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YES! Recommends: StoryCorps

StoryCorps records and archives interviews of everyday Americans to preserve history and personal stories. Its National Teachers Initiative was created to celebrate great teachers and to highlight their invaluable contributions and influence on students and all of us.
May 3, 2012
Ban the Bag

Visual Learning: It’s in the Bag

This Visual Learning activity will get students thinking about how we use plastic, and the implications of living conveniently.
May 3, 2012
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The Corporation

Watch a new video about an eighth grade class using The Corporation film as a discussion starter. Share with your students using free curriculum from The Ontario Institute of Studies in Education.
Mar 15, 2012
Meditation Education

De-Stress Your Classroom

Edutopia bundle of resources on meditation programs that can be used in school. Steps and benefits to bringing meditation to the classroom.
Mar 15, 2012
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Fall 2011: “Bridging Differences” Powerful Voice Winner Lourdes Escobar

Lourdes Escobar is a sixth grade student at John Muir Middle School, a Los Angeles Unified school operated in conjunction with the nonprofit LA's Promise. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "Why My Dad's Going Green," by Kate Sheppard. Read Lourdes' essay about her struggle with the choices her father has made.
Jan 31, 2012
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YES! Recommends: ServiceSpace

ServiceSpace is a movement for generosity on social and personal levels. The site features projects that inspire generous behavior and chronicle the acts of kindness of ServiceSpace volunteers.
Jan 30, 2012
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The Legacy Project

Cornell Professor Karl Pillemer, founder of The Legacy Project: Lessons for Living from the Wisest Americans, collected over 1,500 interviews of elders on a variety of subjects. In text and video, the oldest living generations of Americans share their experiences.
Jan 30, 2012
Terry Tempest Williams

Words That Inspire: Because

Instead of a letter, Terry Tempest Williams wrote a poem to nominate Lily Yeh as a YES! Breakthrough 15 Hero. The poem shared the many reasons why Lily Yeh is worthy of consideration. Who are the people students might be inspired to honor with a poem?
Dec 22, 2011
To Dye For

Visual Learning: To Dye For

This Visual Learning lesson will get your students thinking about where their clothes come from and how colorful fabric is made.
Dec 22, 2011
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YES! Recommends: Americans Who Tell The Truth

Americans Who Tell the Truth spotlights 170 portraits of truth tellers—people who fought for all people's rights with courage and determination—to teach students of all ages not only about their heritage, but also to stand up for what they believe in.
Dec 22, 2011
Journey Into Dyslexia

Journey Into Dyslexia

You’ve probably taught a student with dyslexia—and were perplexed on how to help. This film shows successful adults who see their dyslexia as a unique gift.
Nov 24, 2011
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Words That Inspire: We are the 1%

Some members of the 1% have shared messages of solidarity with the 99%. What goes into a sign that makes a lasting impression? Explore an activity to help your students understand—and create their own—powerful signs.
Nov 24, 2011
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Visual Learning: We Are the 99%

This Visual Learning lesson will get your students thinking about how much information they want to know about where their food comes from.
Nov 24, 2011
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ThinkB4YouSpeak

GLSEN's campaign ThinkB4YouSpeak helps straight teens understand why "that's so gay" and other common slurs may be unintentional but hurtful to their Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) classmates.
Oct 26, 2011
June 2010. “Hundreds of feet of booms—large floating barriers that round up and contain or absorb surface oil—lie linked to-gether, waiting to be placed off the coast of Louisiana to protect surrounding fragile islands. The once-white booms absorb oil, while the rust orange boom contains oil.”

Visual Learning: Boom!

This Visual Learning lesson will get your students thinking about the devastation that oil spills can have on human and marine life.
Oct 26, 2011
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Visual Learning: “Out of many, one”

This Visual Learning lesson will get your students thinking about the growing number of organizations dedicated to making this world a better place, and how art has a magical, powerful way of making bold statements.
Sep 22, 2011
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