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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: |
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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. |
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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. |
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Local History Project In this task, students will research their community's history and share their findings with their global fears. This task includes: |
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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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Lucky Dip Stall The Lucky Dip Stall task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of teamwork qualities and rules for working together. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are four individual answer sheets, a team answer sheet, and a highlighter. This task is a part of the Social Organization task series from 2009. 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. |
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Making A Difference In Our World Community In this task, students will research volunteer work in their community and present how they can make a difference. This task includes: |
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Manda The Manda task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the way people's activities are influenced by their environment. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are two pictures. This task is a part of the Resources and Economic Activities 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. |
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Marae The Marae task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of marae buildings and welcomes. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video and two name cards. This task is a part of the Identity and Heritage task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Marae Meeting The Marae Meeting task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of marae buildings and welcomes. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are five stickers (Te Whare Kai, Te Whare Nui, Te Tangata Whenua, Te Kaikörero, Te Manuhiri). This task is a part of the Culture and Heritage task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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