Project: Communities Around the World

Time: Oct. 2007 - May - 2008

Sign Up: For as many months as you would like or for All Year Round!

Subjects: Social Studies

Participants: Elementary Grades 2 -5

Objective: The students will be able to:

Learn about other cultures and countries from around the world.	Develop an appreciation of people from around the world.	Make friends around the world.
Locate communities from around the world on the map	To share information about their communities	Learn about the environmental issues

Please send in:

Teacher * Grade *Weblink

City *State *Country

Interesting facts about your community that you would like others to learn about around the world.

Environmental Issues in your community. What steps are being done to help the issue.

Send to: internetschoolhouse.com

Ideas For the Classroom

A variety of ways to use "Communities Around the World" information in your classroom.

One: You can select a student to check the web page each week for new updates on the communities. The student prints out the new information and reads it to the class.

The student places the information in the location provided by the teacher.

A bulletin board with the world map makes a great resources for the information generated by the participating schools.

Two: Students who are studying various countries and or cultures will use The Internet Schoolhouse as a resource to to gather information about the community they are studying.

Three: Discuss what people have in common around the world.

Four: Read about the various communities and have students pick their favorite community.

Five: Graph the community activities.

Last updated: 2008 - 1 -18 - 08 by Diann Boehm
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