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My Hero Project In the My Hero Project task, students will use MY HERO, an interdisciplinary, online, interactive Web site that celebrates the best of humanity through essays, artwork, audio, drama, and short films. Students will publish essays and submit multimedia online about their heroes. The project seeks to promote cultural awareness, activism and understanding through global storytelling that honors the heroes in our families, the community and the world. |
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My Identity, Your Identity In this task, students will interact with their global peers and explain their country's traditional celebrations, monuments, and landmarks. This task includes: |
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My Identity, Your Identity In the My Identity, Your Identity task, students will explore and research the elements that form their identities. These elements include the traditions and the famous landmarks in their communities, which are parts of their cultures and identities. Students talk about the traditional celebrations they have and how they celebrate them, including the kinds of clothes they wear, they types of food they cook on those special days, and the styles of music they listen to. |
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My Name Around the World In this task, students will research naming processes in their culture and the significance of their own name. This task includes: |
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My Name Around the World Project In the My Name Around the World Project task, students will research and exchange information about their name and naming traditions in their country and community.They will explore and work on the following issues: process of name giving in their region, the history of this celebration, who takes part, and what this process means for students and for his/her parents and grandparents. |
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Narnia and CS Lewis In this task, students will discuss the Narnia series by CS Lewis with their global peers. This task includes: |
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Narnia and CS Lewis In the Narnia and CS Lewis task, students will read the "Chronicles of Narnia", watch the film, discuss the religious aspects of the book, compare it with other similar books, and make drawings related to the book and the "Chronicles of Narnia" films. These books have very hight educational value and can stimulate students to think about right and wrong. |
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One Day in the Life In this task, students will document aspects of their daily lives, or vacations, through essays and photographs. This task includes: |
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One Day in the Life In the One Day in the Life task, students will write about, photograph, and discuss their daily lives. Students will exchange messages and images describing days in their lives with students around the world, and then make cross-cultural comparisons. Students may document aspects of a typical day (like visiting the market or going to school) or they may document special days (like vacations, birthdays, celebrations, or holidays.) |
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Pen Friends In the Pen Friends task, students will exchange letters with students in Japan. They will learn and understand about the culture, school life and so forth both their own country and others’. They also learn the skill of language and possibly make a life long friend. |
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