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To view a short video appropriate for younger students called "Five things I learned at school today" which focuses on the importance of blood donation go to https://youtu.be/1fTXsmcUi7U.

Additionally, the Red Cross offers learning-in-action opportunities for the lifecycle of a student; from educational programming in early childhood to the lifelong leadership skills developed at higher education levels.

The Future Blood Donor (K-8) program is an educational program that features student, teacher, and adult involvement. The program targets schools and other associated community organizations. Students are taught about blood components, the function of blood and the need for blood donors. The program includes grade-level appropriate curriculum and classroom activities along with planning, donor recruitment and recognition tools to support the blood drive program. Contact your local Red Cross for more information.

As immigrants finished processing at Ellis Island, many waited with hopes, fears, and anticipation about where they chose to settle. Some preferred the comforts of immigrant communities nearby, whereas others hoped to find better job opportunities outside the greater New York area. Finding a Home simulates the experience of being a newly-arrived immigrant excited to take their next steps in America. This lesson asks students to consider what feelings immigrants had when deciding on a new settlement in the United States. To access the lesson go to https://www.nps.gov/teachers/classrooms/finding-a-home-lesson.htm

Participating schools may submit a total of three entries (one entry per student) in any combination of the following categories: art, film, poetry, or prose.

Students will be eligible to win a first-prize award of $400 in each category. Educators and schools will also be eligible to win a first prize of $200 each.

First-place student winners in the United States, their parents/guardians, and teachers will be invited to participate in an expense-paid study trip June 19-23, 2023, to visit the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, the Japanese American National Museum, and other sites in Los Angeles, as well as to meet with members of The 1939 Society, a community of Holocaust survivors, descendants, and friends.

Funding permitting, this year’s U.S. winning participants will be joined by first-place students living outside of the United States. In addition, first-place student entries will be posted on Chapman University’s contest website. Please note that the study trip is contingent on whether COVID-19 restrictions and protocols are being observed.

Students awarded second prize in each category will receive $200 and their sponsoring educator and school will receive $100 each.

Entry Postmark Date: February 1, 2023, Digital Submission due date: February 3, 2023

For more information and to submit go to https://www.chapman.edu/research/institutes-and-centers/holocaust-education/holocaust-art-and-writing-contest/index.aspx

Lewis Hine, a New York City schoolteacher and photographer, believed that a picture could tell a powerful story. He felt so strongly about the abuse of children as workers that he quit his teaching job and became an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee. Hine traveled around the country photographing the working conditions of children in all types of industries. He photographed children in coal mines, in meatpacking houses, in textile mills, and in canneries. He took pictures of children working in the streets as shoe shiners, newsboys, and hawkers. This lesson asks students to research and discuss the issues of labor and the role of the government, past and present. To access this content go to https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/hine-photos