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Folk Tales/Storytelling: Past and Present In the Folk Tales/Storytelling: Past and Present task, students will share their stories in traditional and digital forms and through live storytelling sessions, sharing pictures and videos prepared by students about folk tales. They will write essays and make power point presentations and share them on the project forum. |
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Folk Tales/Storytelling: Past and Present In this task, students will connect with others around the world by sharing their folk stories through multiple digital forms. This task includes: |
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Future Citizen Project The Future Citizen Project task focuses on rights and duties of the citizen, tolerance and freedom, civic responsibilities and engagement. Students will research laws, elections, and governmental systems in their own country as well as complete a service learning project such as a voter registration drive, volunteering for a candidate, volunteering at the polls, or writing letters to government officials about important community issues. Students will monitor the international press for reports on human rights and election results. Students will create a documentary of their work in a photo journal, video tape, or multimedia presentation. |
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Future Citizen Project In this task, students will develop their leadership skills through creating a documentary on their research of government policies, involvement in local volunteering, and monitoring international press. This task includes: |
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Get to Know Others In the Get to Know Others task, students study their own culture, traditions, and ways of life. Students make comparisons between their culture and other cultures to find similarities and differences. Students write reports and/or paint drawings reflecting their own cultures and traditions. Students write about their daily lives, how to celebrate weddings, and/or what they do on special occasions. |
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Get to Know Others In this task, students will research their own culture in order to compare and contrast to others. This task includes: |
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Girls Rising Project In the Girls Rising Project task, students will watch "Girl Rising" (or excerpted chapters at: Nepal Chapter http://youtu.be/Hk2Q7WLzn0sand Peru Chapter http://youtu.be/7P6nL7PXILw if the full DVD is not available) and, then share their reflections. Students are encouraged to share ideas about what they can do to make the situation of girls in the world and in their own country better. |
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Girls Rising Project In this task, students will research and learn about the importance of equal rights as well as education for women around the world. This task includes: |
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Give Us Wings to Fly The Give Us Wings to Fly task aims to create discussion and better understanding of different experiences around the worlds. Students will share how they spend their vacations, summer, and their way of living with students from Palestine and around the world. |
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Give Us Wings to Fly In this task, students will present to other students around the world how they spend their summer vacations. This task includes: |
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