Each Connect With Kids story is approximately 2 to 8 minutes in length and focuses on one young person’s story and provides the perspectives of teachers, experts, parents, and other children on the topic. Downloadable lesson plans, pre-viewing, and discussion guides, and reflection pages support classroom implementation, professional development, and other groups to explore the topics in meaningful, developmentally appropriate ways.
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Berhane: Resilience and Immigration
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Dwayne: Personal Strengths and Resilience
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Guadalupe: Resilience and Immigration
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Heather: Positivity and Perseverance
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From the Archives

These stories from the archives contain important themes that remain relevant today.

Videos within this archive may contain statistics and/or images that are somewhat out of date. However, the themes and stories of each Connect with Kids reality-based program remain valuable and timely and are used in classrooms across America. After students watch each video, we suggest using the accompanying lesson plan with discussion questions and classroom activities to engage in dialogue and explore each topic at a deeper level.

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Video Series with Lesson Plans
Expectations of parents, teachers and peers all have a tremendous influence on kids – in sports, in school and in life. Students, what does everyone seem to expect for your future, and what should you expect for yourself?

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Video Shorts with Print Downloads and Discussion Questions
Learn how these students overcame challenges and achieved positive outcomes.