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This intriguing issue takes a look backward in time to highlight a critical message about global awareness, and how one person’s efforts made a healthy difference in the lives of millions worldwide. Although the polio vaccine had been in use for more than 30 years, not all countries had the same rates of immunization. This changed in 1988 with the vision of one doctor in the Philippine Islands who combined forces with the International Rotary Club. Since 1988 their efforts have nearly eliminated a deadly disease from our planet. Discover how humanitarian outreach can unite a world community to result in positive outcomes.
In this issue students will:
- be introduced to the concept of global awareness and civic action
- develop reading comprehension skills through sequencing events in order
- identify similarities and differences through observation
- solve puzzles with codes
- use the newspaper to local volunteer efforts in the local community
- write a personal narrative
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