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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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Lange's Iconic Photograph This task gauges students’ ability to source, contextualize, and corroborate a document. Students must consider how the context surrounding the creation of Lange’s iconic photograph affects its reliability as historical evidence of Dust Bowl life. Students must also analyze the photograph to determine how the content of the image might also affect its reliability. Finally, students are asked to determine missing information/perspective that would better help them evaluate the reliability of the document. The task includes a range of supplementary materials, many available for download with the creation of a free account:
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Lascaux Caves In this task, students will work in groups to research the Lascaux Caves. They will collaborate on written pieces about the history of the caves and a creative piece about an artist from that period. They will then recreate various cave panels on peices of wood and provide a "walking tour" of the cave for exchibition. 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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Lottery In this task, students must calculate how many possible ticket combinations there are for this lottery and explain if it is a reasonable way to raise money. 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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Magic Sum Puzzle In this task, students must solve a numeric puzzle. This task includes: |
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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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Meeting Needs and Wants (G6) In this task students will analyze the methods that societies use to meet the economic needs and wants of citizens. They will then write a paper or make a presentation. This task includes: |
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