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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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Heritage around the World/Patrimoine Mondial The Heritage around the World/Patrimoine Mondial task enables students to share the heritage of their country. Students will choose a topic relating to their country's heritage and illustrate the topic through descriptions, articles, films, videos, and audio documents. The Heritage can include architecture, stories, tales, oral traditions, dances, music, intruments, crafts, endangered species, endangered water reserves, climate changes experienced during our lifetime, and any other topics of interest. |
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Heroes of the War In this task, students will explore the concept of "heroism" and determine four heroes from the War of 1812 that deserve a monument. This task includes: |
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Historical Significance of General Brock, Part 1 In this task, students will investigate historical significances in modern times through an activity on the 2012 Olympics. This task includes: |
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Historical Significance of General Brock, Part 2 In this task, students will research General Sir Isaac Brock and why he is historically significant. They will then debate whether or not they think he deserves to be based on their findings. This task includes: |
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Impacts on Soldiers and Civilians In this task, students will explore the War of 1812 from various viewpoints to better understand how soldier's lives were effected. This task includes: |
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In the Fast Lane In this task, students will research which government agencies will help their community. 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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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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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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