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The Big Idea Activity

How can one person make our world a better place?

Make a Many Special People Mobile

  California Standard 2.5  Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past have made a difference in others' lives (e.g., from biographies of Abraham Lincoln, [MORE]

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Help Kids to Help Others

This page for kids includes project ideas and stories about kids who have made a difference. Find additional resources about how kids can take action in their world, including a search feature for volunteer opportunities by state and city.

This article for adults tells you how to support kids when they have ideas about making the world a better place.


A Lakota Child

  California Standard 2.5  Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past have made a difference in others' lives (e.g., from biographies of Abraham Lincoln, [MORE]

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Lessons on stereotyping of Native Americans

Stereotypes and Prejudice

A directory of classroom resources from the Smithsonian Museum of American History

For more background on the Lakota Tribe