Make a selection Health Math Science Social Studies Literacy Tips - Colleagues Tips - Activities Tips - Training Take a look at the Afterschool Exchange event where these activities were presented! Go! Social Studies Activities Running for Awareness Age Range: 10-14 Learning Skills: vocabulary, web research, literacy skills Activity Description: Children learn about a conflict that uprooted the Sahrawi people from their homes and left them homeless. Students then gain a deeper understanding of life as a refugee and what it means to be an ally to the less powerful. Identity and Religion Age Range: 13 and up Learning Skills: literacy skills, presentation skills Activity Description: Teens explore national, religious, cultural, and personal identity by researching the recent headscarf ban in France and sharing issues of personal identity with their peers. How Do I Get a Job? Age range: 13 and up Learning skills: interviewing skills, resume writing, web research, employment searching skills Activity description: In this activity, teens learn about searching for and the advantages of volunteering and interning to begin identifying future career paths. Human Rights 101 Age range: 12 and up Learning skills: global studies, human rights, writing, reading, service learning, analysis Activity description: Use the toolkit and resources on this site to develop a human rights project with your teens. A Walk Through Your Neighborhood Age range: 9 and up Learning skills: Community history, research, writing, visual arts Activity description: Kids take a virtual tour of Brooklyn, New York; then, they create a virtual tour of their own neighborhoods. The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow and Becoming American Age range: all Learning skills: U.S. history, writing, reading, analysis Activity description: Using these resources and activities, afterschool educators can create powerful dialogues about ethnicity and cultural heritage in America. Activity Tip! Freedom: A History of US Age range: all Learning skills: U.S. history, writing, reading Activity description: The interactive timeline and teaching guides found on this site can be a fun way to click into the history of race relations in the US. Activity Tip! It's My Life Age range: all Learning skills: writing Activity description: Journal pages available on this site provide the space -- and the structure -- for kids to think about the events of their lives. Don't Buy It Age range: all Learning skills: writing, art, media literacy Activity description: The activities on this site allow kids to play at creating their own advertisements -- and, at the same time, learn about the power of commercial persuasion. < Back to Afterschool Exchange Activities & Tips main © 2003-2006 Educational Broadcasting Corporation. All Rights Reserved.