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Town of Wiarton: Wiarton and Area

For Students 9th - 10th
Wiarton, Ontario is known as The Gateway to the Bruce Peninsula. It is also famous as the home of Wiarton Willie and the Wiarton Willie Festival. Links provide information on the community, services and attractions. Access the link...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Fastback Beach Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After taking a joyride with his friends and crashing the car, Miles is the one arrested. He works off his sentence through community service with a car enthusiast. After helping his mentor with his vintage car, it is stolen by Miles'...
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New Ways to Work: Connecting Schools & Work

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a range of services to build connections between schools, community and the workplace. Provides technical assistance, training, customized tools and facilitated support to employers, schools, community organizations, and...
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Analyze a Community Map

For Students 2nd - 6th
Understand the map of a community and recognize the strategies developers have in placing public services in specific locations throughout the town.
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Goodwill

Gcf Global: Dropbox

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, learn how to use this popular cloud-based storage service to keep files safe and sound.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Veteran Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow individual trajectories of America's diverse community of veterans as they join the military, experience deployments, and then return and adjust to civilian life. Analyze oral histories that describe the camaraderie of the veteran...
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9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Lesson Plans for K 2

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A selection of lesson plans suitable for early elementary students about topics related to 9/11 and/or the memorial built in New York City. Some lessons cover dealing with grief or fear, others with thinking of ways to serve your community.
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Wolters Kluwer

Cch Business Toolkit: What to Consider When Making Business Facility Decisions

For Students 9th - 10th
This article covers factors to consider when making business facility decisions including location, need in the facility, community, profitability, functions of the facility, efficiency, and more.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pbs News Hour Student Reporting Labs Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Student Reporting Labs (SRL) creates transformative educational experiences through video journalism that inspire youth to find their voice and engage with their communities. SRL lesson plans, assignment prompts and instruction tools...
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We Charity: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
WE Charity is the new name for Free the Children. This is a network of children helping children. They do so through education in over 45 countries.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: Citizen Leadership in the Young Republic

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson on citizen leadership explores the point of view of John Adams on essential qualities of leadership and a new nation. Lesson content includes background, text analysis and Close Reading questions, vocabularyand teacher's notes....
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Do something.org

For Students 9th - 10th
Do Something is a nationwide network of young people who know they can make a difference in their communities and take action to change the world around them. As part of Do Something, young people are asked what they want to do to make...
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Volunteer Match

For Students 9th - 10th
This database allows you to search for a volunteer opportunity either by location or by the type of activity that interests you.
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Social Studies Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Great lesson plans covering a wide-range of history-related subjects. A wonderful resource for wonderful teachers!
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Cboces: Migrant Education Program: School Helpers

For Students Pre-K - K
Meet some of the people who work at a school. Includes audio narration in 13 additional languages with text in English.
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Anthony Munoz Foundation

For Students 9th - 10th
The official webpage for the Anthony Munoz Foundation, an organization created by Munoz, professional football star and humanitarian.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Thank You Day

For Teachers 2nd
Show appreciate for important people by writing letters.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Meet the Helpers

For Students Pre-K - K
Many children have questions and can feel uneasy when emergencies occur in their communities. The Meet the Helpers toolkit is designed to introduce "helpers" and explain the role they play in emergency situations. Included in the toolkit...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: I Can Dream Anything!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Go to this site for fun activities and a great lesson on personal choices and specialization. This lesson provides the primary teacher with an excellent opportunity to incorporate a character education lesson on self-esteem, while...
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University of Delaware: Major Resource Kits

For Students 9th - 10th
Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Kids Care

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this video segment [0:47] from Zoom, students in the Kids Care Club prepare "Bags of Love" for mothers and children.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Listen and Read: Veterinarian

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Listen to and read about veterinarians and the roles they fulfill in our communities.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Making Progress [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"Making Progress" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about students clearing the trash from a vacant lot near the school and planting a garden to beautify the neighborhood and show they care. It is followed by constructed-response...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Chicago High Schools [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"Chicago High Schools" is a one page, nonfiction passage about Chicago high schools, including a variety of specialty high schools and the basic requirments met by all of their high schools. It is followed by an open-ended question which...

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