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Every month, our SIRS® WebSelect and SIRS® Discoverer (short video peeks) editorial teams at ProQuest scour the Web for top-quality destinations that help teachers teach and students learn, do their homework, explore timely topics, and more.
Although no open Internet resource can supplant a quality, vetted online research tool from our ProQuest content collections, these reviewed virtual resources offer unique information and interactive content that's sure to be of interest to teachers, librarians, and students.
- Stop Disasters! A Disaster Simulation Game from UN/ISDR
Source: International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), United Nations (UN)
This online SIM game teaches visitors about building safer villages and cities against natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tsunamis, and wildfires. Players can choose from a range of difficulty levels.
- 60 Second Recap
Organization: DimSum Media, Inc.
"60second Recap wants to make the great works of literature accessible, relevant, and, frankly, irresistible to today's teens. Through 60second Recap video albums, we seek to help teens engage with the best books out there...not just to help them get better grades, but to help them build better lives." (DIMSUM MEDIA)
- First Person American
Organization: First Person American
"First Person American focuses on stories of modern immigrants in the US, and explores what it means to be American through the lens of the immigrant in an expressive, personal and narrative style." (FIRSTPERSONAMERICAN) Get an inside look at what it's like to be an immigrant in the U.S. through unique first-person stories and videos.
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