The items in this collection speak to the ways the pandemic impacted people of different ages in different ways.
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Alaskan Requests for Emergency Hunts
An article from Alaska Public Media on requests from various Alaskan communities, tribal organizations, and individuals to the Federal Office of Subsistence Management that they be allowed to hunt this spring to make up food shortages caused by the Covid-19 crisis. The article focuses on the Village of Kake, about 150 miles South of Juneau, which has asked for dispensation to hunt following meat and dairy shortages, supplies usually brought to the community by weekly barges from the port of Seattle. Their request focuses specifically about the village’s anxiety to provide a healthy and dependable food supply to elders and children during the crisis.
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American Federation of Teacher and COVID-19
A newspaper clipping demonstrating how educators and their unions are trying to provide resources during COVID-19. This is from the Welch Daily Newspaper in McDowell County, WV.
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Chilkat Protector: First American Art Magazine Mask Competition
The Chilkat Protector mask was created as part of First American Art Magazine’s Masked Heroes competition which asked Indigenous artists around the country to create a mask inspired by their culture to create a virtual exhibit in celebration of Indigenous resilience and beauty amid the pandemic. Chilkat Protector by Tlingit weaver Lily Hop was made from Merino wool and cedar bark with ermine fur. In her submission, Hope wrote, “We have a responsibility to honor and carry on the teachings, to keep creating, to share our version of spirits with others, so when we pass, we’ve left the world more beautiful, through our weaving and through a joyful spirit.” Chilkat Protector was one of the masks to receive the Judge’s Choice Award.
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Continuing Student Learning at Home
A letter from the Government of Yukon offering ideas, resources, and potential lessons for students and families to continue education during school closures. The letter offers numerous ideas for students of all ages, including on-line resources, and ways to incorporate learning into everyday activities such as cooking, gardening, and caring for siblings or elders in the home.
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Extraordinary Education Initiatives During Extraordinary Times
An opinion piece by the British Columbia Minister of Education celebrating Education Week and shining a light on the work that school staff have put into the transition to distance learning. He highlights various programs teachers are putting together to ensure that all students have access to important, culturally relevant education throughout the school closures and praises creative ways schools have been connecting with their students.
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From Giving Care to Making Masks
Mary Allen, of North Carolina, recounts what its like to go from providing care, to being unable to do so, to giving out homemade masks.
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Ketchikan Grade 6 At-Home Activity Resources
A document created by the Ketchikan, AK Gateway Borough School District offering resources for 6th grade students to continue learning amidst school closures. Many of the activities appear to emphasize resources that do not rely on the Internet, and many activities that focus on communication with family such as writing letters or interviewing family members.
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Ketchikan High School At-Home Activity Resources
A document created by the Ketchikan, AK Gateway Borough School District offering resources for high school students to continue learning amidst school closures. Many of the activities rely on online resources, but they also emphasize outdoor activities, exploration of local flora and fauna, and activities such as cooking and gardening that are both tactile and family-oriented.
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Messages for Students and Teachers at Sayeik: Gastineau Elementary School, Juneau, Alaska
Teachers from Sayeik: Gastineau Elementary School have left posters on their classroom windows with big, colorful pictures and messages of love for their students to see from the road. Students and families have responded by creating their own posters and drawings and leaving them for teachers by the school’s front door telling them how much they appreciate their teachers and how much they miss school.
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Messages for Students and Teachers at Sayeik: Gastineau Elementary School, Juneau, Alaska
Teachers from Sayeik: Gastineau Elementary School have left posters on their classroom windows with big, colorful pictures and messages of love for their students to see from the road. Students and families have responded by creating their own posters and drawings and leaving them for teachers by the school’s front door telling them how much they appreciate their teachers and how much they miss school.
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Minecraft World Wide Graduation
On May 22nd students from across the United States graduated on Minecraft. No Carleton student chose to be part of the ceremony.
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Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and the Blind Distance Learning Plan
A plan put out by the Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and the Blind that details how distance learning will be implemented for students in the first month of school closures. It highlights ways in which the schools will work to continue to fulfill Individual Education Plans (IEPs) through distance learning and ways in which teachers and school staff will communicate with students to fulfill their needs during the closures.
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Morel Hunting
The photo features Sarah, age 8, spending the day hunting for morels with her family. When asked Sarah said, "we're outside so much more now. . . I didn't know we could find food." Her parents are taking this opportunity to not only prioritize spending more time together as a family, but to teach her the skills their parents taught them. They want to focus on educating her about a sustainable lifestyle in the event a situation like this, or worse, ever happens again.
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Mother's Day Celebration in Nursing Home
A nursing home in Virginia encouraged family members to create Mother's Day posters for their elderly loved ones living in the nursing home. Pictured is a woman happily receiving her poster this Mother's Day. This nursing home's effort to connect families on Mother's Day reflects general trends to stay positive and foster relationships despite the pandemic.
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Pandemic Mother’s Day Breakfast
A column from the Juneau Empire, Juneau, AK, entitled “Dad’s recipe for Mother’s Day breakfast: pandemic edition” offers a humorous portrayal of family dynamics during the Covid-19 shutdown.
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Personal testimony of Daniele Macdonald
Daniele describes her experience with the coronavirus and how it has affected her.
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Positives and Negatives: A Mom's Experience in Quarantine
This interview of a mother touches on both positive and negatives. Working from home, she has been able to spend more time with her son, yet she is worrying now more than ever. The interview took place over the phone (phone call) with one participant in Emerson, New Jersey and the other in Aurora, Illinois.
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Radio Story Time Schedule
A schedule for a weekly library story time from the Homer Public Library, Homer, AK, delivered over the radio in lieu of in-person story time. The program is broadcast on KBBI, Homer’s public radio station, in a weekly one-hour program of stories, music, and calls from kids. The schedule provides a weekly list of stories and songs that will appear on the program.
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South Carolina Educational Television At Home Learning Schedule
A broadcast schedule from South Carolina Educational Television (ETV), the state’s Public Broadcasting Service station for the week of April 20-24, 2020 that outlines programming for different age groups and both state and national programming. Across the country PBS stations are partnering with state departments of education and individual school districts to provide on-air learning for students without internet access.
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Struggles With Virtual Learning
This instagram post highlights two children having to use a Taco Bell's free wifi to complete their online work for school, revealing the disparities within American society. Not all families have equal access to internet sources at home.
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Talking with Children about Covid-19
A letter from the government of the Yukon to families outlining ways for them to speak to children and cope with both the medical and emotional needs of Covid-19. It offers ideas and techniques for normalizing lives and homeschooling students of different ages. It also gives descriptions of symptoms to look for, ways to teach students hygiene, and methods to prevent the spread of the virus.
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Teacher's Perspective
Amanda Keen, a teacher in rural WV, shares her experiences with COVID-19 and how it has impacted her family.
