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Recycled Cardboard TV Showing Off Your Kid's Art

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Scroll all the way down to watch the video below for the step-by-step video in how to make this easy and interactive Recycled Cardboard TV Showing Off Your Kid's Art. Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more fun videos!

Turn a snack box into a fun cardboard TV featuring your kids' art! You only need a few recycled materials to make this magical toy that makes old-fashioned screen time trendy again. It's a fantastic way to keep kids creative, engaged and unplugged from digital devices.
DIY Recycled Cardboard TV - Materials:
- Empty snack box (we used an old crackers box)
- Glue, tape, scissors
- Clear plastic food container
- Two paper towel tubes
- Rubber bands
- Paper and drawing materials ( colored pencils or markers)
- Colored cardstock paper (optional)

Watch the video below to see it in action
Instructions:
We were inspired by this awesome idea from The Cheese Thief and modified it to our box design featuring our kids' art and simple drawings.

Step 1. Carefully flatten your box down prying open the glued seams gently (you'll need to glue the box back together so be careful). Cut 4 circles and a rectangular cut-out that will be your "screen." Use your paper towel rolls as templates for the circles. At this point you can cover the outside of the box with cardstock paper as we did (in red) and glue it down the box.

Step 2. Cut out a piece of your plastic container the size of your cut-out "screen" and tape it down over the cut out rectangle on the inside of the box. Again refer to the photo below.

Step 3. Slide your paper tubes through the holes and add rubber bands on the top one to make sure there is some grip for the paper as it rolls.

Step 4. cut out a piece of long paper (we just used white butcher paper) to fit the length through your two paper towel rolls.

Step 5. Ask your child to draw some pictures.

Step 6. Roll the paper through the tube and secure witth tape.

Step 7. Now it's time to put your box back together. You have two options; 1) glue it back but that means you're stuck with the pictures your child has drawn. Or use masking or painter's tape to hold the seams back together in which case you can remove the drawing strip and replace with a new one.

You can decorate your TV by coloring on a piece of paper and adding colorful buttons which we did.

Our kids had so much fun turning the tubes and flipping through their art!

What are your favorite ways to get kids to unplug from screens? Check out more fun recycled cardboard projects here!

Here are some updated photos to show you additional fun to go along with making this TV! Why not show off and narrate a story your kids write?

Watch the video below to see how to make this Recycled Cardboard TV to show off your kids' art.

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Immigrant, Migrant, Asylum Seeker, Refugee: What's the difference?

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For most of the world's 25 million refugees, going home isn't an option. They must build a new life in another country.

Every World Refugee Day (June 20), we celebrate the courage and contributions of refugees around the globe.

Meet three courageous refugees and explore five ways you can honor their courage by taking action.

Act: World Refugee Day 2021
Every day, people around the world make the difficult decision to leave their countries in search of safety and better lives.

Why?

Currently, there are 82 million men, women and children escaping war, persecution and political turbulence. These are refugees and asylum seekers.

There are others who are looking for jobs or an education-they are usually called migrants-and people who want to live permanently in another country-immigrants.

There's been confusion and debate over the use of these terms to describe the plight of those on the move. Here's a closer look at the distinct differences between a refugee, asylum seeker, immigrant, and migrant.

Who is a refugee?

A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her home because of war, violence or persecution, often without warning. They are unable to return home unless and until conditions in their native lands are safe for them again.

An official entity such as a government or the United Nations Refugee Agency determines whether a person seeking international protection meets the definition of a refugee, based on well-founded fear.

Meet Salam Bunyan, who was forced to flee Iraq after receiving death threats from extremists. Get updates on the Ukrainian refugee crisis.
Those who obtain refugee status are given protections under international laws and conventions and lifesaving support from aid agencies, including the International Rescue Committee. Refugees in the U.S. also have the opportunity to become lawful permanent residents and eventually citizens.

Who is an asylum seeker?

An asylum seeker is someone who is also seeking international protection from dangers in his or her home country, but whose claim for refugee status hasn't been determined legally. Asylum seekers must apply for protection in the country of destination-meaning they must arrive at or cross a border in order to apply.

Then, they must be able to prove to authorities there that they meet the criteria to be covered by refugee protections. Not every asylum seeker will be recognized as a refugee.

Tens of thousands of children and families from Central America have fled extreme danger-murder, kidnapping, violence against women and forced recruitment by gangs. Those arriving at the U.S. border are being depicted as "illegal immigrants," but in reality, crossing an international border for asylum is not illegal and an asylum seeker's case must be heard, according to U.S. and international law.
Get the facts on what's happening at the U.S. border.
"It doesn't matter how you enter the country: If you're in the U.S. or you arrive at a port of entry you can seek asylum. There's no way to ask for a visa or any type of authorization in advance, you just have to show up," said the IRC's director of immigration Olga Byrne.

Who is an immigrant?

An immigrant is someone who makes a conscious decision to leave his or her home and move to a foreign country with the intention of settling there. Immigrants often go through a lengthy vetting process to immigrate to a new country. Many become lawful permanent residents and eventually citizens.
Learn about the IRC's immigration work.
Immigrants research their destinations, explore employment opportunities, and study the language of the country where they plan to live. Most importantly, they are free to return home whenever they choose.

Who is a migrant?

A migrant is someone who is moving from place to place (within his or her country or across borders), usually for economic reasons such as seasonal work. Similar to immigrants, they were not forced to leave their native countries because of persecution or violence, but rather are seeking better opportunities.

Many of those crossing the U.S. border from Central American countries- El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras-are in fact asylum seekers, not migrants. They have a well-founded fear of persecution if they were to return home.

What if you only had 5 minutes to pack?

Every minute conflict and disaster force 20 people to flee their homes, often with mere seconds to make impossible choices about what to bring with them on a journey of unknown length to an unknown destination.

How can I help?

Drought, conflict and disease rob children of the chance to live full, healthy lives. You can help: Give to the IRC.

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The ancient Egyptians were fascinating people, and thanks to the movies are often misunderstood. The ancient Egyptians were not in love with death. They were in love with life! Their culture was all about their afterlife, how after death they could reach that special magical place where they could live forever in eternity. A popular family outing was visiting the family tomb with armloads of grave goods they had made, things they might need in their afterlife to make their eternity comfortable and fun. The ancient Egyptians believed that after you died, your Ka, your spirit, flew off to enjoy endless, perfect days along a magical Nile River. At night, your Ba, your night spirit, returned to your tomb, because even mummies need a good night's sleep. But you could not reach that magical place unless you had done a great many good deeds in your life, and because they believed that, crime in ancient Egypt was very low.

The ancient Egyptians believed in over 2,000 gods! Unlike other ancient civilizations, the ancient Egyptians were not afraid of their gods, not most of them anyway. They prayed to their gods every day. But if their prayers were not answered, they might give the statue of a god in the temple a little whack with a reed to let the gods know they were quite disappointed. They believed in curses and omens and magical powers, all of which were an important part of their daily life and religion. They bought spells in the marketplace to increase their luck, to change their fate, and to keep themselves safe.

They believed science and magic were intertwined. They would chant a magical spell they bought in the marketplace from one vendor and swallow medicine they bought from a different vendor to solve the same problem. The thing is, this often worked, although it was probably the medicine. When the ancient Greeks and then the Romans came to Egypt, they were amazed at how advanced the Egyptians were in the sciences, especially in astronomy, mathematics, and cures.

Five thousand (5,000) years ago, the ancient Egyptian made their home in northern Africa, at the mouth of the Nile River, where the Nile runs into the Mediterranean Sea. The soil was rich. Food was plentiful and no one went hungry. They were surrounded on two sides by desert, which helped to keep them safe from intruders, while the Nile kept their world green. To the ancient Egyptians cats were magical, children were cherished, and women could run a business.

Come meet the clever, creative ancient Egyptians.

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Many people in America honor the contributions of Christopher Columbus on Columbus Day. However, a growing movement seeks to change the holiday to Indigenous People's Day, in recognition of Native Americans and the negative impacts of Columbus' discovery of the New World. Channel One News shares the story of how Seattle, Wash., renamed Columbus Day to better honor its Native American heritage.

Subscribers to Channel One News Premium get full access to our Video Library with more than 2,000 videos and wraparound curriculum. Learn more.

Objectives

Students will:

Learn about the growing opposition to celebrations honoring Columbus Day.

Construct a valid argument defending their personal opinion on this issue.

Evaluate opposing websites to identify author bias and its effect on media messaging.

Opening Activity

Show your class an image of Columbus such as this one (NOTE: external link), without identifying him. Ask students: Who is this? What do you know about him? What did he do? Are you aware of any controversy involving him?

Words in the News

Indigenous: living or existing naturally in a particular region or environment

pre-contact: of or relating to the period of time before Columbus made contactwith Native Americans.

Watch "Indigenous People's Day"

(original air date October 13, 2014)

Check for Understanding

Why do some people oppose celebrating Columbus Day?

a. They feel it distracts from the achievements of other Italian-Americans.
b. They feel that it celebrates a man who killed and enslaved thousands of indigenous people.
c. They feel that Columbus Day parades disrupt traffic and draw crowds that are too large.
d. They don't feel that Christopher Columbus paved the way for the discovery and formation of the United States.

Think-Pair-Share: Is it possible to celebrate in a way that honors both Italian and Native American heritage? What would that celebration look like?

View "Christopher Columbus and Native Americans" Slideshow

(originally published on October 13, 2014)

Check for Understanding

What were Columbus' first impressions of the Taino people?

What effect did Columbus and Spanish settlers have upon the Taino?

Turn and Talk: Explain the effect of European colonization upon the Native people of North America.

Argumentative Writing

Did the Seattle City Council do the right thing by replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day? Why or why not? Use specific evidence from the script and the slideshow to support your opinion.

Closing Activity

Take a class poll:

How many students think Columbus Day should be renamed Indigenous Peoples Day in our state?

How many students think Columbus Day remain as it is?

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