It's never too early to teach kids about money management. This site has a variety of interactive games for kids/teens plus info for parents and teachers of 6-8th graders.
It's humbling to learn about our world's hunger problem. Countless individuals die from starvation every day throughout the world, yet our country enjoys overabundance at every level. How can we create a balance?
Wow, is this site full of cultural ideas. Thats great that they have the lessons, ideas and activities all laid out and categorized. How fun and easy to use this site.
I was interested in the effects of advertising on children and happened upon this documentary. "Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car."
This site has a ton of information about the U.S. government. It is seperated into grade appropriate games, activities and information, which makes it user friendly.