In many places people have to travel a long way
to go to school. Sometimes weather is very rough for many days and even months.
How could this have an influence on the education of a community? What can
be done to help with this situation?
(question 4)
Some of us are good
team workers; some of us work better alone. The team workers are 'members
of the pack'; they work in cooperation with the others until the task is
completed. They are the facilitators. At the other extreme is the 'lone wolf'.
This person prefers to do the job alone. He will develop solutions by deductive
reasoning and attempt to achieve objectives with a minimum of help from others.
Which of these types will work beautifully doing a research, analysis, or
audits? Find among your friends a 'lone wolf' and a 'member of the pack'
(question 6)
Make a list of famous people. Read about their
lives and achievements. What type of personality can be applied to each of
the famous people? Explain how do you think your chosen famous people
accomplished their fame. Make drawings to illustrate your work and share
with other classes participating online. Publish your work on Kidlink's
publishing place: Kidspace.
(activity 6)
Progress has brought us the development of new
medicines needed to cure new illnesses. Are people healthier today than a
hundred years ago? Does progress bring more happiness? Why do we have new
illnesses?
(question 4)
"Our neighbors are our closest family." This
saying implies that we have to have a good relationship with our neighbors.
We can help each other if an emergency occurs. What else can you add to the
advantage of being "good neighbors"? Countries have neighbors too. How can
countries be "good neighbors"?
(question 6)
Prepare a list of famous persons that have
accomplished something (good or bad) that somehow has lead the world to be
as it is now. Choose one of them. Make a poster of this person explaining:
What did this person accomplish that makes him or her famous? Why do you
think others remember this person? Add pictures, anecdotes and quotes from
this person. Construct a web page using posters done by you and your class.
Ask students participating in the program to do the same. Study their chosen
famous people. List characteristics that can be found in all the famous people
studied. (activity
4)
Friends and family are a very important part
of our life. How do you compare a peaceful family life to a peaceful community
life? What elements are the common denominator in rivalry between brothers
and sisters, rivalry between families and rivalry between countries? How
can this be changed?
(question
4)
Search RESPONSE to see what are the answers of children to the 4th Kidlink
question. From their answers you will learn about the commitment of children
in other parts of the world. For example: "do not use drugs", "pick up trash",
" do not judge a person by his or her position in the community", etc. (You
may choose the same countries that you chose in the last lesson.) Tabulate
the results. What is the most cited solution for the children in each country
selected? Why so you think so many students wrote that one. Do you think
it is a quick, easy answer? Do you think they gave it some thought? What
is the most interesting solution? Can you explain your findings? Ask the
students participating in the program to do this exercise in their class
and share the results by email to the list.
(activity
1)
You and your friends have very unique personalities.
What do you think you have in common and how do you differ? Do you think
that you are shaped by your place on earth, the surroundings you live in,
your country, music, what is popular? What shapes you and your friends as
you are? Do your friends help shape who you are? Do your heroes shape you?
(question 2)
How do the physical characteristics of a place
affect the people who live there?
(question 8)
Does the amount of sunlight during the day affect
our recreational activities? How does it affect you?
(question 9)
Does the land help determine occupations at your
place? Does water or sea influence it, rivers, mountains, mines, or
industry?(question
7)
What are the main occupations of the parents
of the students in your group? How can you find out? As a class, brainstorm
ways to get this information. Share it with our group and then compare the
results with those in our project. Why do you think there are differences?
What does this tell you about your village, town or city?
(activity 1)
Do you like what is chosen for you to learn?
Do you think that the most important things are selected or is there something
missing. Could you plan it better?
(question 5)
What do you learn outside school? Are some people
around you that you learn from? Friends, parents, sisters, brothers,
grandparents, neighbours?
(question 9)
What does it mean to grow up as a girl or boy
in your country? Are there different expectations for each? Do you think
it is done correctly in your country? Do you know about another country that
does it better?
(question
5)
What are stereotypes? Do you think that there
are different stereotypes in your place than others? Why?
(question
6)
Do you think that there is a prejudice in your
area? How would you define prejudice? Share experiences of prejudice, when
you felt it and when you showed prejudice if you have.
(question
7)
We know that people in the global village have
different opinions and argue. How can we share different opinions in a positive
way? (question
10)
Is multicultural education a part of your curriculum?
How do you think you should be taught about other cultures?
(question 14)
Do you feel that mistakes are allowed in your
school? What kind of mistakes are allowed and what are not? What are the
consequences when you make a mistake? Do you think the rules are fair?
(question 17)
What are 10 things that all kids everywhere should
have? Tell the group why you think these 10 are the most important things.
See activity #1 below. Using each class Bill of Rights work together as a
whole group and create one "Kids' Bill of Rights" for this project (question
1)
Do you think all kids have these rights today?
(question 2)
Do you know any places where kids do not have
the rights you listed above? What are the rights that these kids are lacking?
Do you think this is fair? Do you think there is a way to make things better
for them? (question
7)
Search the Web to find places where children
around the world do not have rights that you have. What sources did you find?
Is the information reliable? How do you know?
(activity 3)
List ways you can help these children have more
rights (activity
4)
How do you know that a person is your friend?
Does your friend have to say something or do something to be
your friend? (question
2)
Some kids are afraid of making new friends. What
could help a new kid in your school or neighbourhood to make new friends?
What advice would you offer to people who have trouble making friends?
(question 8)
What causes disputes among people? Does competition
for material things, like who has the "right" clothes or what is the coolest
music, lead to a lot of disputes? Are misunderstandings more likely to lead
to trouble?(question
1)
Why do you think people start making trouble
in the first place?
(question 3)
What if the friends you hang out with want to
do something you don't? What do you choose - go with your friends or do "things"
your own way? (question
4)
Bullying is a kind of conflict that concerns
many people. In your opinion what is bullying? Why do bullies do what they
do?(question 7)
How should we deal with bullies? How should we
help their victims? (question
8)
What are your roles in your family? What changes
in your role, if any, would you make if you
could?(question
2)
Do you think responsibilities are fairly divided
among your family members? If you don't think so, how would you makes changes
that would be more fair? Do you think you should do more - or less? If so,
why? (question
7)
Do a survey of your class and find out what place
in the family birth order each student holds. Place yourself into three groups:
the oldest, the middle children and the youngest. Each group discusses what
the advantages or disadvantages of these positions and then presents this
to the whole class. Be sure to share these ideas on your module
listserv.(activity
1)
Do you think your ancestors have contributed
to the way you are today? Think about the things you value in life and that
are important to you. Did any of your ancestors have these same strong values
or feelings? If you happen to love music or art, for instance, did you inherit
this love from any relatives? Can we inherit such things as a love for art
or dancing or music? Can talents in such areas be inherited?
(question 22)
Why do you think people move from one country
or part of the world to another? List your reasons and give examples in history.
Share this with us on the
listserv.(Question
1)
Divide your class into groups and brainstorm
the reasons why people leave a country and why people want to stay in a country.
Display your reasons on a chart in your classroom. Place flags on a world
map to identify countries where a large number of people are leaving their
homeland today. Identify countries where people want to go when they flee
(activity 1)
Do you think that your ancestors thought about
their future generations and how life would be for them? You are that
future generation. Do you think that your ancestors handed down to you a
world that is better than they had? Be ready to defend your answers.
(question 3)
If you could look into the future for your children
what do you think you would see? How would life be different? How are you
preparing for your future? Is there anything you can do right now to prepare?
How did your ancestors prepare for their future?
(question 6)
Do you think we have a responsibility to the
take care of our earth today so that our future generations have a healthy
and safe place to live? What are some things we can do to show that we accept
this responsibility?
(question 12)
Survey your family members and graph the careers
that have been chosen by members in your family. Is there one career that
stands out the most? Why do you think this is so?
(activity 4)
Look at the personalities of the students in
the different birth order categories. Can you make any conclusions based
on what you see? Are middle children in a family more easy going or have
they been elbowing their way through life since birth? What do you think?
Do you think birth order matters at all in how our personalities develop?
(activity 6)
Do you think it makes a difference for kids whether
they live in a town or on a farm? Do you think environmental issues are treated
well in your country?
(question 6)
How long will it take? How much will it cost?
Would you be able to go if this were not a virtual vacation but a real vacation?
Compare costs between various
offers.(activity
2)
Sum up your trip. Did your vacation go according
to your plans? Did something happen that you hadn't foreseen? Last but not
least: How did you do as a group?
(question 20)
Calculate how far you did travel. Do you use
miles or kilometers? Why not calculate both? How do you exchange currency
from your currency to the currency in the place you are visiting? How do
your hosts measure heat? Fahrenheit or Celsius? Can you calculate both? Make
a table where you can compare different results depending on what calculation
you use. (activity
7)
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