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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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Hip Hop On The Spot The Hip Hop On The Spot task aims to unite young people from different countries by means of a collaborative musical and literary creation through hip hop, a street culture in which young people are the protagonists. The project begins with a theme for youngsters to write one RAP, speaking of iEARN, youth and collaborative creation. Lyrics should have 8 metric syllables. The rhyme should be posted to the project forum and the project facilitator will then organize completed lyrics for the full song and re-post to the forum. |
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Hip Hop on the Spot In this task, students will work together to write a rap abut youth cooperation. This task includes: |
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Holiday Card Exchange In the Holiday Card Exchange task, classrooms explain their holiday traditions by sending cards to their partners around the world. Teachers and students will prepare an envelope with holiday cards to send to the other participants between October - December. Students may send Chinese New Year, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Eid greeting cards or cards that show local celebrations during December or January. Each school will be placed in a group with approximately seven other schools and will prepare either handmade or purchased cards (decorations may be included) to send to each of the other schools. |
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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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I Am an Artist In this task, students will explore self expression by creating a double sided painting, with each side representing their inner and outer selves. 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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Music of the World In this task, students will collaborate in creating an original song using instruments from around the world. Each age group will have a specific task in creating the song as a whole student body. This task includes: |
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Music of the World In the Music of the World task, students will work together to create and perform an original song, using instruments from around the world. This task includes several possible classroom activities. |
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My Country In this task, students will express themselves through multiple forms to their global peers. They will learn to understand each others' lives in various countries. This task includes: |
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