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Dr. Seuss Project In this task, students will write and illustrate their own book inspired by Dr.Seuss in order to explore the artisitc elements in his books. This task includes: |
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Early People Symbols In this task, students will explore the significance and meaning of early cultural symbols. This task includes: |
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Early People Symbols The purpose of the Early People Symbols is to explore early people’s symbols meaning and history. In the Early People Symbols (EPS) project, students will explore the meanings of their cultural symbols. They will start by doing research (Internet, local libraries, museums, art books, and artifacts such as rugs, wall, ceiling, floor drawings, pictographs, etc.) in their communities. Then, they will briefly tell the story related to the symbol using journals, Voice Threads, PowerPoint Presentations, videos or digital photos. Students are also invited to create a drawing or painting using these symbols |
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Every Day is Earth Day In the Every Day is Earth Day task, students will write short essays “Save the Earth” or poems related to this problem. They will take photos, create drawings, videos where they really help to protect the environment. |
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Folk Costumes Around the World In this task, students will provide pictures and write descriptions of their traditional folk outfits and the cultural purposes behind them. This task includes: |
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Get to Know Others In this task, students will research their own culture in order to compare and contrast to others. This task includes: |
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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 Art: A Sense of Caring The purpose of the Global Art: A Sense of Caring task is to support youth to exchange digital photos/artwork and writing on the theme of caring. Students will write a story or a poem on his/her ideas of caring. They will then create an artwork according to the story and design a class Service Learning project that demonstrates caring for others and take action to benefit the community and show how much they care about. |
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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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