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Kids Health: Dealing With Sports Injuries

For Students 9th - 10th
Injuries resulting from overexertion while participating in sports are inevitable. However, by understanding how they can be prevented, cared for, and their recovery time, you can become better prepared. Links to related articles are...
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PBS

Pbs: How to Help Kids Cope With Disappointment

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource will assist adults with helping students to understand how to train students to deal with disappointment in a constructive way.
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US Forest Service

Rocky Mountain Research Station: Living With Fire

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Play a great interactive game where you become a fire manager and learn to deal with fire safety. Also, explore the lesson plans for presentation and the classroom.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Learning Page: Labor Unions During the Great Depression and the New Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of events related to the Great Depression, labor unions and the New Deal along with primary sources.
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Stanford University

Sheg:document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: New Deal and World War Ii

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An inclusive unit on the New Deal and World War II with lessons about Social Security, the Zoot Suit Riots, the Dust Bowl, Mexican migration in the 1930s, the atomic bomb, Japanese internment, and the...
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New Deal Network

New Deal Network: The Nation: Relief With Both Mind and Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
A 1934 article from "The Nation" about relief efforts in Milwaukee, with several paragraphs on the Civil Works Administration programs. A great resource for attitudes of the time.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Mental Health and Disasters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
During and after large disasters such as devastating hurricanes, floods, oil spills that have changed lives, fires, war and other natural and man-made disasters, how does a person cope? How do people deal with severe loss? How do they...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Economics of the New Deal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The stock-market crash of 1929 is generally seen as the start of The Great Depression, the worst economic downturn in the history of the United States. The Depression had devastating effects on the country. But it also served as a...
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University of Georgia: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A collection of downloadable resources for grandparents who are raising grandchildren. Topics covered include dealing with transitions, visitation with parents, self-care, abuse and neglect, legal issues, activities to do with...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Labor Unions During the Great Depression and New Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning page features an overview of labor relations during the 1930s with links to many primary source documents from the era.
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Sydney Morning Herald: A Nuclear Iran

For Students 9th - 10th
An anlysis of the issues around Iran's nuclear program and what options the United States has in dealing with it. [Date of Article: January 14, 2009]
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North Carolina History Project: Federal Emergency Relief Administration

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation and critique of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), an income support program instituted by Franklin's New Deal, with respect to its impact on North Carolinians.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: What's the Best Way to Deal With Immigration?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In light of the Arizona bill that was passed concerning illegal immigrants and immigration issues in general, PBS provides a lesson plan to open up discussion. Students can share their opinions; but in the end, they will develop...
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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Diffusion: Random Motion With Direction

For Students 9th - 10th
The General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, or Chem 1, is broken into several sections covering various aspects of topics related to chemistry. This section deals with diffusion along with topics such as concentration gradient and random...
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Sutter Health: Helping Your Teen Make Responsible Choices

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Some parenting tips for communicating with a teen to help them learn to make good decisions. Emphasizes the importance of building mutual respect, and talks about the issue of peer pressure.
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Council of Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations: Events in Iran

For Students 9th - 10th
This August 3, 2009 interview with Farideh Farhi a political science professor from the University of Hawaii examines the impact of Iranian President Ahmadinejad's reelection on Iran and the possible responses of the Obama Administration.
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Space Applications Centre: Geographical Information System Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
The introduction of this article explains why GIS data is so critical to a government being able to plan for natural resources development and management. The article goes on to explain key geographic concepts, what GIS is and why it...
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NOAA

Noaa: Ngdc: Images, Visualizing Data

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Geophysical Data Center has transformed extensive ocean research into colorful video, 3D maps, charts posters and more! This site starts off with a film clip of a dive into the Marianas trench and then lead you to other...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Rivers of Destiny

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site explains the importance of rivers in the natural balance of life on Earth, and describes what happens when people begin to tamper with rivers. This will also help students identify options for dealing with the outcomes of human...
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The Ekmans' Atlas of Emotions

For Students 9th - 10th
This atlas was designed by Dr. Paul Ekman and his daughter, Eve Ekman, at the request of the Dalai Lama. It is an interactive tool for exploring emotions, things that trigger different responses, self-awareness, and strategies for...
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International Joint Commission (Great Lakes)

For Students 9th - 10th
This bi-national organization deals with boundary disputes between Canadian and American governments in regard to the Great Lakes waterways and water resources. It was founded by the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. This organization...
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PBS

Pov Engage: Lesson Plan Addressing Trauma Using Affective and Cognitive Skills

For Teachers 9th - 10th
During this lesson, students will learn how trauma impacts the brain via streaming clips. Students will learn about how a family stays interconnected with the community to help its members deal with grief connected to their son's shooting.
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Branksome Hall Asia: Design and Inquiry: Sustainable Design

For Students 9th - 10th
Sustainable design is a philosophy of developing products in line with social, economic, and ecological sustainability principles. In design, it is important to understand the distinction between Green Design and Sustainable Design....
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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Avogadro's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
The General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, or Chem 1, is broken into several sections covering various aspects of topics related to chemistry. This section deals with a variety of topics related to real gases including effects of...

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