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Nature's Global Zoo In this task, students will collaborate with their local peers and research animals native to their country and create a virtual zoo for their area that others can visit. This task includes: |
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New Kid on the Block In New Kid on the Block students will identify reasons for and emotional effects of bullying; demonstrate negative and positive choices that could be made in response to bullying and their possible outcomes. This task includes:
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New Student Orientation In New Student Orientation students will explain legal consequences (laws and penalties) of drug/alcohol use, stages of dependence/addiction (including behaviors), effects of use (on family, school, community, and emotional health), and describe services that community resources can provide. This task includes:
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One Day in the Life In this task, students will document aspects of their daily lives, or vacations, through essays and photographs. This task includes: |
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Opposition to the Philippine-American War This task assesses students’ ability to use evidence to support a historical argument. Students are presented with two documents that provide different perspectives on the war in the Philippines. Students are then asked to explain how each of these disparate accounts supports the same historical conclusion: many Americans opposed the war in the Philippines. The task includes a range of supplementary materials, available for download with the creation of a free account:
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Origami Project In this task, students will learn patience by constructing Origami artwork. This task includes: |
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Sara’s Story In Sara’s Story students will demonstrate short and long term effects (physical, emotional, social, and intellectual) of drug use. This task includes:
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Shop, Eat, Move In Shop, Eat, Move students will compare nutritional labels, identify positive and negative nutritional components, and identify additional foods that would compensate a healthy meal. This task includes:
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Slave Quarters This task reveals students' ability to source a document, in order to see both its values and limitations. Students will be able to explain how a photograph of former slave quarters provides some evidence of the living conditions of slaves. They will also observe how the fact that the photograph was taken decades after the abolition of slavery limits its usefulness as evidence of antebellum living conditions. The task includes a range of supplementary materials, many available for download with the creation of a free account:
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Stomp Out Second-Hand Smoke In Stomp Out Second-Hand Smoke students will use reliable sources to describe negative health effects of second-hand smoke and the regions of the body effected. This task includes:
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