Your Classroom can learn about the homeless at the National Coalition of the Homeless website.
Your classroom can do something about homelessness in your city according to the National Coalition for the Homeless. Look at the easy and practical ways your classroom can get involved.
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/help.html
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Teachers will appreciate the fact sheets provided by the National Coalition of the Homeless that answers among other questions: Why are people Homeless? Who are the Homeless? Students can also contact the organization if they do not find the answers to their questions on the website. Find these well written fact sheets at
Teachers how can you and your students help homeless children? Contact your local agency of Education of Homeless Children and Youth at
Directory of State Contacts for the Education of Children and Youth
Unfortunately, according to Stand Up for Kids, there are over 2 million children and teenagers living on the streets across the U.S. About half are under 15 years of age. Children as young as 9 years old are on their own. A chilling fact is that each year 5,000 children are buried in unmarked graves because their identity is unknown, and no one has claimed them. Find out more about this organization and what you and your students can do to help.