I came upon this article looking for some new games. I thought it was pretty interesting becasue people are making an effort to educate America’s youth becasue most of their time they are playing games, so why not teach them through games? History games like Oregon Trail parents can buy for heir kids to learn about history. Or even games with current events like, Dafur is Dying which dramatizes the situation in western Sudan.

http://nten.org/blog/2007/06/21/online-civics-lessons-disguised-as-games

http://nten.org/blog/2007/06/21/online-civics-lessons-disguised-as-games

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbDoZvzvI2E

This video is about the life of a woman now. She is pretty old, but she was kidnapped when she was 13 and got very badly hurt. This video is from New York Times. She was tortured and beaten. This movie is realy life and how it happened to her. It makes you feel different and wanting to change back then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAs_ZmtuKOg&feature=PlayList&p=40A76F110CAA1EE2&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4

This video is another video with slave pictures. This video also includes real slave songs. There is a little kids voice in the backround telling you how a slaves life was and how hard it was back then. How they all wanted to escape to the North. It shows pictures of a mans back and how he got whipped and it is just so aweful.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW-b4Xs4-aQ

This video shows pictures of the slaves day. They are very bad and it hurts me too look at them. Just thinking  that’s how people were. It also includes great Bob Marly music with his song “War.” How it used to be so bad, hanging people and just treating them with no respect.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENHP89mLWOY

This video is about Malcom X talking about slavery. How everyone should be treated the same. It doesn’t matter if they look a little different we are all Gods children. We all are one family and deserve to be treated the same way as anybody else. I think that is the smartest thing to do.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkalobOACeA

This video is of kids in Uganda who have to leave their homes every night just to stay allive. It shows them sleeping in this huge room. They are all crying and it is just so sad and it makes your heart hurt. It’s horrible when you see this and you want to help.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtGAX4MOtkc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ5bIOcdNXs&feature=related

This video I think is so amazign and real. It is like a reanactment. They act out life as if we didn’t have the Bill of Rights. It’s pretty scary and it makes you think. This is one of my favorite video I have posted yet!

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The Gibson Center for Senior Services is a nonprofit organization dedicated to giving senior citizens a chance to live on their own and not in an old peoples home. They serve the needs for the senior citizens. They also offer transportation for those who are disabled or can’t drive so they can reach all their daily needs.

The Upper Valley Business and Education Partnership is a nonprofit organization is dedicated in connecting classroom, communities, and careers. They are dedicated in enhancing teaching and learning by making educational experiences relelvent to the students and their future. They build a bridge between the classroom and the realworld outside the classroom.

http://www.uvbep.org/AboutUs/index.html

Upper Saco Land Trust is an organization dedicated in preserving the ecological systems and cultural values of the Upper Saco River Valley. They strie for the well-being and availability of land for farming, forestry, recreation, and education, as well as for land remaining in its natural state, benefiting natural and human communities.

 http://www.usvlt.org/categories/about/about_usvlt.html