Private Information
Description	In this CyberSmart! Curriculum lesson plan students learn to apply the same safety rules in cyberspace as they use when encountering strangers in the real world by examining and identifying actual online requests for private information. The CyberSmart! Curriculum is the first-of-its-kind K-8 curriculum for students' safe, responsible and effective use of technology. Non-sequential for flexible implementation; the curriculum is organized into five S-M-A-R-T units -- Safety, Manners, Advertising, Research and Technology -- each teaching an important facet of Internet and technology use. Original standards-based lessons and activity sheets provide the skills necessary for children to become safe, mindful and effective cybercitizens.
Medium	application/pdf, text/HTML
Type	Activity, Lesson plan, Unit of instruction
Grade Level	4, 5

Ethics & Religions
Description	At the end of this module, you will be equipped to make basic ethical decisions on religious maters involving beliefs and freedom.
Medium	text/HTML
Type	Course
Grade Level	adult/continuing education, higher education, vocational education

School Context: Bridge or Barrier to Change?
Description	This guide examines some contextual factors that can support or block efforts to improve schools. It discusses: The role of school resources, policies, and rules in change, How attitudes and beliefs of school administrators, faculty, and students shape school change, Cultural norms in school change, and Definitions of at-risk students and context. It is a companion to two other Leadership for School Change guides that focus on factors that influence school change and are intended to benefit students-especially those at risk. A school is more than a building - it is a complex organization. To improve schools we must consider the effects of change on all parts of the organization.
Medium	text/HTML
Type	Research study
Grade Level	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, kindergarten

Correlates of Successful Implementation and School Change: An Annotated Bibliography
Description	In order to gain information on how schools in the Southwestern region are implementing a new program, the staff of SEDL's (Southwest Educational Development Laboratory) Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) project undertook the development of a survey instrument. Based on the research on school change, the survey provides information to schools, districts, and state departments about the implementation of the CSRD program. To create an instrument grounded in the research on school change, CSRD staff consulted the literature, specifically on the implementation phase. A wide array of factors were identified for inclusion in the survey instrument. We found that the references in this paper deepened our understanding about what needs to occur in schools for such programs to be successfully implemented. We are publishing these annotations to facilitate the work of other researchers, state CSRD coordinators, school district staff, principals, and teachers who want to increase their understanding of the mechanics of change and implementation of new programs. Although the bibliography is not exhaustive, we focused on and included those references that identified successful implementation correlates. Because the references all pertain to the general topics of change and implementation in schools, the entries are organized alphabetically.
Medium	text/HTML
Type	Research study
Grade Level	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, kindergarten

What is a Network?
Description	In this CyberSmart! Curriculum lesson plan students model a network and learn that the Internet consists of many computer networks that are able to communicate with one another. The CyberSmart! Curriculum is the first-of-its-kind K-8 curriculum for students' safe, responsible and effective use of technology. Non-sequential for flexible implementation; the curriculum is organized into five S-M-A-R-T units -- Safety, Manners, Advertising, Research and Technology -- each teaching an important facet of Internet and technology use. Original standards-based lessons and activity sheets provide the skills necessary for children to become safe, mindful and effective cybercitizens.
Medium	application/pdf, text/HTML
Type	Activity, Lesson plan, Unit of instruction
Grade Level	2, 3

Contracting
Description	A contract is a written agreement between a student and a teacher that is directed toward changing the youngster's behavior. It is a motivational device in which you agree to provide a reward to the student if s/he completes a designated task or displays a certain behavior. Most contracts are positively oriented; however, some do include penalty clauses to punish the student if he fails to meet stated expectations. This site includes two examples of contracts.
Medium	text/HTML
Type	Tool
Grade Level	all

What's Private?
Description	In this CyberSmart! Curriculum lesson plan children learn about the power of the Internet to facilitate collaboration among students worldwide. While co-writing a story online, students learn an important safety rule: Before sharing private information in cyberspace, they must get permission from a parent or teacher. The CyberSmart! Curriculum is the first-of-its-kind K-8 curriculum for students' safe, responsible and effective use of technology. Non-sequential for flexible implementation; the curriculum is organized into five S-M-A-R-T units -- Safety, Manners, Advertising, Research and Technology -- each teaching an important facet of Internet and technology use. Original standards-based lessons and activity sheets provide the skills necessary for children to become safe, mindful and effective cybercitizens.
Medium	application/pdf, text/HTML
Type	Activity, Lesson plan, Unit of instruction
Grade Level	2, 3

Does Genetic Research Threaten Our Civil Liberties?
Description	The author argues that although mapping the human genome might lead to new medical breakthroughs, it might also lead to a loss of privacy, discrimination by class or genetic profile, or the genetic enhancement of select individuals or populations.
Medium	text/HTML
Type	Literature
Grade Level	9, 10, 11, 12, higher education

Educating European Immigrant Children Before World War I
Description	This edition of "Bill of Rights in Action" examines issues relating to the education system in the U.S. Each article provides a look at the system from a different perspective. This article offers an historical account of its problems and successes in our education system. Discussion questions, links to related resources, and an activity are also included.
Medium	text/HTML
Type	Activity, Curriculum support, Lesson plan, Literature, Serial
Grade Level	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Bullying
Description	This site is a collection of links related to bullying.
Medium	text/HTML
Type	Collection
Grade Level	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, kindergarten