EDUCATION | Driving tomorrow’s achievements
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Young Americans Embrace Politics, Participation
In the 2008 election, many young Americans, such as these Florida State University students, rallied and voted for their candidates in unprecedented numbers. The Web page Young America looks at civic values and how the young view the world in which they are coming of age.
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Understanding Diversity and Cultural Pluralism
The award-winning documentary film A Son's Sacrifice focuses on a family business in New York founded by a Muslim immigrant from Bangladesh and taken over by his U.S.-born son. Clips from the film can be used to learn about such concepts as diversity, cultural pluralism and acculturation.
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Future Leaders Exchange Program Changes Lives
Since 1993, the Future Leaders Exchange program, more commonly known as FLEX, has brought more than 18,000 students from Eurasia to live and study in the United States for one school year.
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President Abraham Lincoln delivered his most famous speech, the Gettysburg Address, 145 years ago - November 19, 1863 - at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In his brief remarks, Lincoln stated his resolve "that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." America will celebrate Lincoln's 200th birthday in 2009.
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Classrooms Go On an Arctic Learning Adventure
The award-winning GoNorth! Adventure Learning Series uses satellite communication and interactive Web connections to teach students about climate change and Arctic cultures.
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American Girls and Women Go for Sports
Between 1971 and 2005, female participation in collegiate sports increased 456 percent. In the same period, female participation in high school sports increased more than 900 percent to about 3,000,000.
