Education and Educators | Cradle to Career Roadmap

Education plays a significant role in our local communities as well as in society as a whole. Educated individuals typically have better job opportunities and are economically successful adults.

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History Curriculum

History Guides accompany each curriculum module and are structured as follows: The Thought: An expression of an overarching idea, the thought challenges.

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People's History

The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.

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Native American History

1 2 3 4 5 Are you interested in learning about Native American histories? Are you someone with questions or information to share? Are you a teacher looking for curriculum ideas or other resources? Welcome! We believe that teaching Native American histories in a positive way requires both specific, local knowledge and a broad understanding of how colonization manifests across time and space in the Americas and around the world

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Financial Literacy Presentation

Financial Literacy powerpoint for 9th-12th graders.

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Student Checklist for Home Space Organization

A checklist to help students and their families set-up organized home space work areas.

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iCivics - Civic Learning

iCivics works to ensure every student in America receives a quality and engaging civic education and graduates from high school well prepared and enthusiastic for citizenship. iCivics seek to inspire life-long civic engagement by providing high quality and engaging civics resources to teachers and students across our nation.

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World History

We are a non-profit organization publishing the world's most read history encyclopedia. Our mission is to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide.

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History Detectives

In each hour-long episode of History Detectives Special Investigations, Kaiama, Tukufu and Wes ask probing questions behind a single iconic mystery from America's past.

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Multi Subject Resources

PBS SoCal | KCET and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for California teachers like you.

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KidCitizen - Civic Studies

Children can interactively explore civic engagement concepts through historical primary sources and connect what they find with their daily lives.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC) is a public institution open to all that promotes and highlight the contributions of African Americans.

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Case Maker - Civics Education

Geared for 6th through 8th grade classrooms, Case Maker features twenty pre-made civics challenges that teachers can share with their students, or customize for their specific classroom.

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What Parent Need to Know on How Kids Learn to Read

Young children can learn about literacy through everyday activities at home.

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Smithsonian Learning Lab

Resources, training, and support to assist caregivers, teachers, and students as they face new learning challenges.

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NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program

NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program (YWP) is an adaptation of the National Novel Writing Month program for kid and teen writers in classrooms (or even at home). The YWP focuses on developing students’ creative voices, writing fluency, resilience, and self-efficacy which empowers K-12 students to write a novel in 30 days.

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ActivelyLearn.com

Texts (and videos!) for ELA, Science, and Social Studies with scaffolds and higher-order questions.

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CommonLit

Free online reading passages.

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Educational Theatre Association

The International Thespian Society’s Student Leadership Program is a pathway to leadership at whatever level you choose — troupe, chapter, or international. Participation will give you knowledge you’ll use the rest of your life, whatever career path you choose. Workshops are led by the International Thespian Officers (ITOs).

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Inland Regional Center

Inland Regional Center is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with Developmental Disabilities.

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Child Care Locations in San Bernardino County

Interactive map to find San Bernardino County Child Care locations and options by district.

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Family Guide for Universal Prekindergarten

High quality programs create early learning experiences, environments, and relationships that support children's growth and development.

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Help Me Grow Inland Empire

Help Me Grow is a collective approach to strengthening the early identification and intervention system. It works to ensure that developmental screening becomes widespread and families can access the services they need. Help Me Grow is made possible by a joint investment from First 5 San Bernardino and First 5 Riverside, in partnership with Loma Linda University Children’s Health.

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Child Care Resource Center

Each month, they provide quality, support, development, and education to almost 50,000 children, families in our 22,500-square-mile service area. They remain a unique and distinctive leader in the child care industry. Their current programs include resource libraries, home visiting, workforce development, family engagement, financial care assistance, Head Start preschool, Early Head Start, Early Head Start – Childcare partnership, Motherhood and so much more.