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Corporation for National and Community Service: United We Serve

For Students 9th - 10th
See many ways to get involved in the community and promote volunteerism. Provides ideas for service, toolkits to help get started, and many resources for people willing to volunteer to improve their schools and communities.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Compare and Contrast Lesson: Comparing Community Helpers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
After reading the picture book Come on, Rain by Karen Hesse, which discusses how the weather both helps and harms the community, students bring tools from home to represent what their parents do for a living. They will present these...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 3: Money in Our Community

For Teachers K - 1st
Lesson focuses on how and why money circulated within our community. Being able to discern the difference between things we need and things we want is one of the foundational concepts for using money wisely. Goods and services are things...
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Members of a Community

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson helps students learn about members of a community. Students list people who help in the community and create representations of community members out of paper.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Give and Take

For Teachers 2nd
Learn about the concepts of goods, services, and community.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Build Your Community

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners will learn about a variety of businesses and the service they provide to a community. They will build a town selecting seven business they feel would be the most important to have in order to live in this community.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 5: Make a Difference

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
How can sharing with others improve our community and the lives of people throughout the world? In this lesson, students will attempt to entice others to support a charity of their choice.
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Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Anne Frank: Facing Hatred, Daring to Dream

For Teachers 6th - 9th
The inspiring words of a young girl in Nazi Germany continue to impact us today. Students will learn about Anne Frank's intense struggles, but also the hope she shared through her diary. Then they'll consider how they can impact their...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Dr. Seuss for Older Students

For Teachers 9th - 10th
NEA's annual Read Across America celebration is a great opportunity for tweens and teens to both celebrate their literacy and language skills and share them in meaningful ways.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: The Amana Colonies: Origins of the Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
This site tells about the establishment of the Amana Colonies and their relocation to America.
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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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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco provides information in the following categories: Inside the FRBSF, Economic Research, Financial Services, Economics Education, Community Affairs, Banking and Finance in the West,...
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: A History of Us Public Libraries

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition tells the story of the American public library system, its community impact, and the librarians who made it possible from the founding of the first US libraries through the first one hundred years of service.
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University of North Carolina

Unc School of Public Health

For Students 9th - 10th
Public health information and resources are included in this official homepage of the University of North Carolina's School of Public Health.
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Business Education Resource Consortium: Computer Science & Information Systems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this online manual you will find examples of integrated performance activities developed to coordinate with the Computer Science and Information Systems Career Path in the Business Education Career Path and Model Curriculum Standards....
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The Alliance for Technology Access: Homepage

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) is a network of community-based resource centers, developers and vendors, affiliates, and associates dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with...
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Ontario Health Promotion Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of this Ontario, Canada, health promotion site offers links to health resources on the Internet and elsewhere.

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