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iEARN Collaboration Centre

Subject
Interdisciplinary, Technology, History/Social Studies, English Language Arts

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

My Hero Project

In the My Hero Project task, students will use MY HERO, an interdisciplinary, online, interactive Web site that celebrates the best of humanity through essays, artwork, audio, drama, and short films. Students will publish essays and submit multimedia online about their heroes. The project seeks to promote cultural awareness, activism and understanding through global storytelling that honors the heroes in our families, the community and the world.          

Source
iEARN Collaboration Centre

Subject
Interdisciplinary, Art, World Languages and Cultures, History/Social Studies

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

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.

Source
iEARN Collaboration Centre

Subject
Art, History/Social Studies, World Languages and Cultures, Interdisciplinary

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

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:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Classroom activities, student work examples

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

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
3, 7

National Anthem

The National Anthem task allows students to demonstrate their ability to respond to cultural diversity. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are an audio recording, a laptop computer, and a card.

This task is a part of the Identity, Culture, Heritage 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.

Source
iEARN Collaboration Centre

Subject
History/Social Studies, Interdisciplinary, Art, World Languages and Cultures

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

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.

Source
iEARN Collaboration Centre

Subject
History/Social Studies, Art, World Languages and Cultures, Interdisciplinary

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

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:
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

New Zealand Coins

The New Zealand Coins task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of cultural icons. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an answer book.

This task is a part of the Culture and Heritage 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
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
3, 7

New Zealand Current Events

The New Zealand Current Events task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of  current events in New Zealand. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. There are no resources required for this task.

This task is a part of the Continuity and Change 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.

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

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
3, 7

New Zealand Flag

The New Zealand Flag task allows students to demonstrate their ability to explain the meaning or significance of the different parts of the New Zealand flag. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a picture of the New Zealand flag.

This task is a part of the Identity and Heritage task series from 1997 by NEMP.

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

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
3, 7

New Zealand Places

The New Zealand Places task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of New Zealand Geography.  Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer program and a laptop computer.

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.

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