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Destination Imagination
 * //Exploring Student Interests and Building a Team Dynamic //**

//Poems Please! Sharing Poetry with Children// by David Booth and Bill Moore Poetry Foundation website: @http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
 * //Balancing Imagery in Literature //**

The Children’s Poetry Archive: @http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/home.do

The Academy of American Poets: @http://www.poets.org/index.php

☺ Children’s Anthologies recommended for school library collections @http://www.poetryfoundation.org/children/essential/ant

//Brainpop Video How a Bill Becomes a Law//
 * //Balance of Power //**

Useful for student reenactment of how bills become laws: @http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/constitution/makealaw.htm

Facts on the three branches of government from the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum: @http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/front.htm

Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids: @http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/branches.html

Congress for Kids: @http://congressforkids.net/Constitution_threebranches.htm

Kids in the House; How Laws are Made: @http://kids.clerk.house.gov/grade-school/lesson.html?intID=17

//How a Bill Becomes a Law// from Fact Monster: @http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0770454.html

//How a Bill Becomes a Law// from Junior Scholastic @http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4702

//Making a Law// from Western Reserve Public Media: @http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/constitution/makealaw.htm

Power Point Presentation for //Making a Law:// @http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/constitution/pplaws.htm

United States Senate: @http://www.senate.gov/

United States House of Representatives: @http://www.house.gov/

Graphic for how a bill becomes a law: @http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/congress.htm

Symbols of U.S. Government; Figures of //Justice:// http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols /justice.html
 * //Scales of Justice //**

United States Supreme Court: @http://www.supremecourt.gov/

//The Sequence of Events in the Criminal Justice System:// @http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/largechart.cfm

Images for Lady Justice: @http://www.curatormagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/blind-justice.jpg

@http://nephos.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/blind-justice.gif

@http://staley9re.blogspot.com/2011/02/lady-justice.html

Brainpop Video, //World War II Causes//
 * //Off Balance? //**

Have students (intermediate only) read and discuss Executive Order 9066 (for primary, summarize the main ideas of the order): @http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/index.html

Bill that apologized to the Japanese Americans passed in 1988:: @http://bss.sfsu.edu/internment/Congressional%20Records/19880804.html

Have students read the Patriot Act at the following site and then discuss why there is criticism that this act may interfere with the balance between freedom and security: @http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html

Have students visit the president’s web site and see what executive orders have been signed into law in the past year. Discuss the significance of the orders. @http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/orders/

Executive Order 9066: @http://www.cetel.org/1942_9066.html

Description and Explanation of Executive Order 9066: @http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=74

Supplemental Lesson Plan: The War Relocation Centers of World War II: When Fear Was Stronger than Justice (use with the attached //Photo Analysis Worksheet//): @http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/89manzanar/89manzanar.htm

List of Children’s Books: @http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/Japanese-Internment-Camps.html


 * //Fair and Balanced //**
 * Code of Journalistic Ethics: **[]

The Population Institute: @http://www.populationinstitute.org/programs/sustainability/
 * //Population Balance //**

//World Population// found at: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BbkQiQyaYc

Worldwatch Institute: @http://www.worldwatch.org/

NY Times Article: **//New Census Finds China’s Population Growth Has Slowed//**
=**@http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/world/asia/29census.html **=

@http://www.kidscanpress.com/Assets/Books/w_IfTheWorldWereAVillage_0178/PDFs/IfTheWorldWereAVillage_0178_teaching.pdf
 * //Population Balance //**

Route of Drinking Water : @http://www.master-comm.com/guides/IfTheWorldWereAVillage_teaching.pdf

CitizenKid Teaching Guide for //If the World Were a Village://

@http://www.kidscanpress.com/Assets/Books/w_IfTheWorldWereAVillage_0178/PDFs/IfTheWorldWereAVillage_0178_teaching.pdf

Education World//: If the World Were a Village:// @http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/dailylp/dailylp/dailylp045.shtml

//If the World Were a Village// Teaching Activities: @http://www.master-comm.com/guides/IfTheWorldWereAVillage_teaching.pdf

Lesson plan for using //If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World’s People:// @http://www.mercycorps.org.uk/files/file1195222538.pdf

Lesson plan for using //If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World’s People://

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">@http://www.sacsc.ca/PDF%20files/Elementary%20Lesson%20Plans/Global%20Education/Unit%207/If%20the%20World%20Was%20a%20Village-Rutkowski-SS%20LA%20M-4-5-L1.pdf

The World Factbook: @https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

<span style="color: #0090eb; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">food pyramid
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Nutritional Balance //**

<span style="color: #0090eb; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">[|MyPyramid]

@http://www.choosemyplate.gov/- for Scavenger Hunt

<span style="color: #00000c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Comparing Harvard and Government Designs @http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/pyramid-full-story/ @http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/files/Healthy-Eating-Pyramid-handout.pdf

USDA Nutrition Site: @http://www.choosemyplate.gov/

MyPyramid Graphic Standard: @http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/downloads/resource/MyPyramidGraphicStandards.pdf @http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/downloads/resource/MyPforKids_logo.gif

2010 Dietary Guidelines @http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2010/DietaryGuidelines2010.pdf

Nutrition Information: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">@http://www.foodpyramid.com/

Simple Machines activity: @http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/
 * // Balancing Amusements //**

Simple Machines description and activities: @http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm

Simple Machines game (with fun graphics): http://www.msichicago.org/fileadmin/Activities/Games/simple_machines//

Creative Problem Solving workbook: @http://www.iaccm.com/members/library/files/CreativeProblemSolving.pdf

Creative Problem Solving article: @http://www.cpsb.com/research/articles/creative-problem-solving/Creative-Problem-Solving-Gifted-Education.pdf

10 Classic Amusement Park Rides: @http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/10-classic-amusement-park-rides.htm

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 24px;">Developing Creative Thinking Fluency Techniques to Stimulate Divergent Thinking Brainstorming Keeping a Journal Free-Writing Mind or Subject Mapping: @http://faculty.washington.edu/ezent/imdt.htm
 * Free Online Mind Mapping Tool: Bubbl.us
 * Inspiration Software is also a good tool for this if it is still available in K-5 classrooms and computer labs.