Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject Interdisciplinary, History/Social Studies, English Language Arts
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Laws of Life: Virtues Project
In the Laws of Life: Virtues Project task, students will write an essay about their personal values in life. The Laws of Life Project allows students to express in their own words what they value most in life. They will submit essays about their laws of life in which they describe the rules, ideals, and principles by which they live, and explain the sources of their laws of life (i.e., life experience, religion, culture, role models, etc.). They will respond to each other's essays and interact with each other electronically. They will also be able to report on any dialogue or events that occur in their learning communities as they participate in the Laws of Life Project, and are encouraged to use what they learned about values to initiate change within the community through action projects.
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject History/Social Studies, English Language Arts, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Laws of Life: Virtues Project
In this task, students will write an essay about what they value most in life. By submitting their essays in an online forum, students will be able to react to one another's essays online.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Classroom activities, teacher's guide (various languages), student work examples
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject Interdisciplinary, History/Social Studies, English Language Arts
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Local History Project
In the Local History Project task, students will conduct research about the history of their local communities and then share their findings in the form of essays, power point presentations, art and photos in an on-line forum.
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject Interdisciplinary
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Machinto
In the Machinto task, students will read the book “Machinto” and others related to Hiroshima/Nagasaki. They will learn about what wars bring us and research where little birds ”war affected children” are still crying somewhere in the world today. They will make creative picture books and videos about peace and friendship to share with those little birds in the world.
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject Interdisciplinary
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Machinto
In this task, students will research where there are still war-affected children around the world. They will collaborate in creating picture books and online videos to send to those "little birds".
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Overview, classroom activities, student work examples
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject History/Social Studies, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Money Matters
In the Money Matters task, students will l be able to get into conversation about money, learn some facts about history of money and about money in other countries, discuss students’ pocket money and proverbs about money, make media products about money.
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject History/Social Studies, Economics, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Money Matters
In this task, students will collaborate with participating classes in discussing their opinions of money in an online forum.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Classroom activities, web resources, student work example
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject Interdisciplinary, History/Social Studies, English Language Arts, Art, Music
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Music of the World
In the Music of the World task, students will work together to create and perform an original song, using instruments from around the world. This task includes several possible classroom activities.
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject History/Social Studies, Art, Music, English Language Arts, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Music of the World
In this task, students will collaborate in creating an original song using instruments from around the world. Each age group will have a specific task in creating the song as a whole student body.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Classroom activities, expected outcomes
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject English Language Arts, Art, World Languages and Cultures, History/Social Studies, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
My Country
In the My Country task, students will express themselves through essays, drawings, poetry, on different aspects of their country. Students throughout the world can participate in the project by writing, drawing or sending pictures about population, culture, surface, agriculture, industry, economy, and environment.
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