Source The Historical Thinking Project (Canada)
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Heroes of the War
In this task, students will explore the concept of "heroism" and determine four heroes from the War of 1812 that deserve a monument.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Learning goals, detailed lesson plan, web resources, appendices 1-4
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Source The Historical Thinking Project (Canada)
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Historical Significance of General Brock, Part 1
In this task, students will investigate historical significances in modern times through an activity on the 2012 Olympics.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Learning goals, web resources, detailed lesson plan, video clips, worksheets
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Source The Historical Thinking Project (Canada)
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Historical Significance of General Brock, Part 2
In this task, students will research General Sir Isaac Brock and why he is historically significant. They will then debate whether or not they think he deserves to be based on their findings.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Learning goals, web resources, detailed lesson plan, worksheets
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject Art
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Holiday Card Exchange
In this task, students will write holiday cards to other participating students around the world.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Group news, classroom activities, video of exchange, student work examples
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject Art
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Holiday Card Exchange
In the Holiday Card Exchange task, classrooms explain their holiday traditions by sending cards to their partners around the world. Teachers and students will prepare an envelope with holiday cards to send to the other participants between October - December. Students may send Chinese New Year, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Eid greeting cards or cards that show local celebrations during December or January. Each school will be placed in a group with approximately seven other schools and will prepare either handmade or purchased cards (decorations may be included) to send to each of the other schools.
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Source The Historical Thinking Project (Canada)
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Impacts on Soldiers and Civilians
In this task, students will explore the War of 1812 from various viewpoints to better understand how soldier's lives were effected.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Learning goals, detailed lesson plan, organizer, appendices A-C
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Insects and Spiders
In this task, students will use various materials to create either an insect or a spider and explain why it is one or the other.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Technical Quality Info
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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 |
International Intercultural Mural Exchange
In this task, students will interact with an international partner school through online forums in order to create a mural.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Classroom activities, web resources, learning tools, curriculum model, handouts
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
International Intercultural Mural Exchange (IIME)
In the International Intercultural Mural Exchange (IIME) task, students of two schools of distant countries learn interactively by using ICT and create one big mural by drawing halves of a canvas to express their collaborative learning in a visual way. This task includes several possible classroom activities.
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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
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