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Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
3, 7

Kaiwakamoana

The Kaiwakamoana task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of place names. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an answer book.

This task is a part of the Place and Environment task series from 2005. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments.

Source
iEARN Collaboration Centre

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Kindred (Family History) Project

In the Kindred (Family History) Project task, students will research events in the lives of members of their family or local community to find the impact of world or local history. They will be asked to interview member of their immediate family (mother, father, brothers, sisters), extended family (grandparents, uncles, aunts), neighbours or friends in the local community. They will ask them about experiences in their life that have been affected by the events of world or local history. Events may include war, natural disasters, migration, important discoveries, monuments, famous places and so on. Students will focus on the impact for the family.

Source
iEARN Collaboration Centre

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Kindred (Family History) Project

In this task, students will conduct interviews of their family and community members about their lives during world events in order to understand how their family's lives were affected. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Classroom activities, web resources, student work examples

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
3, 7

Knowing New Zealand

The Knowing New Zealand task allows students to demonstrate their factual knowledge about New Zealand. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task.

This task is a part of the Place and Environment task series from 2001. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments.

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

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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
3, 7

Leaders

The Leaders task allows students to demonstrate their ability to describe the ways people become leaders.  Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are four pictures.

This task is a part of the Social Organization task series from 2001 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
3, 7

Legends

The Legends task allows students to demonstrate their ability to understand, interpret, and explain the underlying meanings in legends and proverbs. Students will complete this task working in one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video, five proverb cards, and four pictures.

This task is a part of the Interaction and Change task series from 1997 by NEMP.

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.

Source
iEARN Collaboration Centre

Subject
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 this task, students will research their community's history and share their findings with their global fears. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description (English, Russian)
2. Additional Resources: Classroom activities, web resources, task brochure, student work examples

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