Project Director: Karen Eini 1999-2007 Israel Friends and Flags A Multicultural Learning Project

Project Objectives GLOBAL COLLABORATION STUDENT CENTERED DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL AWARENESS AUTHENTIC LEARNING

TOOLS COMBINED TO ACHIEVE PROJECT OBJECTIVES TECHNOLOGY: Community site Email /email lists Forums/blogs Chat rooms To: USA: From: ISRAEL POSTAL SERVICE Mailing of tangible items Packages letters Friends And Flags

WHAT’S IN A FRIENDS PACK ? Pictures Small flag Collage of items Goodies Audio Tape Video Country Guide Book

Friends and Flags Partners Over the years

TOPICS IN COUNTRY GUIDEBOOK? Student Stories Favorite Foods And Recipes Holidays Tourism Art Work Israel Australia Brazil USA Posters, Maps

Friends and Flags Packages Around the World

Methodology and organization Group Work : Teams prepare packages. Team per country Jigsaws within Groups: Topic work Pair Work: Students pair up and prepare topics together Class Work: Teacher works with class as a whole on topic/ vocabulary students contribute to package content as individuals

To: Canada From : Israel : EACH CLASSROOM MAILS 5 PACKAGES, ONE TO EVERY MEMBER IN THE CIRCLE! To: Japan From: Israel To:Cyprus From: Israel To Australia From: Israel To : India From: Israel

MANY TO MANY EXCHANGE ENABLES EACH CLASSROOM TO CREATE AN AUTHENTIC CULTURAL LEARNING CENTER Romanian students enjoying a package from Turkey! Israeli students display their package from Finland.

Friends and Flags Exhibitions Around the World

PRESENTING FINLAND Ein Ganim School, Petach Tikvah, Israel

Katzir School, Katzir , Israel

Doncrest School, Toronto, Canada

English Forever School, Brazil

Brazil

Romanian Exhibit

Friends and Flags Partners

Friends and Flags Community Projects GLOBAL BEAD CHAIN Every bead represents a child ! ISRAEL JAPAN

Friends and Flags Peace Calendars

Friends and Flags Quilt

We are children, we want to play with our friends. We need house and home, food and fresh water, and a caring that never ends.... but most of all peace Vallhovskolan Gr. 4,Sandviken, Sweden 19/09/02 Friends and Flags Chain Poem

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