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- Business Ethics
- Conflict Prevention and Mediation
- Corporate Power in Government
- Intercultural Communication
- Learning Community
- Multicultural Training
- Risk and Protective Factors
- Volunteering
- World Peace
Books
- Future - 101 Things You Can Do to Help Our Kids' Future (Benton Foundation)
Lesson Plans
- Heroes and Heroism (Ima Hero)
Provides 8 lesson plans exploring heroism. 8-01
- Propaganda Sources (Donn)
Provides three dozen sources of lessons on propaganda, media, and public opinion. Helps students look for hidden messages. 2-02
Lists
- Assistance for Runaways (National Runaway Switchboard)
Provides support and assistance for youth who have run away from home. 1-02
- Heroes (www.4Kids.org)
Provides sources of information on heroes.
- Nobel Prize Winners - Listed Alphabetically
- Nobel Prize Winners by Category
- Service Opportunities for Teens (Google Directory)
Provides a list of service organizations that want the assistance of teens. 1-02
Materials
- -Bias, Prejudice and Attitudes (IAT Corp and Tolerance.org - Greenwald and Banaji)
 Provides a test of attitudes regarding age, race, gender, and obesity. Your responses are measured by your speed of associations. Most of us do have biases (preferences) that may conflict with our values. Biases can work invisibly and give us a tendency to treat others unfairly (with prejudice). By uncovering our biases, we can combat our prejudices more effectively.
- Certificate Maker (Education Connection)
Provides well-designed certificates of achievement for service to the community, service by the community, academic achievements, sports and music.
News
- News About the Profoundly Gifted (Davidson Institute for Talent Development)
Provides news articles related to persons who have been recognized as profoundly gifted. 10-02
Papers
- Articles and Research (Davidson Institute for Talent Development)
 Provides over a hundred articles, in alphabetic order, to assist parents, students, or researchers understand and work with gifted learners. 10-02
- Articles on the Profoundly Gifted - By Topic (Davidson Institute for Talent Development)
Provides over a hundred articles, by topic, to assist parents, students, or researchers understand and work with profoundly gifted learners. The areas of focus are development, education, identification, parenting, support, talent or interest development, and fun activities. Also allows keyword searches. 10-02
- Aung Suu Kyi - Interview (Free Burma Coalition)
Aung San Suu Kyi, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, speaks to youth about issues such as power and freedom.
- Conversations with History (UC Berkeley - Institute of International Studies)
Provides transcripts of interviews of international figures regarding key world developments. The interviews are conducted by Harry Kreisler. 8-99
- Democracy and Community Wisdom (WorkablePeace.org)
"Good leadership is helping the group or community make the best out of each individual's contribution." 11-02
- Factsheets on the Profoundly Gifted (Davidson Institute for Talent Development)
Provides articles on the profoundly gifted related to Early Years, Family, IQ and Testing, Emotional/Social Development, Vulnerabilities, Parenting, Schooling, Acceleration in School, Early College, Educational Advocacy, Talent Development, Twice Exceptional, and Adult Achievement. 10-02
- Future - Our Future (Awesome Library)
Awesome Library's challenge to collaboratively develop a future that focuses on our children as our foundation. Provides a forum for discussing our next 50 years.
- Gandhi's Grandson - An Interview (Adams)
Provides an interview with Rajmohan Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, on how to achieve world peace.
- Guide for Local Youth Development (4HCentennial.org)
Provides a youth development guide that must be downloaded as a Word document. 6-03
- Guide for Local Youth Development - Summary (4HCentennial.org)
Provides a summary of a national report of recommendations on youth development. 6-03
- Hero Stories (MyHero.com)
Provides stories of historical heroes and heroes in the news. 5-02
- Heroines of Peace (The Nobel Foundation)
Provides the story on nine women who have won the Nobel Peace Prize, including Mother Teresa.
- Leadership - Toxic Boss Syndrome (About.com - Reh)
Describes the "toxic boss syndrome" and suggests solutions. 7-02
- Leadership During a Crisis - The Mayor Guiliani Example (MentorsMagazine - Hoffman)
"When textbooks are written that discuss crisis management and effective leadership in trying times, I am confident that Mayor Guliani's handling of the World Trade Center tragedy will be featured. CEO's of major corporations, heads of small businesses, and all those in positions where others look to them for effective crisis management can learn much from the ways Mayor Guliani: Cooperated with the Media, Provided Control, Showed Caring and Concern, Was Credible, and Demonstrated Competence." 8-02
- Leadership Qualities (University of Maryland and W.K. Kellogg Foundation - Astin and Astin)
Provides a chart of individual and group qualities that define effective leadership. 5-02
- Leadership Suggestions (Baldoni Consulting)
Provides tips on good leadership, including decision making, running meetings, problem solving, salesmanship, and more. 7-02
- Leadership in Colleges (University of Maryland and W.K. Kellogg Foundation - Astin and Astin)
Provides an executive summary of a report from a panel to "look at the environment for leadership in higher education, with a particular concern for how colleges and universities could more fully engage and better serve society through conscious attempts to model new forms of leadership." 5-02
- Leading Change (Presbyterian Church in Canada - Coutts)
Describes the eight components of Leading Change by John Kotter. 7-02
- Listening Skills (KidSource OnLine - Smith)
Provides suggestions to improve listening skills.
- Mentor Relationships and Gifted Learners Guide (Davidson Institute for Talent Development - Berger)
Provides a guide for matching gifted children and teens with mentors. 10-02
- Moral Courage - Lessons from South Africa (Creighton University)
Examines the question, "What prompts people to act in common good in the face of personal risk or danger?" Discusses steps that led to the actions based on moral courage in South Africa. 7-02
- Nominations for Support for Leaders (Ford Foundation - Leadership for Change)
Provides applications for nominations to support leaders for change. The applications will be available in October of 2002 for the 2003 awards. 7-02
- Outstanding Latino Teens (Latino.com)
Teen Tuesday provides profiles of teens who have done something outstanding and become role models for other teens. 1-01
- Recruiting Principals (New Leaders for New Schools)
"New Leaders for New Schools will foster high academic achievement for every child by attracting, preparing, and supporting the next generation of outstanding school leaders for our nation's urban public schools. New Leaders for New Schools is a national non-profit organization that aggressively recruits extremely talented people to become urban school principals." 7-02
- Steps to Action (WePrevent)
Provides five steps for taking action in your community.
- Systemic Assessment for Quality Schools (Kelly)
Provides key concepts from Deming and others to foster a systemic approach to improvement and self-assessment. Includes a free copy of the book. 5-02
- Teamwork Skills (Birchwood)
Provides suggestions to improve teamwork skills.
- Women's History (Information Please)
Describes the history of various kinds of ascents to power, including revolutions, despots, rulers, leaders. Includes a sample of empires. 2-00
- Young Peace Leader Against Violent Video Games for Smaller Children (WorkablePeace.org)
Describes a plan for limiting access of young children to very violent video games. 11-02
- Young Peace Leaders (WorkablePeace.org)
Highlights several leaders of peace movements globally. Describes a symposium "dedicated to creating a vision of global peace by exploring the role young people play as peacemakers in the 21st century." 11-02
Projects
- 4H - National 4H Council
Provides information about the mission of the National 4H Council to work as partners with youth in building our communities.
- AmeriCorps (CNS)
Includes two programs - 1) The National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) is "a full-time service program for men and women age 18 through 24. AmeriCorps NCCC members work in teams." 2) Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) is "a full-time service program for men and women age 18 and older. Members generally work individually, rather than in teams."
- America's Promise - Summit Action Youth for Educators (President's Summit)
Provides suggestions on way educators can help students become involved with the America's Promise campaign and the Summit in particular.
- Civitan - Junior Civitan Leadership Opportunities (Junior Civitan International)
"Generally, Junior Civitans improve their schools and communities through service to others. There are opportunities for fun and fellowship on all levels of Junior Civitan. Junior Civitan provides many leadership opportunities. On the club level, leaders help decide which projects and programs the club will be involved in."
- Clinton Democracy Fellowship (CityYear.org)
"On March 12, 2003 the new City Year Clinton Democracy Fellows were selected in South Africa. A selection committee reached the difficult decision by choosing 10 young leaders from 120 compelling applicants."
"We look forward to hosting this diverse and idealistic group. Their extensive visit in the United States will be an opportunity for Americans to learn more about South Africa and for the Fellows to return to South Africa with a better understanding of how to build citizen service and democracy in their nation." 1-04
- Concord Review
According to The Giraffe Project, "Will Fitzhugh's Concord Review publishes the history research papers of high school scholars. The Review is a one-man effort to honor good students as highly as our school culture honors young athletes."
- Congressional Youth Leadership Council (CYLC)
"The Congressional Youth Leadership Council is a non-profit, non-partisan, civic education organization that provides outstanding high school students nationwide an opportunity to study leadership, citizenship and government in the Nation's Capital."
- Council on International Educational Exchange
CIEE "seeks to promote educational exchanges and foster international understanding."
- Creative Writing Projects (About.com - Dobbs)
Provides projects, such as writing essays and poems, around themes. Dobbs assists the authros and puts the best materials on a Web page for all to see. See, for example, the September 25th project, "Solutions for a Better World."
- Do Something Club - Grants (DoSomething.org)
Provides grants of 500 dollars to young leaders at schools who want to start a project to serve their communities. 10-02
- Global Ideas Bank
"An International Suggestion Box for socially innovative non-technological ideas and projects, with £1,000 UK sterling awards annually for the best ideas or projects submitted." 1-02
- Homeless Teens (StandUp for Kids)
Provides opportunities for volunteering to help homeless teens. Listings are by state. 10-99
- I Have a Dream Foundation 1-01
- Law-Related Education (Teens, Crime and the Community)
Provides training and projects for teens to actively lead in reducing crime. Created by the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) and Street Law, Inc. (formerly the National Institute for Citizen Education in the Law), TCC is a joint initiative currently funded on the national level by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice.
- Mentors - By Subject (The Chalkboard)
Provides organizations by subject and location that have mentoring programs.
- Mentors - Volunteering (Your Time - Their Future)
Provides organizations by city that have mentoring programs. They also have an activities list and more.
- Prudential National Honorees (Prudential)
Describes how to select students who have made a difference.
- Public Awareness Campaign - Rubrics Creator (Rubistar)
Provides printable forms and selectable content for creating rubrics to evaluate preparation and presentation. 5-01
- Role Models - A Life of Exploration and Challenge (Bellingham Schools - McKensie)
Provides resources and 10 characteristics of those who have chosen a life of exploration, challenge, and discovery.
- Role Models - Biography Maker (Bellingham Schools - McKensie)
Provides step by step assistance in writing a biography - or autobiography.
- Toastmasters Leadership Development Program (Toastmasters)
Provides leadership training and communication skills development. Must be at least 18 years old to join.
- UN World Youth Forum Report
Provides the final report from a forum of youth representing 150 countries.
- UN World Youth Forum
Provides information about the forum, the final report, and contact information for the youth representing 150 countries.
- Upbeat News Stories
"...Positive, Optimistic, Inspiring News for all ages...."
- Volunteering Opportunities (Youth Service America)
Provides ways to volunteer to contribute to your community. 1-01
- Wilderness-Based Adventures (NOL)
The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOL) "is a wilderness-based, non-profit school focusing on leadership and skills."
- WiseSkills
"WiseSkills is an innovative school program that combines a variety of positive prevention activities into a simple, yet comprehensive, character-building program. These activities include: character education, career awareness, conflict resolution, peer mediation, community service, and parent involvement."
Research
- Leading School Improvement - A Review of Literature (Southern Regional Education Board - Hoachlander, Alt, and Beltranena)
This study asks what leaders need to know and do to improve student achievement. The authors of the study conclude that leadership skills can be learned and should be taught. Further, the authors conclude that leadership skills are acquired by experience, not through classroom instruction. The challenge is "designing strategies that harness how experience teaches." (pg. 3). However, "schools do not have internal plans for leadership development, they do not have systems for creating these plans, and they are not accountable for developing leaders from within." (pg. 9). 7-02
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