<human>: I don't know about you guys, but I still remember quite a bit from projects I did when I was in middle school/beginning of high school (before they all started to run together and before I started BSing essays).   
I work at a college not a middle or high school, nor do I have children, so I don't know if this is being done already, but I can't help but think how wonderful it would be if middle school kids would be given projects about needy countries. Tell them to pick a country from Africa or Central America, for instance. Have them not only describe the awesome animals and culture there, but also the problems people face.   
Kids have a great way of confronting adults (incl. their parents) about what is still shocking to them, but might not be to us. I hope these kind of projects are already going on in most places. Are they?

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<bot>: Are kids assigned projects on needy countries and being asked to describe what they learn? Also, msstree is a wordy person.