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CBC Radio's Day 6 kicks off its fall season with Facing the Change, a special series profiling five communities in Canada facing serious threats from climate change right now. The first instalment is Lennox Island, P.E.I.
Lennox Island, a small First Nations community on Prince Edward Island, is beginning to disappear amid the rising waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having already lost one square kilometre of land in a single generation.

Dave Haley, the property manager for Lennox Island, lives just six metres from the ocean and he's losing about a metre of his backyard each year as water continues to creep closer. In a few years, his house could be in the sea.

"A lot of people don't realize the power of water," said Haley. "A lot of people want to turn a blind eye, but, look, it's happening."

On average, Lennox Island is just four metres above sea level and is eroding twice as fast as the rest of P.E.I., says Adam Fenech, director of the Climate Research Lab at the University of Prince Edward Island. He believes sea levels will continue to rise in the next 50 years.

"A lot of the most recent science is telling us it could rise as much as three metres during that time," says Fenech. "Probably in about 50 years, with a three-metre increase, we'd probably lose about half the island under water completely."

'We're out of luck, we'll be done'

In addition to threatening residents' homes, rising waters could also compromise the island's infrastructure - namely, the community's only bridge to P.E.I. and its water supply.

Chief Matilda Ramjattan of the Lennox Island First Nation recalls being at her cousin's wedding in 2010 when a storm surge flooded the bridge.

"Somebody came in and said, 'The bridge has been washed out on Lennox Island, it's been barricaded off, you can't get on or off,'" she says. "With nature working against us, sometimes it makes us realize our fragility of life and the fragility of our island."

Fenech says the concrete-and-steel bridge is "quite secure" and will not likely be destroyed, but it is a "danger" during a storm surge and has to be closed to drivers and pedestrians.

"If ever there's some other emergency that's occurring on Lennox Island, they cannot get the emergency vehicles there," he said. "So that's the real risk right now."

Fenech also describes the sewage lagoon as "probably the most vulnerable piece of infrastructure" on the island.

"The coastline comes right up to the sewage treatment facility," he says. "It's really too darn close to the shoreline."

That puts the facility at risk of being compromised during a storm surge - something Ramjattan also worries about.

"If it does get breached, we're out of luck¸ we'll be done" she says. "We don't want all this [waste] flowing over into our water supply."

A major storm could also contaminate the community's drinking water, according to Fenech.

"If you do get the storm surge, it can seep into the well water - and if the salt gets into the water, it's so difficult to get it out."

Island's past and future at risk

Lennox Island is also in danger of losing its cultural heritage, with water destroying areas where First Nations collect materials for ceremonies - such as feathers, shells, stones and wood - and even flooding burial grounds.

"It's part of our history that's gone. There's a wealth of knowledge that's gone," says Gilbert Sark, a Lennox Island resident and community leader. "Not only that, it's somebody's loved one that's gone. Someone's family member, their remains are now scattered."

Fenech says residents are always on edge whenever there is a storm surge warning.

"I've been there in the community when they've received their storm surge forecast, and there's a certain level of panic that comes over everybody," he said. "They don't know how much of their heritage is going to be lost as a result of one of these storms."

Fenech says the future "just doesn't look that bright" for Lennox Island, a sentiment echoed by Sark, who recalls one child's answer to the question: Where do you see Lennox Island in 25 to 50 years?

"Answer from one little kid was, 'A bridge going nowhere,' meaning our Lennox bridge and there's no Lennox Island," he said. "So if that's coming from a little kid, then I guess I got to start looking into something."

If that something is moving off the island, Haley expresses caution.

"It's great to say we can have land elsewhere, [but] who's to say that land is safe?"

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Newsela | Opinion: Teenagers, give your brains a break. Don't skip breakfast!

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Hundreds of Canadian peacekeepers will once again be deployed to conflict-stricken countries, but the federal government has yet to say publicly where its considering sending them.

On the heels of Friday's commitment of up to 600 soldiers to various United Nations peacekeeping missions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government would first consult with the world body and its allies before determining where they are needed.

WATCH: Trudeau remains uncertain what renewed peacekeeping commitments could look like

But there is speculation Canada will likely direct its resources to support missions in Africa, including countries like Mali, South Sudan, Central African Republic, or the Democratic Republic of Congo - where Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan visited earlier this month to gather information for a possible future peacekeeping mission.
READ MORE: Reality check: Canada commits 600 soldiers, $450M to UN peacekeeping missions, but do they work?
Each of those countries already have established peacekeeping missions, but ones that face multiple challenges and have been the subject of controversies.

Mali

The UN has more than 15,000 peacekeepers from 48 countries in Mali on a mandate to support a ceasefire and maintain security in the west African country.

The mission, referred to by the acronym MINUSMA, followed a French military intervention in 2013 when Tuareg fighters, backed at the time by al Qaeda-linked Islamist groups, seized territory in the country's north in a bid for autonomy.

But in the aftermath, the Islamist factions began to take control of major cities from the Tuareg rebels, including Timbuktu where militants forced residents to abide by strict Sharia rule and destroyed ancients sites and texts.

After the French intervention and the signing of a peace accord between the government and the Tuarag fighters, the UN tasked peacekeepers to both protect Malian civilians and support peace and reconciliation.

But the country has been repeatedly hit by terror attacks and it has become a base for groups like al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb to stage attacks in other countries.
For peacekeepers, it's a risky place to be.

Reuters reported more than 100 peacekeepers have been killed in Mali since 2013, making it one of the deadliest places to serve as a peacekeeper.

WATCH: How does Canada plan to keep peacekeepers out of 'complex' entanglements in Africa?

Central African Republic

The landlocked country of Central African Republic has been a state of political and humanitarian turmoil since early 2013, when Muslim Selaka rebels toppled the government and targeted Christian civilians. In the months that followed, a Christian militia known as the anti-Balaka took out retribution on innocent Muslims, sparking fears a mass atrocity was unfolding.

Although there was an international response in late 2013, it wasn't until September 2014 that the UN-mandated peacekeeping mission was put into place. As of July 26, the UN has maintained a contingent of more than 12,000 peace keepers in the country to protect civilians, deliver humanitarian aid and give support to the peace process.

But the mission itself has been mired in scandal, with several peacekeepers being accused of sexually abusing dozens of children and allegations some peacekeepers may have been responsible for the killing of several innocent people.

Democratic Republic of Congo

With more than 22,000 soldiers and police involved, the UN's peacekeeping mission on the Democratic Republic of Congo is its largest peacekeeping effort.

The mission, according to the Economist, is also the UN's "longest and most expensive peacekeeping operation" in its history. The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) has been in place since 1999.

READ MORE: Harjit Sajjan asked about the efficacy of peacekeeping

The effort to protect civilians and stabilize the violence in the eastern part of the country also involves military action against armed groups, such as the notorious Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.

According to the UN mandate, the mission also includes the Force Intervention Brigade responsible for "neutralizing armed groups and the objective of contributing to reducing the threat posed by armed groups to state authority and civilian security."
READ MORE: Harjit Sajjan says Canada to send military to Africa for a 'long duration'
The force was successful in pushing M23 out of towns and cities near DRC's border with Rwanda, but it hasn't been able to repeat that success.
MONUCO was slammed by human rights groups in 2014 after peacekeepers didn't respond to an attack on a nearby community that left more than 30 people dead.

The mission has had a tumultuous relationship with the DRC government and its military, and the missions peacekeepers have been the victims of attacks carried out by rebels and Congolese troops.

South Sudan

Just two weeks ago, the United Nations committed to upping its peacekeeping presence in South Sudan in response to the clashes, adding a further 4,000 peacekeepers to its forces to its existing contingent of 12,000 troops.

The world's youngest country has been in a state of turmoil for most of its five-year existence. Renewed violence following a fragile peace deal one year ago has in recent weeks led to more than 200 deaths, dozens of instances of sexual violence and gang rape against civilians and aid workers, and fears the country is once again on the brink of civil war.

The current violence, as well as the conflict that tore the country apart between December 2013 and the peace agreement reached in August 2015, is rooted in political and ethnic rivalry, between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and those backing former vice president-turned-opposition leader Riek Machar.

The UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) was established at the outset of the country, which gained its independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011.

UNMISS has come under criticism and claims peacekeepers did not act quickly enough to protect civilians, despite its mandate to do so. UN peacekeepers in South Sudan have also been targeted by violence, including two Chinese peacekeepers killed last month.
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Hundreds of Canadian peacekeepers will once again be deployed to conflict-stricken countries, but the federal government has yet to say publicly where its considering sending them. On the heels of Friday's commitment of up to 600 soldiers to various United Nations peacekeeping missions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government would first consult with the world body and its allies before determining where they are needed.

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The "Inquiry to Student Environmental Action" (I2SEA) project promotes international collaboration among high school and secondary school students as they learn about, discuss, and envision solutions to shared environmental challenges.

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The Neskantaga First Nation in northern Ontario has the longest-standing drinking water advisory of any First Nation in the country. Here are five people whose everyday life revolves around getting clean water. Whole story here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/neskantaga-first-nation-5-people-clean-water-1.3271165

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Over the next month, we will be creating visual autobiographies that will allow us to learn more about the individuals in our classroom community. Each day, a few students will be "featured" and...

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Reading Chapter 3 of Learn Like a Pirate ( you can see my blog post HERE) got me so excited about next year. Changes are in the air ... I'm switching grades (I'll have a 4/5 split with mostly fives), switching rooms (moving to the room next door and am so excited to get to decorate with a new theme and color scheme), and switching teaching styles (HELLO student-led classroom)! SO excited.

Not 5 minutes after I finished writing my blog post for chapter 3 of Learn Like a Pirate, a fabulous idea for introducing our student-led classroom to my students popped into my head and I started writing a new blog post (and as an added bonus, I got to put off doing the dishes for a little while longer).

The Activity:

One of my favorite team-building activities to do on the first day is a cup-stacking challenge - you can read more about it HERE and HERE. Collaborating like this is a great way to get your students working together to solve problems and helps set up great whole group discussions about how to work together to meet goals and learn from your mistakes. Right away, I knew how I could use this group activity to introduce the ideas behind the student-led classroom. You need 6 stacking cups (I use solo cups), one elastic, and enough string for one piece per person in the group (I usually do groups of 4). Students need to move the cups from one formation to another using only the elastic and string - at no time can their hands (or any body parts, for that matter) touch the cups. Teachers should give no hints or instruction about how to move the cups - groups need to figure out what strategies work for them as part of their team-building.

How I Will Change the Activity:

The first thing is to change the way the cups were stacked at the beginning. Instead of having 2 rows of 3, the cups will first be stacked in a pyramid. I wrote a "T" on the top cup.

They will have to break down the pyramid, starting from the top, before they can rebuild the stack (which will be the six cups fitting together in one stack with the T cup on the bottom).

If the stack falls while they are making it, they will have to work together to get it standing again. All of this will happen without any teacher instruction or input outside of showing them what the final stack should look like and instructing them at the beginning that at no time can their hands touch the cups - they have to figure out how to move the cups using only string and elastics.

Explaining the Student-Led Classroom:

OK - here's where I turn it into our introduction to the student-led classroom. After all groups have finished, we'll come together in a class meeting. I'll stack the cups back into the pyramid shape from the beginning and explain that the formation represents the "old way" of how my classroom used to run. The cup on top is the teacher (me) with the cups underneath representing the students (them).

The activity (like all activities in the "old" classroom) had to start with the teacher first (just like they had to move that cup first). Through the activity, the students worked together, solved problems, and came up with strategies to change the formation (while I say this I will move the cups into the ending formation - the stack of 6 cups with the top cup now on the bottom). I will explain that what used to be the top cup (the teacher) is now on the bottom - supporting all the other cups (the students). All the cups fit perfectly together in the new formation (our "new" classroom). The bottom cup (the teacher) is the strong foundation and the support for the students - who are now on top - forming a student-led classroom.

We can also talk (notice I didn't say "I'll tell them" - I'm working on these changes already) about challenges - sometimes the stack fell, just like we will sometimes encounter problems with this new way of doing things, but by working together, we can build it back up again. We can end with a student-created anchor chart about our learning and insights from this activity.

I am SO excited about this. It ties in the ideals of growth mindset AND introduces the methods of the student-led classroom. I think it's going to be a GREAT year!

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Sunday, July 17, 2016, 6:45 AM - Two men suffered moderate injuries after falling off a cliff north of San Diego, California while playing Pokémon Go.

The game, released July 6 in the U.S., is a smartphone-based augmented reality experience, using GPS-data to allow users to "capture" the virtual creatures on their phones in real-world locations.

It's been reported that the Pokémon Go app has been installed on more phones than the popular dating app Tinder and lots of people have been enjoying, or braving, the weather in their quests to catch 'em all. However, numerous law enforcement agencies have started issuing statements reminding people to look up while walking around and to put the Pokéballs down when they are behind the wheel.

RELATED: Tourist dies taking a photo at Machu Picchu

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- Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) July 7, 2016

Fire officials say two men, presumed to be in their 20s, were playing the game in the beach city of Encinitas Wednesday when they fell several stories off a crumbling sandstone bluff.

The incident occurred around around 1 p.m. local time. Emergency crews arrived on scene to find one man had fallen 50 feet, while the other was located about 90 feet down. They were both taken to Scripps La Jolla Hospital.

According to the San Diego sheriff's office, the gamers had climbed over a marked fence and onto the bluff, completely disregarding the warning signs.

"I think people just need to realize this is a game," Battalion chief Robbie Ford of the Encinitas Fire Department told the Los Angeles Times. "It's not worth your life. No game is worth your life."

This isn't the first time Pokémon Go players have suffered injuries.

A man in Anaheim, California was reportedly playing the game when he was stabbed multiple times by a group of men at a park Wednesday. Two others were robbed and carjacked at a Sacramento County Park and some players have become involved in traffic accidents.

Meanwhile, in Ontario, police are reminding all trainers that trying to catch Pokémon is not a valid reason for trespassing.

"There have been reports in Ontario of players trespassing on public and private property, including OPP detachments and parking lots! Please make sure you respect the laws and privacy of the communities you are exploring," the Ontario Provincial Police posted on Facebook.

Are you playing #PokemonGo? OPP would like to ...

In Quebec City, two police officers suffered minor injuries when a vehicle they observed reversed into their cruiser in a parking lot. The driver reportedly apologized and told the officers it was because of Pokémon Go.

Police forces across Canada are warning gamers to play responsibly and be aware of their surroundings.

Please do not look for #Pokemon while driving. If you've gotta catch 'em all, do so safely. #DontCatchAndDrive #yegtraffic #yeg
- Edmonton Police (@edmontonpolice) July 13, 2016

SOURCE: LA Times

Watch more: Perfect skies for real-life Quidditch game from Harry Potter

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Police forces across Canada are warning of the risks involved in playing augmented reality games such as Pokemon Go as reports mount of people getting injured or landing in trouble as they play the wildly popular game.

The cellphone-based game sends players into the real world to search for digital monsters known as Pokemon, who appear on screen when users hold up their iPhones or Android devices in various locations at various times.

While not officially released in Canada yet, many residents have found workarounds to access the game, which has become a blockbuster hit since launching in the United States, Australia and New Zealand last week.

Police forces, however, are worried about the game luring people into potentially dangerous situations and are cautioning players to use their common sense.

In Quebec City, police said two officers suffered minor injuries when a car they observed driving strangely reversed into their cruiser in a parking lot.

"The driver said 'I'm sorry, I was playing Pokemon Go," said Const. Nancy Roussel, who said police are calling on players to be aware of their surroundings.

"Be careful, watch out, even if you are in a car, on your feet or on a bicycle, be careful and watch where you're going, please."

Every time the Pokemon Go app is opened, a warning from game maker Niantic pops up, telling players to be aware of their surroundings. Players must also agree to fine print saying they cannot enter private property without permission.

There's also a disclaimer that says Niantic is not liable for any property damage, injuries or deaths that result while playing.

But despite the warnings, some people playing the game have wandered into private yards, driveways, cemeteries and, in one U.S. case, even an off-limits police parking lot in search of the app's cartoon monsters.

In Vancouver, police have observed the game's colourful digital characters inside their own headquarters and have cautioned city residents over what they termed the "the Pokemon Go invasion."

"Are you about to step into traffic? Are you going to crash into someone or something? You could end more than just your game," they said. "It is very easy for any stranger to know your gathering spots. Make sure you go with a group, and that younger kids tell parents or another adult where they're going."

Some police forces have also been employing the hashtag #DontCatchAndDrive" as players roam community streets.

"Please do not look for #Pokemon while driving. If you've gotta catch 'em all, do so safely. #DontCatchAndDrive," tweeted Edmonton police.

Winnipeg police and Manitoba RCMP sent out similar missives, urging players to be responsible.

In Ontario, provincial police have put out a short video on Twitter in response to the "potential risk and harm" they are seeing related to the game.

"People are getting injured, people in the U.S. are having their cellphones stolen when they show up at given locations where Pokemon are supposed to be in hiding," said Sgt. Dave Rektor.

The cops aren't the only ones issuing warnings - Montreal's metropolitan transportation agency has asked riders to respect safety rules when going in search of Pokemon near its facilities, posting a photograph of one of the game's monsters by a railway track as a train approaches.

South of the border, police in the U.S. have cautioned players that trespassers could get arrested or worse, especially if they cross paths with an armed property owner.

In Utah, a teen was slapped with a trespassing ticket that he worries could cost him up to $200 after he and a couple of friends went on an early-morning Pokemon chase at an abandoned grain silo.

Meanwhile, in western Pennsylvania, one woman told a local TV station that her 15-year-old daughter was hit by a car while playing the game and crossing a busy highway. The girl was hospitalized with an injured collarbone and foot, as well as cuts and bruises, her mother said.
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Police have charged a 21-year-old man after a video appeared online showing someone scaling the Burlington Skyway Bridge.

OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says on Tuesday, Aug. 2 around 6 a.m., police got a call about a male scaling the bridge, which connects Burlington to Hamilton. Police arrived on the scene and arrested a man on Eastport Drive after he had climbed down from the 64-metre-tall structure.

Conor Friday has been charged with trespassing and being a pedestrian on a highway.

The video, which was published online on Aug. 15, shows a man getting out of a car before proceeding to climb and walk along a beam to the top of the bridge, without any safety equipment.

As he approaches the top, he turns the camera on himself, revealing a man with dark hair wearing sunglasses and partially covering his face with his shirt against the backdrop of the horizon.

Friday told CityNews he chose the bridge because it's a very recognizable structure in the GTA. He says despite not wearing any safety equipment, he wasn't concerned about falling, noting he was "100 per cent confident" in his abilities.

Schmidt called the stunt "dangerous, irresponsible and illegal."

"Shocking to see someone up on the bridge in the manner they were, jumping onto a beam," he told CityNews.

"Had they made a misstep, had they fallen, had a gust of wind come up and they come crashing down either onto the road or the water below or onto the highway itself ... obviously serious, fatal injuries more than likely."

Despite his legal trouble, Friday says being arrested won't deter him and if given the chance he'd climb the Skyway again.

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We're willing to bet no one has ever teared up watching an ad for laundry detergent - until now.

A new commercial for Procter and Gamble-owned ( PG) Ariel laundry detergent is tugging heartstrings around the world. The ad, produced by BBDO Worldwide, delivers a powerful portrait of gender inequality at home, where modern mothers not only shoulder busy work lives but household duties as well.

A grandfather sits at a kitchen table with his grandson while watching his daughter deftly juggle everyday tasks - starting dinner, throwing in a load of laundry, scrubbing a stain on her son's shirt - all while chatting with her office on the phone and tapping away at a laptop. In the background, her husband watches TV.

Meanwhile, the grandfather's voice is heard over the images. He's remembering how his daughter used to play house and regrets never telling her "it's not your job alone but your husband's, too."

"Sorry on behalf of every dad who set a bad example," he says. "All these years I've been wrong. It's time to set things right."

At the end of the ad, the grandfather returns home and insists on helping his wife with the laundry. And it's only at that moment, when the tagline "Dads #Sharetheload" appears on the screen that you realize you just watched a commercial for laundry detergent and not a short film on the state of global gender inequality.

It's quite a departure from the kinds of detergent ads we're used to seeing - a glossy-haired mom happily scrubbing stains out of soiled soccer jerseys and hugging piles of freshly laundered linens to her chest. It's actually the second ad released by the agency as part of its #Sharetheload campaign, an initiative meant to encourage more men to help out at home. The agency took home top honors at last year's Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Fans of the commercial flooded Twitter with supportive messages.

The ad already has some famous fans. Facebook ( FB) COO Sheryl Sandberg, an outspoken advocate for gender equality, shared the video on her profile with a personal endorsement.

"This is one of the most powerful videos I have ever seen - showing how stereotypes hurt all of us and are passed from generation to generation," she wrote. "When little girls and boys play house they model their parents' behavior; this doesn't just impact their childhood games, it shapes their long-term dreams."

One of the most talked-about moments in Sandberg's best-selling 2013 book "Lean In" was her assertion that a woman's choice in partner is the most important decision she can make in her career. Even as a record number of women enter the workforce, they still shoulder the majority of household work, she argued. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics data mothers spent more than 2 hours per day on household tasks in 2013, compared to fathers, who spent about an hour and 22 minutes. Underneath the umbrella of household tasks, women spent four times as much time doing laundry as men and twice as long preparing meals.

#Sharetheload, indeed.
Mandi Woodruff is a reporter for Yahoo Finance and host of Read more: 9 little-known Amazon Prime perks Did US Marshals arrest a man for unpaid student loan debt? The first 3 things you should do after you get engaged , a weekly podcast about life, love and money

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On Friday, our class will begin an in-depth exploration of Linda Sue Park's novel, . This book chronicles the struggle for clean water that a large portion of the world's population faces. As our daily read-aloud, will escort us into our research unit, where you'll be tasked with identifying, researching, and promoting a social injustice in the world that matters to you.

(1) Over the weekend, your mission is to complete the WebQuest for A Long Walk to Water. Like our reading survey, the WebQuest is a Google document that requires you to log in using your LCPS username and password. As you progress through this challenge, I have no doubt you'll find this story both eye-opening and heartbreaking.

While we will begin this journey in class, its completion is your responsibility. Make the time as this is a graded assignment. To complete this WebQuest, use the two-sided questionnaire handed out in class. If you need a copy, click here: Webquest Task Sheet.

Due Wednesday
(2) Watch the TEDTalk featuring Ludwick Marishane. By Wednesday, leave a quality comment about how his story affected you.
Meet author Linda Sue Park and discover her inspiration for this novel.

If you had to walk a mile for a jug of water every day, as millions of people do, it's unlikely you'd use that precious water to bathe. Young entrepreneur Ludwick Marishane tells the amazing, funny story of how he invented a cheap, clean, and convenient solution. I look forward to taking this long walk together.
Remember, leave a quality comment about how this video affected you.
I look forward to taking this long walk together.

Mrs. Rombach

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With its 722,254 people, Equatorial Guinea is the 164th largest country in the world by population. It is the 144th largest country in the world by area with 28,051 square kilometers.

Equatorial Guinea gained independence in 1968 after 190 years of Spanish rule. This tiny country, composed of a mainland portion plus five inhabited islands, is one of the smallest on the African continent. President Teodoro Obiang NGUEMA MBASOGO has ruled the country since 1979 when he seized power in a coup. Although nominally a constitutional democracy since 1991, the 1996, 2002, and 2009 presidential elections - as well as the 1999, 2004, 2008, and 2013 legislative elections - were widely seen as flawed. The president exerts almost total control over the political system and has discouraged political opposition. Equatorial Guinea has experienced rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore oil reserves, and in the last decade has become Sub-Saharan Africa's third largest oil exporter. Despite the country's economic windfall from oil production, resulting in a massive increase in government revenue in recent years, improvements in the population's living standards have been slow to develop.

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With its 722,254 people, Equatorial Guinea is the 164th largest country in the world by population. It is the 144th largest country in the world by area with 28,051 square kilometers. Equatorial Guinea gained independence in 1968 after 190 years of Spanish rule.

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Mainstream media fails to address numbers of missing and murdered Indians By Richie Richards Native Sun News Today Correspondent RAPID CITY - It's a story that seems to fly under the radar to the mainstream media. And the Lakota people...

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An inside look at how Facebook's mission to connect people and promote sharing of information was crucial in Donald Trump's ascendance to the White House. Could social media disrupt, even threaten, western democracy?

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Alyse is a student in the Health Sciences program at the University of Ottawa. She is a 21 year old advocate who has been in the public eye since 2002 discussing de-stigmatization of mental illness. Alyse has "severe-treatment-resistant-obsessive-compulsive disorder".

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I recently heard the term geo-literacy, and guessed that it had something to do with understand the world and how it works. Daniel C. Edelson, PhD is the VP for Education and executive director of the National Geographic Education Foundation, and has written numerous articles about geoliteracy and he lists three components:

Understanding human and natural systems

Geographic reasoning

Systematic decision-making

Geo-literacy is not only knowledge of geography, though that is certainly a part of it. A geo-literate individual comprehends the relationship between human (political, cultural, and economic) systems and their interactions with and impact on our environment (water, plant, and animal ecosystems). A geo-literate student understands that our world is interconnected, and decisions we make have long-lasting effects near and far. Teachers wishing to improve geo-literacy must provide real opportunities to practice critical thinking, come to conclusions, and then evaluate the outcome of the decisions from different perspectives.

Many of these exercises in geo-literacy are aimed at middle school, high school, and university students.... but can we start younger? What can the younger kids learn that will provide a foundation for these more complex lessons that come later in their education? Here are some age-appropriate lessons to increase geo-literacy in primary school students:

Kid World Citizen is constantly updating our lesson plans on TeachersPayTeachers to include units and activities that incorporate geo-literacy for the youngest students! Check out our TpT page for products that incorporate cultural and global awareness, such as this great freebie: What is a World Citizen? Video + Activity for kids.

Do you have more ideas about increasing geo-literacy in our younger children? How can we teach them how our world works, how we are interconnected, and how to make knowledgeable decisions? Leave us your ideas and favorite lessons in the comments section.

For more information about geo-literacy, watch the following videos or check out Daniel Edelson's blog, facebook, or twitter feed.

What is Geo-Literacy? Here is National Geographic Education's definition:

Here is what National Geographic Education says about the importance of Geo-Literacy:

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I recently heard the term geo-literacy , and guessed that it had something to do with understand the world and how it works. Daniel C.

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National Geographic Education brings geography, social studies and science to life. Using real-world examples and National Geographic's rich media, educators, families, and students learn about the world and the people in it.

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Students spot and analyze the wealth of analogies in the novel. They use a two column page to copy the analogy, infer its meaning in their own words, then explain how it gave depth to understanding, and compared it to stating plainly. Journal-entries related to themes

For GRA we each made unique bracelets to send to our GRA partners in Austin Texas. These bracelets represented a character trait of friendship and these bracelets were FREE!!

Students close read the lyrics to Echosmith's "Cool Kids" and wrote connections to Ally in Fish In a Tree.

Freeze Frames: Students choose an event from the book to portray as Freeze Frames- their partner class guesses the event. Lines that Resonate: Students choose a line from the chapter that resonated with them, explain why, respond to their partner class lines. Hot seat characters

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Students close read the lyrics to Echosmith's "Cool Kids" and wrote connections to Ally in Fish In a Tree. Students spot and analyze the wealth of analogies in the novel. They use a two column page to copy the analogy, infer its meaning in their own words, then explain how it gave depth to understanding, and compared it to stating plainly.

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How do I take the Challenge? | Citizenship Challenge

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I just took the Citizenship Challenge. Find out if you're an #EhplusCanadian, take Challenge now!

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If you are reading this - there is a big chance that you are studying either GCSE or A Level Geography in Northern Ireland. In Sept 2016 the new A Level in Geography was introduced so people in Y13 would have studied the NEW courses in AS Geography.