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Global Art: A Sense of Caring In this task, students will create a presentation on what it means to be a caring person and then design a caring activity that will benefit the community. This task includes: |
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Global Food Show and Tell In this task, students will research and share different recipes and foods eaten in their country. This task includes: |
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Heritage Around the World In this task, students will decide on any aspect of their Country's heritage to research. This task includes: |
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Holiday Card Exchange In this task, students will write holiday cards to other participating students around the world. This task includes: |
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Humans and Environment In this task students will write an essay or develop a presentation analyzing the interaction between a group of people and their environment. This task includes: |
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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: |
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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: |
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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: |
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Local History Project In this task, students will research their community's history and share their findings with their global fears. This task includes: |
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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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