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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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Machinto In this task, students will research where there are still war-affected children around the world. They will collaborate in creating picture books and online videos to send to those "little birds". This task includes: |
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Machinto In the Machinto task, students will read the book “Machinto” and others related to Hiroshima/Nagasaki. They will learn about what wars bring us and research where little birds ”war affected children” are still crying somewhere in the world today. They will make creative picture books and videos about peace and friendship to share with those little birds in the world. |
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Malaria Elimination in Botswana by 2017 In this task, students in participating schools will research the cause and effects, treatments, etc. of Malaria. They will then present their findings and propose how to move forward with Malaria treatments and prevention. This task includes: |
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Malaria Elimination in Botswana by 2017 In the Malaria Elimination in Botswana by 2017 task, students will analyze causes, effects, prevention and treatment of malaria in the world over. This task includes possible classroom activities. |
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Money Matters In this task, students will collaborate with participating classes in discussing their opinions of money in an online forum. This task includes: |
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Money Matters In the Money Matters task, students will l be able to get into conversation about money, learn some facts about history of money and about money in other countries, discuss students’ pocket money and proverbs about money, make media products about money. |
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Monuments and Memorials In this task, students will research and reflect on what has been memorialized from the War of 1812 and then design their own memorial based on events and people of historical significance. This task includes: |
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Music of the World In the Music of the World task, students will work together to create and perform an original song, using instruments from around the world. This task includes several possible classroom activities. |
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Music of the World In this task, students will collaborate in creating an original song using instruments from around the world. Each age group will have a specific task in creating the song as a whole student body. This task includes: |
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