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Welcome
to the project page of iEARN -Sri Lanka, you will find many interesting
projects here.....
My
Country at the Crossroads to Peace
It is an obvious factor that there is chaos and disruption or war in most
of the countries in the world. If we are sensitive to the root causes of
this turmoils there is no immediate solution. Your country may not be
directly involved in war with another country but the unrest in the region
may affect your country indirectly. So the best solution is to create a
deep inspiration in the hearts of our young people that first of all we
must be peaceful persons and peace conscious people. This project
encourages students to discuss issues with regard to different ways their
countries are affected at the cross roads to world peace. Some may be
politically affected some may be economically affected some may be
socially and culturally affected.The students can write verse or prose
pertaining to issues relating to unpeaceful situations in the world and in
their own country. They can also write short stories based on the similar
themes.
Facilitated by: Lakshmi Attygalle and Udara Soysa in Sri Lanka and Judith
Freund in the USA
Ages: 10-18
Dates: September 1, 2003 - July 2004
Languages: English
Animals
Are Our Friends Project
Students are encouraged to gather information about indigenous animals
around the world and in their own communities, and to create awareness
about the preciousness of wild life. They get to know how animals are
destroyed, and they find out what they can do to stop this slaughter.
Children can contribute by sending articles and pictures and photos.
Ultimately the project will establish a network among animal lovers around
the world.
Facilitated by: Lakshmi Attygalle in Sri Lanka.
Ages: Open
Languages: English
Fight Against Drugs
Project
"Fight against Drugs" seeks to provide an opportunity for youth
to share their views, research the ill-effects of various drugs, and come
up with solutions to fight this largely spread fatal disease through out
the world. We appreciate your involvement in this project through your
writings, drawings etc. Currently students from Sri Lanka, Pakistan,
Zimbabwe, Lebonan, United States and Greece are participating in the
project.
Facilitated by: Sarah Alam in Pakistan and Udara Soysa in Sri Lanka
Ages: All
Languages: All
Date: Ongoing
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After the child labour workshop in Japan,
2003
Child Labour Project
Students involved in the Child Labor Project will investigate and share
examples of child exploitation around the world today and in the past. a).
Students will research issues of children's rights, now and historically.
This will involve students: writing essays, reports and poems, undertaking
surveys, investigating what is sold in their communities produced by child
labour, producing art work and cartoons. b). The writings will be posted
to an iEARN forum and may be compiled into a booklet. c). A WWW page has
been produced featuring writings, art works, cartoons arising from the
research.
Facilitated by: Bob Carter in Australia, Salimata Sene in Senegal, Lockias
Chitanana, Zimbabwe, Udara Soysa in Sri Lanka and Sarah Alam in Pakistan.
Languages: English and any others
Dates: Ongoing
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INSIDE VIEW!
Students edit and publish a magazine with the goal of expressing the
differences and similarities of people around the world by showing their
ethnic beauty. "Inside View" seeks to decrease prejudice,
increase understanding and promote unity among teens and adults with
different religions, and racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Facilitated by: Erasmus High School in the USA
Languages: English
LEWIN
Lewin
is an anthology of student writing. Writing can be in any format and on
any topic. A publication is produced of student writing, and distributed
to all contributing schools.
Facilitated by: Students: Toyah Horman, Kim Mason, Dania Siddique, Maria
Mirza, Melissa Rowlands. Teachers: Virginia King and Bob Cater in
Australia, and Farah Shafi in Pakistan.
Ages: 5-18
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Sweet Whisper
This is a forum where students share their writings and it is also a place
for them to discuss their ideas and experiences of Friendship, Love,
Freedom, Studies and etc. This forum aims for understanding and friendship
between students from different countries despite their linguistic and
cultural differences. The poems and stories which are put here could be on
any topic; what is important is that they should be written by students
themselves. Besides adding the writings, they could also write about what
has motivated them to compose the piece or they could even dedicate it to
someone special. Rating each composition and discussing it will be an
important task done during the course and we hope it will result in an
improvement not only in studentsí writing skills, but also in the way
they react to other's critics. Different Competitions and the Collection
which will consist of students' writings, would act as great motivations
for participants' continuous writing. We hope to spice up the atmosphere
in which we work by interesting discussions so that more people are
attracted to take part.
Facilitated by: Fatemea Jabbari (Iran), Rabeya Raza (Pakistan),
Nadee Samaranayake (SriLanka), Maryam Baikpoor (Iran)
Ages: All
Languages: English, but we welcome the translations from other languages.
The Teddy Bear Project
Aim: To foster tolerance and understanding of cultures other than your
own. After teachers register, the facilitator matches you with a partner
class. The classes send each other a Teddy Bear or other soft toy by
airmail through the normal postal system. The bear sends home diary
messages by email at least once a week. The students write the diary
messages as if they are the visiting bear describing its experiences in
the new culture. Available for Prep/Kinder to Year 9, this project
provides opportunities for authentic writing by providing the students
with a real audience.
Facilitated by: Muriel Wells in Australia
Ages: All
Languages: English, German, Spanish
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Students
participating in Vision, Lewin and other creative writing projects.
A
Vision" Literary Anthology
"A Vision" is an international literary magazine that publishes
art, poetry, and prose created by secondary school students. Its purpose
is to use art and the medium of creative writing to demonstrate that
despite linguistic, cultural, ethnic and racial differences, teenagers
around the world share the same hopes, fears, interests and concerns.
This project received an award from Columbia University for Best High
School Publication in the United States two years in a row. Currently, A
Vision is coordinated by students and teachers in Lebanon. Earlier it was
coordinated in Bulgaria and USA. A copy of the 2001 issue of A Vision is
available for download in PDF format.
Facilitated by: Eliane Metni in Lebanon
Ages: 13 and up
Languages: Work may be submitted to "A Vision" in any language.
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The Value of Money
Money has a lot of value in life. One must understand its value. The Value
of Money Project aims to help people understand it, so that can be
successful in life. The project includes writing essays, poems, pictures,
playing virtual games, and handling real money. Participants will look at
how to earn money through arts, crafts, or using any other skills or
qualities to earn money. Thus this project will also help bring out the
hidden qualities in an individual. Another phase will be a barter system
in which participants will exchange things with their friends. The project
will also include action projects to spread awareness about budgeting
money and using it wisely and in socially responsible ways.
Facilitated by: Maitreyi Doshi, Sonali Unkule, Aditi Utpat, and Soujanya
Shenoy in India, Neli Georgiewa in Bulgaria, Udara Soysa in Sri Lanka
Ages: 10 years and above
Languages: English, Hindi, Bulgarian,Sinhalese (to start with, but
planning to have many others)
Dates: Ongoing
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Students who did the
presentation for the Cultural Diversity And Human Identity Project in
China, 2000.
Laws
of Life
Laws
of life are the rules, ideals, and principles by which one chooses to
live. The Laws of Life Project invites young people to express in their
own words what they value most in life. Participants will submit essays
about their laws of life in which they describe the rules, ideals, and
principles by which they live, and explain the sources of their laws of
life (reading, life experience, religion, culture, role models, etc.).
Participants respond to each other's essays and interact with each other
electronically. They will also be able to report on any dialogue or events
that occur in their learning communities as they participate in the Laws
of Life Project, and are encouraged to use what they learned about values
to initiate change within the community through action projects. A
teacher's guide is also available in the project languages from iEARN (see
below).
This project is the result of a three-year collaboration between iEARN and
the John Templeton Foundation, who conducts a Laws of Life essay contest
in the United states.
News! ...Laws of Life Volume 4 compilation available....Laws of Life
Workshop held at the annual youth summit in Moscow....Chengdu, China
Special School for the Blind and Deaf joins Laws of Life...Laws of Life
has recently been recognized as part of a project "Friendship Through
Education"..... Read more about this and other Laws of Life news.
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Porverbs and Idioms
Proverbs and idioms are as important as cultures and traditions. The
purposes and reasons of the proverbs and idioms are in the history and the
culture and we want to find them. With worldwide participation, we can
compare our ideas with different nations.
Facilitated by: Elham Delzendeh and Afra Abnar in Iran, Maria Mirza and
Muhammad Salman in Pakistan, Pascal Nally in Nigeria and Amruta Unkule in
India.
Ages: All
Languages: English and Farsi
Dates: Ongoing
Aspects
of Love Project
Love has impacted people's souls over the centuries and is the plot of
many world-famous stories, novels and poems. The Aspects of Love Project
is aimed at understanding different aspects and kinds of love. It
encourages participants to express themselves either in writing or
drawing, to help them develop tolerance to other's opinions and shape
their values through the power of love.
Discussions, exchanges of opinions and feedback on other people's work are
considered the very first aim of the project. In addition, the project's
web-site will be updated every two weeks with the best essays, poems and
pictures we have come up with during this period of time.
Facilitated by: Nelly Georgieva in Bulgaria.
Ages: All
Language(s): English, German, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Turkish, French, and
Spanish
Dates: Ongoing
Project Website: Aspects of Love
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The Holocaust Genocide Project
The HGP, originating at Cold Spring Harbor High School, Long Island, New
York in 1992, will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year! We hope
to have a special celebration and that all participants will take part!
The HGP, an independent, interdisciplinary project, encompassing history,
current events, language arts, fine art, foreign languages, and critical
thinking, enables students, on a global level, to dialogue with their
peers, share ideas, conduct research, do common reading of books together
online, and access professional authorities and data bases about
information as it pertains to the Holocaust of World War II, other
genocides, and current events. Students and teachers are welcome and
encouraged to use the project's WWW site: http://www.iearn.org/hgp as they
research history, literature, art, music, memorial sites, museums,
archives, and survivors' testimonies.
Facilitated by: Honey Kern, project coordinator, USA. Gideon Goldstein,
project mentor, Israel.
Languages: All
Dates: Ongoing
Natural Disasters Project
This project will show students how to care for themselves, their families
and others by friendship, and to rebuild their ruins. Through painting,
poems, and other writings, students will share the feelings they had when
disaster occured. By sharing their ideas, students from different cultures
and backgrounds can better understand their common difficulties and ways
to overcome them.
Facilitated by: Maryam Behnoodi and Zahra Behnoodi in Iran
Ages: All
Languages: English
Dates: from October 1, 2003 - ongoing
Special thanks to iEARN- USA for most of the details, for more information
about all iEARN projects, please visit www.iearn.org
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