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Cause and Consequences as Seen Through Decades In this task, students will explore the different ways that the War of 1812 has been described in various texts throughout time. This task includes: |
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Causes of the War In this task, students will work on understanding the circumstances surrounding the causes of the War of 1812. This task includes: |
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Caution! Dangerous Situations Ahead! In this task, students will work together to research and present to other students types of safe behavior and who to contact when in trouble. This task includes: |
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Child Rights and Responsibilities In Child Rights and Responsibilities, students will identify their wants and needs (using UNICEF resources available online) and learn that their needs are their Rights and that Rights come with responsibilities. They will learn about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Students will take part in collaborative activities outlined below. They will learn that though ALL children have Rights, not all children have access to these Rights. They will learn why this is and what the consequences are. Students will think about what can be done to ensure that all children have access to these Rights. |
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Child Rights and Responsibilities In this task, students will explore the Rights and responsibilities of children around the world through the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child and interactive activities. This task includes: |
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Choral Reading The Choral Reading performance assessment includes two tasks and will be completed twice, once as a pre-assessment and once as a post-assessment, for a unit on nonfiction reading/information book writing. In Task 1, students will choral read a book and draw and write questions they have about the details in the text. They will try to answer their questions. Students will then discuss the book and share out some of their questions and answers. In Task 2, students will write their own information book to teach the important information they have learned. The last page of their book will include a big idea or observation. This assessment includes a rubric. |
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Ciencilandia In this task, students will participate in science activities in order to better understand the world around them. This task involves multilingual components. This task includes: |
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Ciencilandia The Ciencilandia aims to bring together children with science through different experiences so that children can understand the world around them better. The project consists of 3 science topics: liquid, light and color. The main objective is to promote the competence about " learning to learn ", initiating the child into the scientific concept and be able to continue it independently, able to repeat the experiences described and adapt to daily life and new experiences, adapting them as necessary. |
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City Systems In this task, students will work together as a class to create a city system. This will be supplimented with a video and presented at exhibition. This task includes: |
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Classification This task (in PALM and in PALS) is in the Properties of Objects and Materials domain. Students must divide provided objects based on observable traits and explain their classification techniques. This task includes: |
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