The document summarizes the Friends and Flags project, a multicultural learning project that ran from 1999-2007. The project's objectives were to promote global collaboration, be student-centered, and develop cultural awareness through authentic learning. Students exchanged "Friends and Flags Packs" between classrooms in different countries. These packs included cultural items, student work, and information about each country. The goal was to create a global community of exchange to help students learn about other cultures. Evaluations found the project successful in meeting its goals of cultural learning and international collaboration.

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

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

3. 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

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

5. Friends and Flags Partners Over the years

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

7. Friends and Flags Packages Around the World

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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.

11. Friends and Flags Exhibitions Around the World

12. PRESENTING FINLAND Ein Ganim School, Petach Tikvah, Israel

13. Katzir School, Katzir , Israel

14. Doncrest School, Toronto, Canada

16. English Forever School, Brazil

17. Brazil

18. Romanian Exhibit

19. Friends and Flags Partners

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

21. Friends and Flags Peace Calendars

23. Friends and Flags Quilt

24. 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

25. LEARNING OUTCOMES

26. Teachers

27. Friends and Flags winner of Online Shared Learning Award TEXAS, 2002

28. www.friendsandflags.org Friends and Flags dedicated to global collaboration