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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 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 Mother, Your Mother In this task, students will participate in a series of activities that will help them appreciate appreciation for their mothers. They will discuss the roles their mothers play in their lives and research famous mothers around the world. This task includes: |
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My Mother, Your Mother In the My Mother, Your Mother task, students will research, write essays and poems, discuss, and draw heir own mothers. Topics will include their mother's role in their families, how she brought them up, and how she showed them how to become good members in their societies. Students will also research famous mothers in their countries. |
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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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National Toys In the National Toys task, students will research and share the information about their national toys, including the instructions on how to create them for the partners to learn from the findings of the peers in other parts of the world and to make their school collections of handmade toys. |
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National Toys In this task, students will research their country's national toys. They will then construct that toy and provide detailed instructions so that their global peers may participate. This task includes: |
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