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The recovery workers of Ground Zero spent eight and a half months displacing over one and a half million tons of debris.
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The following web sites may be of use to a teacher preparing a lesson on this topic:
Community Needs Assessment:
Taking the Pulse of Your Community
http://www.communitydevelopment.uiuc.edu/resources/factsheets/needpuls.html
An excellent overview on community needs assessment.
Assessing Community Needs
http://www.familiesandwork.org/forums/f01.html
Another source of information on community needs assessment, complete with a checklist!
Community Needs Assessment Survey Guide
http://extension.usu.edu/files/SGuide.pdf
A useful guide to conducting a community needs assessment with many examples of past ones.
WETA's Community Projects
http://www.weta.org/community/projects/voc/
Voices of the Community is a project for learning how and why editorial decisions are made in news and documentaries. The project had two stages: first, the students videotaped people talking about what "community" means to them. Then they used some of the videos to create five-minute documentaries exploring the idea of community. Participants in the videos were asked what "community" means to them, what their own communities are like, and what roles they play in their communities.
UPS Community Crossroads
http://www.community.ups.com/community/
United Parcel Service is one of many corporations that encourage community service among its employees. This web site offers examples of UPS employees engaged in a variety of service projects.
Leadership Development Through Community Action
http://www.extension.uiuc.edu/leadership/kit.html
A curriculum kit, complete with a teacher's guide, for developing youth leadership through community action is available at this web site
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