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Pat Genovese We are a Kindergarten class in Los Angeles, California. I have been an ePals member for several years. ... |
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Culture and Map Exchange Using Art and Music
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Description:
In this project young students learned about their own country and then shared the information with their ePals in another country. Students in the United States and India learned representative songs, created collages and maps, learned important country facts and symbols, and then shared all of the information through a video exchange. This project provided both groups of students an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of their own country as well as a chance to connect with students from another part of the world and learn a little bit about their culture and country, too.
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Students will:
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The project consists of:
Culminating Activity:
The culminating activity is the creation and exchange of the videos. You can see the videos from the two classes involved in this project here:
USA: http://www.epals.com/media/p/325819.aspx
Young students in USA and India exchanged videos with songs from their country, information, artwork and maps. This video is from students at Notre Dame Academy:
See the video from students in India here:
