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1. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Activity & Project
   Amazing Biographies: Writing About People Who Change the World
   After reading about historical figures and other important people that have changed the world, children choose someone that they consider to be "amazing"—either someone they've heard about or someone they know—and create a book page that highlights this person.
2. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Activity & Project
   A Trip to the Museum: From Picture to Story
   Visit a museum or art gallery (either online or in person) with children and teens, helping them find inspiration for a story based on a piece of art that they particularly enjoy or relate to.
3. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Activity & Project
   Beguiling Billboards: Finding Inspiration along the Road
   For this activity, teens study "Pass It On" billboards created by The Foundation for a Better Life either online or on-the-go, and create an original billboard and inspirational phrase for a person of their choosing.
4. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Activity & Project
   Celebrate Heroes
   Encourage children to spend a little time thinking and writing about just what makes a hero and who their personal heroes might be.
5. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Activity & Project
   Comics and Graphic Novels
   Instead of creating traditional book reports or writing summaries, get "graphic" by creating a comic book or cartoon adaptation of the major scenes from the books.
6. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Activity & Project
   Create a Career Blog
   This activity invites children and teens to explore various careers and then write about what they might want to be when they grow up in a blog.
7. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Activity & Project
   Design a Travel Brochure
   Invite children and teens to create a travel brochure to share information about a special place with others.
8. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Activity & Project
   Finding Poetry in Pleasure Reading
   After reading a book or magazine, children and teens can choose a section and transform it into what's known as a "found poem."
9. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Activity & Project
   Have You Seen the Movie Yet?
   Before seeing a film based on a book, classic or contemporary, children can learn about filmmaking and create their own scenes based on their favorite moments from the book.
10. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Activity & Project
    It's Raining Cats and Dogs! Make a Children's Book about the Weather
    Kids learn about weather sayings throughout history while writing and illustrating a book for younger children.

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