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Kids Health: How Can I Feel Better About My Body
Many kids don't like the way they look. If you are unhappy with yourself because you do not like your looks, read here to find some ideas about feeling better about yourself.
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Kids Health: A Guide to Eating for Sports
Television ads and magazines are littered with new sports drinks and supplements that claim to enhance performance for athletes. Are these claims proven to be true or just cunning marketing schemes? This article delves into the hype and...
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Kids Health: Smart Snacking
When you're in a hurry and looking for something to snack on, you probably aren't focusing heavily on what would be the healthiest thing to eat. This article looks at the importance of snacking smartly and strategies one can employ for...
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Kids Health: How to Make Homework Less Work
Most teens will never learn to love homework, but with a little help they can make it less of a burden. This site shows how to work smarter not harder when it comes to homework by easing its effect both mentally and physically. This...
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Kids Health: Tips for Taking Care of Your Skin
Acne can be a common problem for teens. Find out the best way to prevent breakouts, as well as ways to keep skin looking clean and youthful.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Welfare Reform in America
The federal welfare reform act has been in existence from 1996. This article, dated 3/2004, looks at how we are doing. What is the state of welfare reform -- has it helped or hurt the situation.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: What Schools and Students Can Do to Foster College Readiness
If schools and students understand college readiness in a more comprehensive way, they can do more to develop the full range of capabilities and skills needed to succeed in college. Click on Classroom Strategies on the left of the page...
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Wet Feet: Interning: Preparing for a Smooth Transition
An article about finding the right type of internship to match ones skills and professional interests.
CNN
Cnn en Espanol: Week of 1 6 14: Una Mujer Come Solo Productos De Starbucks
In Spanish. Article reports on a woman from Seattle who only ate food from Starbucks for one year as part of an online project.
Other
Big Life Journal: How to Teach Problem Solving Skills to Kids (Ages 3 14)
How you teach problem-solving to kids depends on their age. Read on to learn key strategies for teaching problem-solving to kids, as well as some age-by-age ideas and activities.
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Graphic Mama: 20 Digital Tools for Classroom for Innovative Teachers & Students
This article provides brief descriptions of twenty digital tools that can be used by both teachers and students for making infographics, presentations, videos, animations, as well as for assessments, quizzes, and more. Each tool is...
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Roots of Action: How Kids Learn to Take Initiative and Overcome Challenges
Learning to take initiative is a behavior that helps kids navigate their lives with courage and optimism. This article provides insights into how children learn to take initiative. Parents and teachers are key mentors in the process. A...
Georgetown University
Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Bayonne Johnson
Hoya reporter Kshithij Shrinath interviews Patricia Bayonne-Johnson, a descendant of Nace and Biby Butler a husband and wife who were sold by Georgetown President Thomas Mulledy SJ in 1838. Ms. Bayonne-Johnson was the first person to...
University of Virginia
Aquae Urbis Romae: The Waters of the City of Rome
Aquae Urbis Romae: the Waters of the City of Rome is a cartographic history of nearly 2800 years of water infrastructure and urban development in Rome. Water is a living system that includes natural features (springs, the Tiber River,...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Using Testimony in Holocaust Education
When teaching a unit on the Holocaust, the use of eye-witness testimony is crucial. These documents allow students to personalize the stories of those that suffered and enhances the learning process. This article walks you through...
NASA
Kennedy Space Center: Project Mercury: America's First Space Explorers
Describes Project Mercury and its goals.
BBC
Bbc: Who Are Hezbollah?
A description of Hezbollah's terrorist goals and how the group was founded. (4 July 2010)
Other
Utah Shakespeare Festival: The Truth About Julius Caesar
Shakespeare understood that most people in the audience of Julius Caesar were familiar with the story, so he had to offer them something different - his powerful language to bring his version of history to the stage. This essay describes...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Earth Day
Overview provides fun facts, goals of the founders, special initiatives, and general information about Earth Day.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Us Environmental Protection Agency (Epa)
Discover detailed facts and information about the goals, purpose and function, and the history and origins of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Amby Duncan-Carr
Amby: Resume Writing
Are you preparing to write your resume? Explore helpful tips to assist you in creating a powerful resume to get the job you are looking for.
Other
Daniel J. Kurland: Critical Reading: Inference: Reading Ideas as Well as Words
This college instructor offers his insights into critical reading and how to develop skills to interpret as well as comprehend the written word. RL.9-10.1, RL.11-12.1, RI.9-10.1 textual evidence and inference.
Columbia University
Columbia University: Studying With Intensity
Let the Augustine Club at Columbia University explain the basics of using study time well.
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Kids Health: Cooking Tips and Resources
Cooking can be considered an acquired skill that is perfected in time. The problem with being a teenager is that you haven't had much time to develop this ability. This site provides a basic overview of kitchen considerations, baking...