If this email was forwarded to you, sign up for your own YES! newsletters. VIEW IN BROWSER    SUMMER 2011 :: GREATEST HITS   We pay close attention to the newsletter features you do—and don’t—like. Below you’ll find the “greatest hits” from the past year, including our Top Five most read items. Rediscover popular lesson plans, articles, posters, and other classroom resources. Plan to join our Fall 2011 National Student Writing Competition where students will respond to the YES! article, “Why My Dad’s Going Green.” We will be announcing the winners of our Spring 2011 competition in our next newsletter. My thanks for the energy and commitment you bring to your students and your teaching. Here’s to a rejuvenating summer! Best, SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORKS Jing Fong Education Outreach Manager, YES! Magazine P.S. Spread the word about the resources the YES! education program has to offer: forward this email to every teacher you know!   HAPPINESS What makes us happy? National Institutes of Health (#5) lesson plans teach your students why we need sleep—and it’s not just about survival. The Global Oneness Project curriculum uses film, lessons, and stories—featuring people from Tibet, Ecuador, and beyond—to help your students better understand the importance of oneness in their own lives, community, and the world. 5 questions to awaken your functional family Commentary/Activity :: Life after worry Poster :: How to keep love going strong Video :: A GRADUATION SPEECH LIKE NO OTHER (#3)   PEACE & JUSTICE How do we help students learn to build a fair and just world? Curricula from Raffi’s Centre for Child Honouring and Voices embrace young people’s rights to be safe, respected, and loved. Resources get to the heart of what it takes to create the world they need and deserve. Poster :: 10 things science says will make you happy Video :: Words That Inspire: It Couldn’t Be Done Visual Learning :: Sacred Water   SUSTAINABILITY Sustainability is not only about local food and Mother Earth. It’s also about fair economies and social justice. Take a resilience quiz to find out how resilient you really are (or have room to grow). Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots curriculum (#2) nurtures your students’ leadership skills as they learn how to enhance the livelihood and survival of the animal community, the human community, and our environment. VISUAL LEARNING :: A SLOW, PRESS-IOUS PROCESSS poster :: WATERSHED MOMENTS 8 FOOD RULES FROM MY 10-MILE DIET   TEACHING OUTSIDE THE BOX Meaningful learning isn’t about memorizing facts. It flourishes in the context of people and everyday life, and happens in and beyond the classroom. Here are tools to help Guys Read (#4) and discover what really is going on inside those teenage brains! Video :: What Teachers make What’s the harm in hunting?   YOUR STORIES Here are treasured stories from your colleagues that have made you nod your head with an uh-huh, smile with gratitude and admiration, and laugh out loud. Inside the Heads of Students With Asperger’s (#1) horses as healers GET YOUR SKYSIGHT ON!    say yes! to free…    A FREE TEACHER SUBSCRIPTION Thanks to the generosity of YES! donors, qualified teachers can apply for a 1-year introductory subscription. Subscribe today! A FREE LIBRARIAN SUBSCRIPTION Share YES! Magazine with students and teachers at your school or university library. Apply for a 1-year introductory subscription today! FREE POSTERS & INFOGRAPHICS We understand a teacher’s budget. Those YES! colorful posters and charts you need for teaching your students are downloadable and free. EXPLORE THESE FREE TOOLS! YES! Magazine  ::  www.yesmagazine.org 284 Madrona Way NE, Suite 116, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-2870, USA CONTACT US VIA EMAIL  ::  Phone: 206-842-0216 / 1-800 937 4451 We never sell or share our email list. To remove yourself from this list, go back to your email and click the unsubscribe link at the top.  Please add yesnewsletters@yesmagazine.org to your email address book to ensure delivery.   If this email was forwarded to you, sign yourself up for YES! Education Connection newsletters. WHAT IS YES! MAGAZINE? YES! is an independent, non-profit, ad-free magazine printed on 100% post-consumer-waste paper. Each quarter, we take on today’s critical issues with a fresh and positive point of view. Our stories fuse powerful ideas and practical actions, and inspire people to create a better world. SUBSCRIBE TODAY AT THIS SPECIAL RATE