Heritage (To Be Preserved) / Patrimoine (a preserver)

Heritage (To Be Preserved) / Patrimoine (a preserver)

Heritage (To Be Preserved) / Patrimoine (a preserver)

Language:

English, Spanish, French, Catalan

Grade/Age:

Primary (5-11), Middle (12-14), Secondary (15-18)

Subject:

Social Studies

Global Goals:

 3. Good Health and Well-Being; 6: Clean Water and Sanitation; 7: Affordable and Clean Energy; 9: Industry Innovation and Infrastructure; 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities; 12: Responsible Consumption and Production; 13: Action; 14: Life Below Water; 15: Life on Land

Dates:

September 2024 – August 2025

When is the project most active?

Partners join from various parts of the planet. Southern Hemisphere are more active during their schoolyear, whereas Northern Hemisphere is active between September and June.

Project Description:

Welcome/ Bienvenue (bilingual project) The project consists in choosing the part of YOUR HERITAGE you want to PRESERVE MOST. Once you have chosen the topic(s), whether it is Famous Buildings, Landscapes, Cooking, Emblematic Animals, Endangered Resources
(water, forests, coastlines, Marine Reserves, Coral Reefs…) you can choose whatever activity to describe, and share your presentation. The project is open to all ages from primary to secondary (high) school. The participants choose a topic relating to their country’s heritage and illustrate the topic through descriptions, articles, films, videos, audio documents, posters, quizzes, reports. Previous topics included: the preservation of our oceans, rivers and access to clean water; species in danger of extinction and emblematic wild animals; traditional dishes and cooking; handicrafts, former trades, fashion and traditional clothes; educational progress and access to education for girls; landscapes and beauties of nature
(coastlines, volcanoes, deserts); and arts and religious architecture (temples in India). People, teachers and their students, from up to 60 countries have already participated in this longstanding project. Whatever you can do will be welcomed.

Length of time to complete project:

4-6 weeks

Instructional time required for project:

1-2 Hours Per Week

Facilitator(s):

Flore Morgand, Cguerin86@gmail.com 

Facilitator country:

France

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Origami

Origami

Origami

Language:

English, Japanese

Grade/Age:

Primary (5-11), Middle (12-14), Secondary (15-18)

Subject:

Creative & Language Arts

Global Goals:

4: Quality Education; 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities; 15: Life on Land, 16: Peace and Justice, Strong Institutions; 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Dates:

September 2024 – May 2025

Facilitator(s):

Yoshiko Fukui, Ms. Ayana Kokima, Ms. Ayane Nose, Ms. Puppala Rasagnya 

Project Description:

This is a project that provides children entertainment as they see the transformation of a sheet of paper to a three-dimensional object. It does not take much space, much money, or much time. It only requires a sheet of paper and the instructions on how to fold origami. The project also contributes to others and the planet. Through folding origami, children can learn a new way of playing with paper that fosters ingenuity, originality, imagination, patience, and concentrated power. They also learn concentration and patience and can make small gifts to please others. They learn how to fold an origami crane, a symbol of world peace.

Facilitator country:

Japan

When is the project most active?

When students post the picture of their origami work.

Length of time to complete project:

5-6 Weeks

Instructional time required for project:

less than 1 hour per week

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Machinto – Hiroshima/Nagasaki for Peace

Machinto – Hiroshima/Nagasaki for Peace

Machinto – Hiroshima/Nagasaki for Peace

Language:

English, Japanese, Spanish

Grade/Age:

Primary (5-11), Middle (12-14), Secondary (15-18)

Subject:

Social Studies, Creative & Language Arts

Global Goals:

11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, 16: Peace and Justice, Strong Institutions

Dates:

September 2025 – July 2025

Facilitator(s):

Enid Figueroa enidfigueroaroque@gmail.com
Eriko Katsumata katsumata@aoyamagakuin.jp
Kristin Brown krbrown@igc.org
Mai Okada mokada011@gmail.com 

Project Description:

Based on reading picture books such as Machinto and ‘My Hiroshima’, and listening to the real voices of Survivors, participants will learn about where the dropping of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought us to today. Students share their messages and activities for peace with other students in the world, so that people never forget Hiroshima and Nagasaki and never repeat this evil tragedy in the future.

When is the project most active?

May – July, October – December, January – March

Length of time to complete project:

4-8 weeks with the Zoom workshop

Instructional time required for project:

1-2 Hours Per Week

Facilitator country:

Japan, United States

Project Phases:

– Collect pre-survey from participants

– Provide videos and handouts before the workshop

– 1st 1-hour workshop

– 2nd 1-hour workshop

– Participants create and submit a poster as an outcome 1-2 weeks after the workshops

– Collect post-survey

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MY Hero: Celebrating Everyday Heroes

MY Hero: Celebrating Everyday Heroes

MY Hero: Celebrating Everyday Heroes

Language:

English

Grade/Age:

Primary (5-11), Middle (12-14), Secondary (15-18)

Subject:

Language Arts, Science, Social Studies

Global Goals:

4: Quality Education, 6: Clean Water and Sanitation; 13: Action; 14: Life Below Water; 16: Peace and Justice, Strong Institutions

Dates:

Coming January 2024

Facilitator(s):

The My Hero Project, Laura Nietzer

Project Description:

My Hero: Celebrating Everyday Heroes Learning Circle, a collaboration between Learning Circles and the My Hero Project (www.myhero.com), brings together students and teachers interested in collaborating with schools from diverse areas of the world to honor everyday heroes. The MY HERO Website is a safe, virtual online space for teachers and students to share who inspires them and their heroes. By exploring MY HERO’s multimedia resources, students will be introduced to heroes of all ages who are making a positive difference in the world. Students use MY HERO’s state of the art multimedia tools in order to share their heroes with the world through stories and art on the MY HERO website. Teachers easily create a showcase webpage of all their students’ work. Participation in a MY HERO Celebrating Everyday Heroes Learning Circle gives students a sense that they too can make a positive difference in their own community and the world.

When is the project most active?

October and May

Length of time to complete project:

5 weeks

Instructional time required for project:

less than 1 hour per week

Facilitator(s):

Ricardo Lopez

Facilitator country:

Argentina

Will the project include a synchronous exchange?

No

Project Phases:
  1. Participating in teacher training
  2. Instructions on how to carry out the activities
  3. Coordination of measurement dates
  4. Measurement
  5. Calculations with shared data
  6. Share Final Results

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