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One Right, One Peopl In this task, students will investigate and find solutions to problems affecting their countries by acting as ambassadors. This task includes: |
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One Right, One People In the One Right, One People task, students around the world will learn, share, investigate and find solutions to global issues affecting them. The project has the aim of promoting youth leadership and youth involvement in solving national and global issues that affect the world. |
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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 the Origami Project task, students will learn how to fold an Origami crane. They will also practice concentration and patience and will make small gifts to please others. |
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Origami Project In this task, students will learn patience by constructing Origami artwork. This task includes: |
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Our Rivers, Our World In the Our Rivers, Our World task, students will study the impact of human behavior on river health in several countries. his project promotes active and responsible citizenship through international environmental science collaboration between science teachers and their students. Groups will participate in river excursions with "hands-on" water analysis, professional mentoring and networking, videoconferences, and workshop presentations. |
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Paper Towels In this task, students will conduct an experiment to determine which brands of paper towels can hold the least and most amount of water. This task includes: |
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Pen Friends In the Pen Friends task, students will exchange letters with students in Japan. They will learn and understand about the culture, school life and so forth both their own country and others’. They also learn the skill of language and possibly make a life long friend. |
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Photographs of Working Children This task assesses students’ ability to source, contextualize, and corroborate a document. Students are asked to consider how the contextual information affects the reliability of Lewis Hine's photography. They then must consider how the content of the photograph could affect its reliability. Finally, students must think of other information they would like to know about the photographer or the circumstances surrounding the photograph to further evaluate its reliability. Resources available for this task include downloadable PDF versions of both the assessment as well as the Rubric with benchmark descriptors. |
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Photojournalism The Photojournalism task is a digital media project supporting young people around the world to share images about issues and stories from their communities. In 2012 - 2013, the project focused on the theme of 'Images of Social Change.' In 2013 - 2014, the project is focusing on the theme of 'Heritage, Hunger, and Food Security.' |
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