Kid Congress tells us about all the beautiful things that can come from listening to others.
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KID CONGRESS Episode 9: The Big Hearing
Good News Resources:
Collaborative Writing Tools:
Publication Tools:
KID CONGRESS EPISODE 8: Policy for the People
The Global Happiness Meter in the Kid Congress headquarters is LOW! But luckily, Zoie is here to help make the world happier with her Policy for People.
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Collaborative Writing Tools:
Digital Citizenship:
KID CONGRESS EPISODE 7: Animals Know What's Up
Here's 10 things us humans can learn from animals. Which is your favorite?
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Tools to generate lists:
Safe Search Engines:
Create a Cartoon:
Tweet About It:
Speak It Out:
What Do You Meme?
Title It:
Write a Story:
Act It Out:
Top Facts List:
KID CONGRESS EPISODE 6: 10 AWESOME THINGS WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW
PSA: Things don't have to stay the way they are! YOU can make a difference!
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KID CONGRESS Episode 6: 10 Awesome Things We Can Do Right Now
Tools to Share Feelings:
Blog Tools
Local School Challenge
Give Your Time Challenge:
Pizza!! (Party for Others):
Compliments:
Gratitude:
Make Supplies to Give to Those In Need:
Ribbon Ceremony:
Silence:
Listen:
Write a Song for Someone and Perform It:
KID CONGRESS EPISODE 5: WORDS MATTER
Leyla is here to show you how one letter can change the course of history.
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Kid President in the Classroom Facebook Community
15 Ways to Bring More Positive Language into Your Classroom and School
Ideas for writing letters:
Let’s TACO ‘Bout How Awesome You Are printable
Digital Word Collection tools:
KID CONGRESS EPISODE 4: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
Jackson has a thing or two to say about being a good neighbor.
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KID CONGRESS EPISODE 3: THE YOUNG ARE AT THE GATES
The young are at the gates! It's time for us to listen to them!
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Collaborative Writing Tools:
KID CONGRESS EPISODE 2: WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER
Let's celebrate of all the good we can do together...because together...WE'RE LOUDER!
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A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat from Google Arts and Culture website
Pixel Art Options:
Put colorful sticky notes on the walls (Examples)
Color squares in graph paper (Printable graph paper)
Use fuse beads
Create digital pixel art using Pixel Art Maker or ABCya Pixel Maker
Create pixel art in Excel or Google Sheets
Use Mosaically website to create art that can be shared digitally (It is free to create and share links to zoomable photo mosaics online but there is a fee to print completed mosaics)
Use pieces of painted paper/cardboard or scraps of construction paper (Example)
Tools for digitally sharing pixel art:
Pixel-based toys:
KID CONGRESS EPISODE 1: THERE ARE KIDS
The world might seem dark, but it’s important to remember that there is hope. There are kids!
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Options for Research
Artistic Representation of a selected trait examples:
Word Cloud Generator:
How To Change The World (a work in progress) | Kid President
KID PRESIDENT: ARE WE THERE YET | BAGGAGE
Robby and Brad traveled to Springfield, Missouri to visit Kyle who is putting on "A Funeral for the People We Used to Be." He is collecting submissions from people of all the things they want to let go about the past so he can burn them in a cardboard viking ship. If you want to send him the things you'd like to let go of, you can visit http://www.vikingfuneral.me/
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YouTube video: Saying Goodbye to the Person I Used to Be | Kid President Travel Show Ep 5
Maker Education Resources
The Cardboard Box Book: Make Robots, Princess Castles, Cities, and More! by Roger Priddy and Sarah Powell
Out of the Box: 25 Cardboard Engineering Projects for Makers by Jemma Westing
51 Things to Make with Cardboard Boxes (Super Crafts) by Fiona Hayes
Tech Tip: PollEverywhere
Literary Extensions
The Death of Balder - A Norse Myth (PDF)
The Death of Balder - Audio
For more ancient myths see the Classic Tales from Cambridge University
KID PRESIDENT: ARE WE THERE YET | BELONGING
Many young refugees in Clarkston, Georgia attend Fugees Academy, a place for young people to learn and grow together. These young people show us just how beautiful a friendship you can build despite being from different nationalities and even speaking different languages.
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YouTube video: Teen Refugees Show Us What True Friendship Looks Like | Kid President Travel Show Ep4
Resources for exploring the topic of refugees:
Explore & Create
This is School: Explore classrooms around the world
This is Home: Explore homes around the world
Connect
KID PRESIDENT: ARE WE THERE YET | BIRTHDAYS
Robby and Brad are headed to the Lighthouse Retreat to meet with families battling cancer. Life is fleeting and precious for all of us, so the Kid President Team thinks it's important to find a million little reasons to celebrate and enjoy time with the people you love.
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YouTube video: Kid President Team Visits Families Battling Cancer | Kid President Travel Show EP3
Explore what it means to be a maker
Collaborative writing tools
KID PRESIDENT: ARE WE THERE YET | BRIDGES
Robby and Brad travel to Selma, Alabama to meet some kids making a difference and a woman who was a freedom fighter during the Civil Rights Movement.
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YouTube video: A Message for People Who Want to Change the World | Kid President Travel Show Ep2
See-Think-Wonder thinking protocol
Digital Gallery Walk Tools:
Resources for digitally collecting ideas:
Publishing Options
Historical Extensions
Information about the importance of Selma, Alabama in the fight for Civil Rights (Including a “Then and Now” sliding photo)
Use Google Street View to virtually walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge
Rep. John Lewis Reflecting on his Experience Crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge (Video intended for older students)
BRAD STORY: DISNEY CHANNEL PROMO
Brad tries again, and again, and again. Eventually, through persistence and a variety of strategies, he succeeds. Failure can be a step forward, if we keep trying to overcome the obstacles standing in our way and enlist the help of others.
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Tools for engaging in real time:
The Marshmallow Challenge:
Google Doc for setting up a collaborative planning space
Activities for Beginning Makers:
Activities for More Advanced Makers:
Resources for exploring maker projects:
Picture Books:
Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
Today I will Fly! by Mo Willems
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Shhh! We have a plan by Chris Haughton
It’s Okay to Make Mistakes by Todd Parr
On a Beam of Light by Jennifer Berne
Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen
Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty
Extension Resources for Failing Forward
BRAD STORY: A BALLOON'S STORY
A red balloon learns to face his fears about the future and enjoy the present. Students will participate in discussions and activities to help them cope with their own insecurities and fears. They will see that, like the red balloon, they are meant to fly!
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Resources for creating digital books:
BRAD STORY: A YEAR OF DATES
Busy, busy, busy. Even students find themselves with too much to do and too little time. In this lesson they will learn how to priortize people and events.
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BRAD STORY: THIS IS A JOYFUL REBELLION
Students are encouraged to make the world a better place by starting their own Joyful Rebellion. Rather than an angry face and a raised fist, their weapons will be a smile and a high five. Small changes can make a big difference!
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Worksheets:
Real World Examples*:
Curating online content
Weebly for creating a digital Hall of Fame
Mind-mapping tools:
Google Doc for setting up a collaborative planning space
Flipgrid for collecting student reflection videos
Suggested Extensions:
*For a full YouTube playlist of the real world example videos (minus the Rosa Parks video, which is on PBS), click here.
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BRAD STORY: BECAUSE YOU WERE
This lesson plan provides tips and activities designed to help your students appreciate the impact others are making on their lives. In addition to looking at their personal histories, students will research famous individuals to see how people they don’t even know have a made a difference in their lives.
BRAD STORY: A STORY ABOUT A BIRD
The lesson plan offers activities to help students appreciate their own talents as well those of their classmates. By cooperating with each other they will see how much they can accomplish together.
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Mind-mapping tools:
Real World Examples*:
Curating online content:
Suggested Technology Tools:
Microsoft Word template for cards and letters
Tinkercad/3D Printer
Animoto for digital photo book
Earsketch for composing music
Adobe Spark for video creation
Weebly for website or blog
Haiku deck for presentations
Canva for graphic design
*For a full YouTube playlist of the real world example videos click here.