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Girls Rising Project In this task, students will research and learn about the importance of equal rights as well as education for women around the world. This task includes: |
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Girls Rising Project In the Girls Rising Project task, students will watch "Girl Rising" (or excerpted chapters at: Nepal Chapter http://youtu.be/Hk2Q7WLzn0sand Peru Chapter http://youtu.be/7P6nL7PXILw if the full DVD is not available) and, then share their reflections. Students are encouraged to share ideas about what they can do to make the situation of girls in the world and in their own country better. |
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Give Us Wings to Fly The Give Us Wings to Fly task aims to create discussion and better understanding of different experiences around the worlds. Students will share how they spend their vacations, summer, and their way of living with students from Palestine and around the world. |
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Global Food Show and Tell In the Global Food Show and Tell task, students will share, compare, and contrast different types of foods eaten in their home countries. This task includes a possible classroom activity. |
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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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Government: Who Needs it? In this task, students will explore the societal purposes of the government and compare between countries. This task includes: |
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Greek Democracy Assessment In the Greek Democracy Assessment from 2007-1008, students will address the question "how democratic was Ancient Athens?". They will write a speech about the Athenian system of government, in which they describe how democratic it was and explain who gets to participate and how they participated. This task includes activities, sources and comprehension questions, and a summary worksheet. |
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Harry Truman on Trial In this task, students will role play as the jury, the defense, and witnesses in a trail against former President Harry Truman and his accused war crimes against Hiroshima and Nagasaki with the use of an atomic bomb. This task includes: |
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Haymarket Aftermath This task assesses students' ability to evaluate the relevance of contextual information for determining the motivations of an author. Students must select two facts and explain how they shed light on the cartoon's depiction of Illinois Governor Altgeld's pardon in 1893. Students with a strong understanding of contextualization will be able to explain how fears aroused by the Haymarket riot, and increasing tensions during the Depression of 1893, may help explain the cartoonist's work. 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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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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