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By Caitie O.


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We have a lot of fun activities that you can try out in your classrooms. The purpose of these activities is for you to learn about other cultures so that we can all get along, stop fighting, and learn to appreciate our differences.

Differences Are Good
PowerPoint Presentation

This PowerPoint presentation can be used by teachers and families to help find ways to understand other cultures and bring us closer together. 

The Hundred Dresses
by Eleanor Estes

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapters 6 & 7

Did you know that reading a good book can change your life? Inside its pages are characters and lessons that can help us become better people.  The story in The Hundred Dresses can do just that. It is the story of how a girl comes to the United States from Poland and gets mistreated by other people in her school because she was different. Have your class read the book and take our quizzes.

A Kid's Life In 
Information Form

This sheet is to help you learn more about different cultures.  As you read about countries on the A Kid's Life In page, fill out this sheet to keep track of  all have things different cultures have in common.

Hero Power Study Sheet

You can print out this sheet and use it to help you learn about heroes such as Anne Frank, Joan of Arc, and Muhammad Ali.

Kidlink for Teachers
"Preparing Kids For Life"

This is a really cool Web site created by the Kidlink Institute.  The goal is, "To give youth better control over their lives, help them mature, get friends, create social networks, and collaborate with peers around the world individually or through their classrooms." Teachers can have their class try out lots of different projects.