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iCivics Offers Tons of Free Resources and Tools to Promote Civics Education

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iCivics is an educational website that offers access to a wide variety of learning resources that include games, curriculum materials, lesson plans, webquests, and videos. These resources are accessible from the Teach hub and are organized by topic. Teachers can create classes on iCivics and add students.

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Social solutions for socio-economic issues

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In rural communities, on the other hand, access to these basic needs can be harder to come by. As well as a lack of jobs, housing and education, these communities also tend to lack good quality infrastructure, such as roads and public transport, access to health care, and support from government programmes.

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How philosophers have influenced the way you think about race

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Kant focused on skin colour as the primary way to categorise race, and he linked different races to certain characteristics,” says Jennifer. Kant’s attempt to link skin colour to other characteristics, such as intelligence, motivation and the ability to govern one’s own society, influenced many other studies from that time onwards.”

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The power of geographic information systems: bringing data to life with maps

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Talk like a geographic information systems expert Cartography — map making Environmental justice — ensuring equitable access to the environment for all people. I went to university to study geography, then started a master’s in meteorology. I’ve been working for the EPA for 30 years, and it’s been a great career.

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Will Virtual Reality Lead More Families to Opt Out of Traditional Public Schools?

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While plenty of schools have experimented with short lessons conducted in virtual reality, this new school, called Optima Academy Online, has embraced the technology as a primary mode of course delivery. For students at a new Florida-based charter school, entering the classroom means strapping on a VR headset.

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Can music be a tool for social transformation?

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Although Music for Reconciliation is government funded, Andrea says it “survives largely thanks to the work and initiative of the people who are involved”. You can access more sound postcards here: musicsocialfabric.wixsite.com/sound-postcards/copy-of-stream-buy. MEET ANDREA. When I was younger, I loved medicine and architecture.