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"Documentary kits for busy but ambitious social studies teachers"

Teens who excessively text or spend lots of time on social networks run a higher risk of developing health problems, says a study recently presented at the American Public Health Association's (APHA) annual meeting.

educational games built around science and social studies concepts, arranged into the following categories: peace games, war games, nation state/ politics games, environment games, climate change, energy games, and food games.

"The Big Ideas of the U.S. Constitution" activity from NARA Experience

"The National Archives holds many records that tell the story of the attack on Pearl Harbor. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of that day, we've gathered links from across our blogs and on Tumblr to show you some of these moving documents that we hold in safekeeping."

"The Trumbull writer earned lots of praise and won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for his 2009 novel, "The Postcard" -- a warm and nostalgic mystery powered by old postcards -- but his latest book, "Lunch-Box Dream" (Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux, $16.99), is a semi-autobiographical story about race relations in 1959."

Each entry should reflect this year's theme: "The Constitution and You: Select any provision of the U.S. Constitution and create a video illustrating why it's important to you." Your documentary may focus on any section of the Preamble, Articles, or Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. You should not focus your documentary on failed or proposed amendments that have yet to pass. The entry must be the original work of the student(s), hereafter referred to as "entrant(s)." Students in grades 6-8 will be considered "middle school" entrants; grades 9-12 will be considered "high school" entrants.

(CNN) -- When Al Charette traveled to the North Pole, he went under it. The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, made history when it reached the North Pole on August 3, 1958, beneath the ice.

""We were seven brothers -- seven soldiers," says 91-year old Chikara "Don" Oka, a World War II veteran now living in a retirement home in Los Angeles. "Five of us for the United States and two against us because they were stranded in Japan" when the war came. They're all American citizens born here in the United States."

from the site: "Founded in 2004, Games for Change is a non-profit which seeks to harness the extraordinary power of digital games to address the most pressing issues of our day, including poverty, education, human rights, global conflict and climate change. Games for Change serves as a platform for organizations, individuals, government agencies, academics, journalists and the game industry to share best practices, exchange knowledge, incubate new projects and provide access to those seeking to use digital games to positively impact society. "

from Free Tech 4 Teachers: "C-Span Classroom has created some new resources and updated some old resources for teachers for the 2010/2011 school year. C-Span's video library includes a section called Constitution Clips. Constitution Clips is comprised of videos of members of Congress and Presidents giving speeches that relate to sections of the US Constitution. For each section of the Constitution there is a selection of videos ready for you to use in your classroom. The videos can be embedded into your class blog or website."