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We Hope This Helps
Students create writings and drawings to share with a children's hospital. They reflect on the project and how they have changed as a person. They also discuss how the community benefited as a whole.
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Students examine conditions at state mental hospitals after World War II. They examine the treatment of patients and how to evaluate the credibility of sources. They write a short essay to complete the lesson.
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Thank You For the Get Well Card
Students are read books by various artists. They create activity cards or mini-books that are given to ill children in hospitals. They discover the health care system and share their experiences with afraid children.
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Career Recruiter
Students give a presentation explaining the career opportunities that exist within a hospital. They can present the information via a Powerpoint presentation, a puppet show, a one act play or a taped video. They focus on health-related...
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Community Helpers
Students discuss important jobs in the community such as; mail carriers and hospital workers. They participate in creative projects that allow them to become more familiar with what these specific workers do. This lesson can be extended...
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Bentonville Battleground State Historic Site
Learners examine the Civil War battles of First Manassas in 1861 and Bentonville in 1865. They explore medical care in the field, how Union surgeons determined locations of field hospitals, and how battle affected nearby families
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The NHS: Central Government Spending
Students explore England's National Health Service (NHS). They identify problems and suggest solutions to an imaginary incident. Students plan the hospital budget. They discover that spending decisions are political.
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Learning the Parts of the Body in Spanish
Students use the Internet or Spanish dictionary to find the Spanish words for the names of the parts of the body. They examine expressions needed in case they would get hurt and needed to go to the hospital.
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Kids Create Calendars for Kids
Students create calendars for hospitalized children in their area. They research different holidays and work with an artist. They share their calendars with the community as well.
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Genki Phonics: Letter H
In this letter H worksheet, 1st graders study the arrows to learn the stroke pattern for the uppercase letter H. Students then fill in the missing H for the words hospital, hamster, and hair.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Offical site of the Texas Heart Institute at St.Luke's Hospital, ranked among the nation's top 10 heart centers. Offers information on heart disease and treatment.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vision: Animal Hospital
Miss Penny and the KidVision Kids went to Emerald Hills Animal Hospital to find out what happens at an animal hospital. Miss Penny took her dog, Kaiser, in for a checkup. They signed him in at the reception desk, watched Kaiser get a...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Hospitals Rethink Mom's Role
Article reports on how doctors and nurses in some hospitals are responding differently to women who deliver opiate addicted babies.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: South Africa: St. Mary's Hospital
A first-hand look of how a hospital in Africa is coping with AIDS and HIV.
CNN
Cnn: Man Who Shot Reagan Wins Mental Hospital Release
CNN article covering John Hinckley's supervised release from the mental hospital. Provides background material on the assasination attempt on Ronald Reagan.
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Hospital Link: Locate a Hospital
Locate hospital homepages throughout the US. Also offers job boards for health care professionals and .md domain name registration.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Dream Hospital
This dream hospital was actually built. However, some of the innovations did not make it into other future hospitals. Check out the baby drawer.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Working at the Hospital [Pdf]
"Working at the Hospital" is a one page, nonfiction passage about the various jobs of people who work in a hospital. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes underlining the most...
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Mount Sinai: The Spine Hospital at Mount Sinai: Back and Neck Pain
This is The Spine Hospital at Mount Sinai website. New York City's first comprehensive spine hospital, offers personalized care for spinal disorders by leading spine experts using the newest technologies and proven treatments. It offers...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Work Zone: Interactive Hospital
Students will connect schoolwork with real work as they explore a virtual representation of a hospital with specific work areas labeled and defined.
University of Pennsylvania
University of Penn: Hospital Sketches by l.m. Alcott
Well-known writer Louisa May Alcott published her experiences as a hospital nurse in Boston in 1863. The complete text is offered here, but no accompanying commentary or interpretation.
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Turtle Hospital
All species of sea turtles are threatened or endangered. Meet a scientist who works with sick or injured sea turtles and find out what happens in a turtle hospital. [9:08]
PBS
Pbs: Career Connections: Hospitality Management
Hospitality-related careers include bed-and-breakfast manager, wedding planner, and restaurant owner.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: Reports From the Division Hospital at Camp Poland
Article appearing in the Knoxville Journal and Tribune provide accounts of the Division Hospital at Camp Poland, Knoxville, Tennessee during the Spanish American War describing conditions for the sick and injured, including the addition...