order to provoke action. They create a Social Issues display.\n
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\nWhat is Your Issue?\n

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\nLearners discuss and debate critical political and social issues facing the United States today.\n
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\nThe Talk Show: A Bioethical Dilemma About Neurological Disorders\n

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\nStudents explore neurological societal problems. They research, collect information and assess the ramifications of ethical, economic, political, and social issues. During a talk show simulation, students present their decisions.\n
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\nEuropean Union Governance\n

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\nStudents explore the government functions of the European Union and how legislation is passed. As a class, students define the European Union and their interests in economic, political and social issues. Using the internet, students...\n
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\nHigh schoolers compare and contrast the perspectives of those living in the United States and Croatia in regards to living in a democracy. In groups, they use the internet to research the different social issues affecting the two...\n
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