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Global Village School
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Global Village School is a progressive, K-12 distance learning program featuring a social justice and peace-focused curriculum with individualized teacher services.

Educating for a better world for 26 years: globalvillageschool.org
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At GVS, we work hand-in-hand with our parents to help kindle kids' natural curiosity, nurturing their budding self-confidence from day one. We let your learner's unique style guide their learning journey, cultivating a bespoke experience that encourages them to grow their own way.

#accredited
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Why choose GVS?

For those 'aha' moments!

#accredited #secular #homeschool #curriculum #k8curriculum #hscurriculum #progressive #woke #homeschooling #socialjustice #peacestudies #globalcitizen #distancelearning #diplomaprogram
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Some great titles in this list AND more great recs from the staff of the Chicago Public Library!

𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
https://bit.ly/49mfMj6

#accredited #secular #homeschool #curriculum
Color graphic: A 4x4 grid of diverse children's book covers featuring vibrant illustrations and a variety of themes. Featured titles include: Wanda the Stars; The Secret Life of a Sea Turtle; Cómo decirle hola a una lombriz; Rise Up!; A Line Can Go Anywhere; I am We; Meet the Mini-Mammals; Frida Kahlo's Flower Crown; Alberto Salas juega a la paka paka con la papa; This is Not a Small Voice; Andre; Jim!, Make a Pretty Sound; It's Corn Picking Time; Safe Crossing; and Let's Fly!
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Supplement your curriculum with evidence based, social justice-oriented courses from GVS!

K8 Curriculum
https://bit.ly/4krv3Ba

HS Curriculum
https://bit.ly/3Ftfp9Q

#accredited #secular #homeschool #curriculum
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Color photo: desk with Granny Smith apple on a stack of books, plus an open book, eyeglasses, and pencils in the foreground. Chalkboard in the background with GVS logo at top center above the following words: "credible, comprehensive, classroom-ready curriculum customized to fit your family"
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Very soon, AI will handle the book banning.🫠

𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲
https://bit.ly/49QYTNC
📸: MidJourney

#accredited #secular #homeschool
Black-and-white drawing: pen and ink sketch of a massive robot sentry standing silently in the atrium of an enormous library while a tiny human figure in silhouette gives it the once over from between the robot's feet. 📸: MIdJourney
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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"[M]y 15-year-old (an honor roll student) told me, ’you're never too old to go back to school, mom.'"

𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮
https://bit.ly/43pi2Cs
📸: Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite

#diplomaprogram
A man and woman shake hands in front of a congratulatory banner of gold balloons on a black background and the phrase "Congratulations GRADS" pinned to a wall-length whiteboard. The man has a grey mustache and wears a tasseled graduation cap. The woman's face is hidden by her hair. 📸: Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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🤓A bit of bookish wisdom from the incomparable Lou Alcott:

"Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort."
-Louisa May Alcott

🎥: MidJourney
🎙️: ElevenLabs

#readearly #readoften #readaloud #kidlit #bibliophile
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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"Fedora Man" was just a sharply dressed French teenager trying to visit the Louvre😂

𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱: 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝘃𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼
https://bit.ly/4nQ2ZZT
📸: Thibault Camus/AP

#thekidsarealright
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Desaturated photo: image of a young person in a fedora and three-piece suit striding unknowingly through a photographer's shot, with an old school checkered umbrella with a curved wooden handle in his hand. The person in the fedora is in color. Behind him, three serious looking French police officers lean on their cruise. They are in black and white. 📸: Thibault Camus/AP
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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😃What lights your child up? What activates them?

At Global Village School we want to work with your kid's passions, not against them. (We're educators, after all, not party-poopers!💩)

#accredited #secular #homeschool
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November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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👀We see you, New Mexico!

𝗜𝗻 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹
https://bit.ly/4hBP484
📸: Adam Schultz

#socialjustice
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Color graphic: Headshot of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (wearing blue) next to a headline that reads: New Mexico Launches Free Childcare for All Residents. Beneath the headline is a continuous line drawing (no-lift) of an infant's hand grasping an adult's finger. 📸: by GVS using Canva; Adam Schultz (source photo)
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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🤔 Looks like our scheduler didn't carry over our ALT text (or maybe it just doesn't add to videos?) so here you go:
November 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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School doesn't have to be boring.

#secular #progressive #accredited #homeschool #distancelearning #diplomaprogram
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Every young person has a story to tell!

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 & 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 | 𝗡𝗮𝗡𝗼 𝟮.𝟬
https://bit.ly/3LiXQvP
📸: NaNo2.0

National Novel Writing Month may be extinct, but the fun's far from over for young wordsmiths.😃

#youngwriters #writingresources #teachertips
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Open books form the background for the "NaNo 2.0 Young Novelist Challenge" graphic. A cartoon girl writes in a blank book with a pencil and looks up, smiling, at the glowing lightbulb beside her head. 📸: by GVS usingCanva; NaNo2.0 Logo
November 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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🥳An awesome local resource for our families in or near the "unceded Osage and Haudenosaunee lands" known as Pittsburgh:

𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝗹-𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗷 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆
https://bit.ly/3Lj6evi
📸: BAARML

#mobilelibrary #libraries #educationforliberation
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Black-and-white illustration: Drawing of hatchback viewed from the rear with the rear door lifted and the car trunk filled with books. Above the drawing is a hand-lettered title in all caps: "Basil Al-Araj Revolutionary Mobile Library." Above the car and to the right, a dove holds a sign in its beak reading "Free Literature on Wheels." Text below the image reads: This book is from the Basil Al-Araj Revolutionary Mobile Library, a collective based in stolen and unceded Osage land (now called "Pittsburgh"). To be for liberation means we must break the ivory towers of empire and build community. As you carry this book with you, we invite you to dream with us; from every river to every sea, better worlds are always possible. Thank you for reading this and for being here. With love and solidarity.
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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👻Stay spooky, Global Villagers!🦇

#happyhalloween

October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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👩‍👧‍👦Been thinking about this timeless quote all day.

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼 '𝗡𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗼' 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗮: 𝗔 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
https://bit.ly/4qBRszI
📸: by GVS using Canva

#inspiration #laughter #education #socialjustice
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Black-and-white photo: A smiling Ignacio Estrada and a ventriloquist dummy. On the right of the image, in a blue field, multicolored text reads: “If a child can't learn the way we teach [white font], maybe we should teach the way they learn [orange font].” -Ignacio Estrada 📸: Daniel W Torres
October 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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John Comenius, a 17th-century Czech philosopher, championed the revolutionary idea that people learn via their senses, paving the way for more inclusive and effective teaching methods for young people.
📸: John Comenius

#readearly #readoften #readaloud
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Color photo: Old illustrated page showing animals and the sounds they make (the serpent hisseth, the chicken peepeth, etc). Left: drawings of animals like cat, dog, and owl. Center: Latin phrases with English translations. Right: letters N-Z. 📸: John Comenius
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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🤓MUST READ: a fun bit of educational history for anyone interested in the evolution of learning systems for kids!

𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸
https://bit.ly/434h3HL
📸: John Comenius

#childrensliterature
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Color photo: Old illustrated page showing animals and the sounds they make (the duck quacketh, the bear grumbleth, etc). Left: drawings of animals like cat, dog, and owl. Center: Latin phrases with English translations. Right: letters A-M. 📸: John Comenius
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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"I do not want the family table to be a battleground for his bodily autonomy."

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗱 𝗜𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 𝗜𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘆 𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴
https://bit.ly/4nudUZ4
📸: Annelise Capossela
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Color illustration: A bottle of red ketchup pours its contents onto an open faced cheese sandwich set on a plate in front of a microwave, as a cascade of airborne pickles descends from the top left corner of the image toward the individual slice of orange cheese. 📸: Annelise Capossela
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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The event became a seminal moment for labor and environmental movements alike, and was one of the key drivers of the development of the Clean Air Act.

𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗺𝗼𝗴 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺
https://bit.ly/4oErSIK
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Color image: Logo of the Donora Smog Museum showing white smokestacks in front of an orange background. Text below the image reads: Clean Air Started Here October 1948
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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The poisonous smog killed 20 people, dozens of pets, and sickened another 6,000 or so persons (nearly half the town's population at the time).
📸: New York Times
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Black-and-white photo: NYT headline and lede from October 13, 1948 Headline reads: 'Smog' Linked to 18 Deaths in Day and Hospital Jam in Donora, Pa.
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗺𝗼𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟴 𝗦𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 -- 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻?
https://bit.ly/4qBYbKj
📸: Alfred Eisenstaedt - The LIFE Picture Collection - Getty Images
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Black-and-white photo: arial view of Donora PA, showing workers' homes on a hillside and the U.S. Steel Plant, belching smoke, in the background. 📸: Alfred Eisenstaedt - The LIFE Picture Collection - Getty Images
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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ON THIS DAY in 1948, poisonous soot and smoke released by steel plants blanketed the town of Donora, PA with a cloud of sulfuric acid, nitrogen dioxide, fluorine and other heavy metals for FIVE DAYS.

📸: Bettman
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Black-and-white photo: image of a car parked at the curb of a smoggy downtown street in Donora PA. The photo, taken at noon, looks as though it were taken in the dead of night. 📸: Bettman
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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"Whenever organizers challenged the status quo, [...] its defenders screamed 'communism.'"

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆𝗶𝘀𝗺: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗪𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸
https://bit.ly/47Cu0Lf
📸: Sources in Caption
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Color image: photo collage of Americans targeted for "communism". Clockwise from top left - Louise Thompson Patterson, Josephine Baker, Hallie Flanagan, Frank Kameny & Emma Tenayuca. At dead center is Harry Bridges. 📸: Bundesarchiv, Bild; Public Domain; Public Domain; Library of Congress; The San Antonio Light Collection, The Institute of Texan Cultures at UTSA; Harold Ellwood
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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For your social studies toolkit:

𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀
https://bit.ly/4njnXQy
📸: Brookings

#homeschoolresources #civics
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Color Photo: View from the cheap seats at the back of the U.S. House of Representatives showing a full house during a State of the Union Address. 📸: Brookings
October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM