This data leaves me speechless. I can't imagine being a young child without a home...and without anything stable around me. This site is well worth exploring. As a result, I've been humbled and I am motivated to do something to stop homelessness in Minnesota.
Jen Bartsch's List: "NCSS Civic Ideals and Practice"
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Oct 31, 09
"Students who participate in this activity will research different forms of democratic governments, will be able to differentiate among them, and will learn something, as well, about forms of government that are not democracies. They will also investigate the many ways in which our own democratic government affects our daily lives."
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Oct 31, 09
"The focus for students in this age group is on the challenges faced by the Corps of Discovery, and the effect the journey had on American history and Native American cultures. Students will practice their reading comprehension, visual literacy, writing, and map skills throughout the activity."
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Oct 31, 09
"Students will learn about the slavery issue and other events of the Civil War from the perspective of a newspaper reporter. This lesson will require students to learn details of certain events surrounding the Civil War and compose one or more articles suitable for a newspaper."
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Oct 31, 09
"Students who participate in this activity will study the political debate surrounding the Freedmen's Bureau as well gain an opportunity to use primary sources as a means of understanding the trials and successes of the effort to educate newly-freed slaves of all ages. Students will research the reasons put forward for the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau, President Johnson's reasons for vetoing the legislation, and what happened in the aftermath. They will also produce written descriptions of some Freedmen's schools and the students who benefited from them."
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Oct 31, 09
"Students will develop a consideration of the changes that occurred from the First Thanksgiving to the reservation era in Native American History."
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Oct 31, 09
"The decision by Rosa Parks in 1955 to refuse to give up her seat on a public bus came only a year after the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision in Topeka, Kansas was made by the Supreme Court. Both of these events occurred during Ike's first administration, and Mamie was surely aware of them. The purpose of this lesson is to reinforce the power of just one individual to effect social change. "
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Oct 31, 09
"The purpose of this lesson is to highlight the beginning of the "Age of Volunteerism" and to point to opportunities for community service in the present day. This lesson is clearly aimed at helping students visualize personal and/or small group contributions to the betterment of their communities as an appropriate facet of citizenship. "
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Oct 31, 09
"The focus for students in this age group is on researching the effects of immigration on American history and culture."
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Oct 31, 09
"Students will dentify important civil rights leaders and describe the life and legacy of a particular civil rights leader."
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Nov 01, 09
"Students will visit Colonial America in the Time Machine and discover the process that a citizen today must follow in order to make or change a law. "
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Nov 01, 09
"Students will identify the branches of government, who leads each branch and its responsibilities. Students will also have a general understanding of the Supreme Court. "
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Nov 01, 09
"Sure you've heard of the March of Dimes® but what does an organization that was initially formed to fight polio have to do with dimes? Take a look at how this name came about. The name "March of Dimes" was developed by a famous comedian/radio announcer of the early 1900s. On a radio program, this entertainer invited all Americans to send their spare dimes to the White House to help with the funding of polio research. The White House soon began receiving approximately 150,000 letters a day, each containing a dime. "
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Nov 01, 09
"Students who participate in this activity will investigate and compute the time it took to travel by various means in the 18th century, and learn about the types of vehicles available to people of different social classes."
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Nov 01, 09
"The purpose of this lesson is for students to become aware of the varied areas of involvement in which Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter engaged and to develop a way to pictorially illustrate these. "
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Nov 01, 09
"In this lesson students will learn about the Roaring Twenties and explore connections between economic prosperity and societal change."
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Nov 01, 09
"The purpose of this lesson is to afford students the opportunity to address the experience of rationing and reflect upon its impact on the lives of young people their age."
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Nov 01, 09
"In this lesson students will not only learn about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, but also about the social requirements placed on each player."
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Nov 01, 09
"Students who participate in this lesson will read Black Beauty and study the history of the founding of the ASPCA and learn about endangered species today. Students will write a short paper about the book, or on some aspect of the history of the ASPCA, and, after exploring the Endangered Special website, propose actions that they can take locally to protect endangered species of animals."
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Nov 01, 09
"In this lesson students will gain an understanding of grassroots movements by examining four grassroots movements in the 1900's."
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Nov 24, 09
The Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless serves to educate the public about the homeless epidemic in our state. They also advocate legislature that impacts Minnesota's most impoverished individuals.\n\nUsing this site to educate and motivate, students will learn how to reach out to others in need within their community. They will learn about their basic rights and responsibilities as community members, and they will also discover the impact their assistance has on the lives of the homeless throughout Minnesota.
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- Children, youth, and young adults age 21 and younger made up 45 percent of all people experiencing homelessness in Minnesota the night of the survey. A total of 2,726 children age 17 and younger experienced homelessness with their parents on the night of the survey.
- 69 percent of homeless women had children under age 18, and 55 percent had at least one child with them; for men, the percentages were 35 percent and 6 percent respectively.
- On any given night in Minnesota , between 550 and 650 unaccompanied youth in Minnesota (persons 17 or younger) are without permanent shelter; over the course of one year, an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 Minnesota unaccompanied youth experience at least one episode of homelessness.
- 89 percent of homeless youth are enrolled in school.
- 51 percent of the youth experiencing homelessness have been physically or sexually mistreated.
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