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Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions

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In the Maasai community where Richard Turere lives with his family, cattle are all-important. But lion attacks were growing more frequent. In this short, inspiring talk, the young inventor shares the solar-powered solution he designed to safely scare the lions away.

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I am alive in Los Angeles!
I am alive in Los Angeles!
Here in the wild, wild west..
The warm wind hits my face,
I walk across stained concrete,
I cry tears of joy on Flower Street..
I watch families dancing
on their porches on Christmas Eve.
I smile widely.
I move thru the city,
my heart beating swiftly
as sirens speed by me.
I revel in the sadness-my soul is deep
I take full responsibility.
Give me everything!
It hurts-it's so beautiful!
The universal
Soulful multicultural
Emerging worldwide
tribe people
I am alive in Los Angeles!

I am alive in Los Angeles!
Where the angles change like isosceles.
Citywide topographies
undulate across massive landscape
moving from chain-link to palatial gates into
separate economic states with rising birth rates
below hilltops in the streetscapes.
One can barely even equivocate
the fluctuations in rent so evident
all across from block to block to block.
Extravagance and adversity interlock:
palatial spots, crosswalks, burrito shops,
housekeepers are hanging out at bus stops,
the Country Club's all walled off.
The city's blowing up like a molotov
even when I'm in the shower
I hear the horns honk.
I am alive in Los Angeles!
Whether I'm listening to Miles Davis
or electronic music
I move thru traffic
loving the inner-city dynamics
the midcity magic moves
from happiness to tragic,
adversity to extravagance
like seeing Korean grandparents moving slowly
Catholic school children crossing fearlessly
I saw a stray dog that looked like Spuds Mackenzie
by the Belmont Tunnel on 2nd Street
live and direct in the Rampart District.
I am alive in Los Angeles!

All the people stopped stifled up in gridlock.
Everywhere roadblocks cause charged reactions.
Waves of chaos are collapsing
keeping people bottled up.
Tempers are rising up,
desperate drivers look for shortcuts.
There's no way around it.
Congested walls keep surrounding,
surrounding coming down around us.
Claustrophobic intensity
stuck in the web of density,
people have a propensity to have anxiety.
It's daily with so many people in one place.
Interacting face to face to face
with different destinations.
Everybody keeps racing
in this fast-paced nation.
I AM ALIVE IN Los Angeles!

The neon crowns glow
above the City of Angels,
haze hovers after another
nuclear sunset, I love it all.

I AM ALIVE IN Los Angeles!

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I Am Alive in Los Angeles! - I am alive in Los Angeles!

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Newsela | How "Black Lives Matter" became a U.S. protest cry

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What began as a hashtag has become a nationwide movement called Black Lives Matter.

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Newsela | Biden selects California Senator Kamala Harris as running mate

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Kamala Harris will be the first Black woman to be a major party's vice presidential candidate in the 2020 election.

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Lots of factors influence how ocean currents move seawater around the world. These include wind, temperature, the salinity of the water and the Earth's rotation, which causes the Coriolis Effect.

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Newsela | Instructional Content Platform

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Newsela is an Instructional Content Platform that supercharges reading engagement and learning in every subject.

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Dreamers (Soñadores) by Yuyi Morales. (A Read Aloud in Spanish)

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William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind

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At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family's home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, here, for the second time, shares in his own words the moving tale of invention that changed his life.

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Coquí by Carmen Bernier-Grand | Poetry Foundation

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Newsela | U.S. elections 2020: a guide to the race for the White House

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Newsela | How a "happy little otter" named Juno learned to dunk

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An otter at the Oregon Zoo can dunk baskets.

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Newsela | Student Opinion: Video games are rotting kids' brains

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Grace Lin Talks about A Mooncake for Little Star

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Grace Lin Talks about A Mooncake for Little Star

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If you couldn't tell, A Big Mooncake for Little Star is a book very dear to my heart. I began illustrating it with election despair and finished painting it with attempting bravery. So there is so much in this book about my daughter, being American, and finding my own way in this book. Here's a video that kind of covers it all:

Book Chat with the Illustrator: Grace Lin on A BIG MOONCAKE FOR LITTLE STAR from LB School on Vimeo.

*See all the Mooncake Activites I have available HERE!

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If you couldn't tell, A Big Mooncake for Little Star is a book very dear to my heart. I began illustrating it with election despair and finished painting it with attempting bravery. So there is so much in this book about my daughter, being American, and finding my own way in this book.

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What Makes us Different | Joshua Bingwa | TEDxYouth@BrookhouseSchool

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Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle | Poetry Foundation

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Newsela | What's happening at the U.S. Postal Service, and why

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The Postal Service is in trouble, and politics are at the root of the problem.

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Underwater kelp forests provide food and shelter for many fish as well as a variety of marine life.

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Bedtime Stories With Aunt KiKi- “Crown: An Ode To The Fresh Cut” By: Derrick Barnes

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A 10-year old's vision for healing the planet | Genesis Butler | TEDxCSULB

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Notes:

Note to Poetry Out Loud students: The title of this poem may be recited "BLK History Month" or "Black History Month." Either is acceptable and should not affect your accuracy score.

Nikki Giovanni, "BLK History Month" from Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea. Copyright © 2002 by Nikki Giovanni. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Inc..

Source: Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea (HarperCollins Publishers, 2002)

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BLK History Month by Nikki Giovanni | Poetry Foundation

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Notes: Note to Poetry Out Loud students: The title of this poem may be recited "BLK History Month" or "Black History Month." Either is acceptable and should not affect your accuracy score. Nikki Giovanni, "BLK History Month" from Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea. Copyright © 2002 by Nikki Giovanni.

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Newsela | Washington's NFL team drops its name after 87 years

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Team announces it will change its name and logo.

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Newsela | Ask an Amazon Expert: Why we can't afford to lose the rain forest

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Nat Geo catches up with biodiversity expert and explorer Dr. Thomas Lovejoy.

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Newsela | Student Opinion: Video gaming can be harmless and even helpful

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Cheney Wu, an 11-year-old student from Canada, says that playing video games can reduce stress, improve focus and attention, and help with decision-making.

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The Power of K-Pop | Dabin Woo | TEDxYouth@AASSofia

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A Blank White Page by Francisco X. Alarcón | Poetry Foundation

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Francisco X. Alarcon, "A Blank White Page" from Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems. Copyright © 2001 by Francisco X. Alarcon. Reprinted by permission of Lee & Low Books. Source: Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems (Lee & Low Books, 2001)

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Newsela | Play it safe: What kids should know about the coronavirus outbreak

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Newsela | Caught on Camera: World's largest forest antelope, the bongo, in Uganda

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A camera trap in the African country of Uganda captured the first recorded sighting of the western bongo, the world's largest forest antelope.

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Newsela | Winning isn't most important for making sports fun, kids say

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A recent study looked at what makes organized sports fun for kids.

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Dig a Little Deeper - Princess and the Frog

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Toilets, bowties, gender and me | Audrey Mason-Hyde | TEDxAdelaide

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Pixar Short Films Collection Mike's New Car(1)

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Great Horned Owl by Sallie Wolf | Poetry Foundation

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Malcolm Thomas | BlackLivesMatter youth summit

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Newsela | Spiny lobsters make sounds that can be heard miles away

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Scientists use hydrophones, or underwater microphones, to listen for and record underwater sounds made by spiny lobsters.

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Newsela | The accidental invention of the Slip 'N Slide

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A young boy's summer antics 60 years ago inspired his father to create the timeless backyard water toy.

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Lee & Low Storytime: Cora Cooks Pancit, read by Dorina Lazo Gilmore | Picture Book Read Aloud

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Recess! Oh, Recess! by Darren Sardelli | Poetry Foundation

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7-Year-Old Delivers Powerful Poem at BLM Protest | NowThis

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Newsela | Tall trees: The redwood forests of California

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📚Last Stop on Market Street // A READ ALOUD

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Jaguar by Francisco X. Alarcón | Poetry Foundation

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Beyoncé - Black Lives Matter (Freedom Video)

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Mosquitoes by Katherine Hauth | Poetry Foundation

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Amy E Sklansky, "Moon" from Out of This World. Text copyright © 2012 by Amy E Sklansky. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Source: Out of This World: Poems and Facts About Space (Alfred A. Knopf, 2012)

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Moon by Amy E. Sklansky | Poetry Foundation

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We All Return to the Place Where We Were Born

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Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

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Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

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Fry Bread A Native American Family Story  - A Celebration of Food, Family, and Culture - Read Aloud

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Kao Kalia Yang reading from her children's picture book "A Map Into the World"