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 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.
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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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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.
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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
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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.
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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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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject Interdisciplinary
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject Interdisciplinary
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Overview, classroom activities, student work examples
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject Health Science
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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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