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Celebrations & Mourning , 2002-20031. Name of project: Celebrations & Mournings. 2. Brief one –sentence description of project: We want to find our similarities and differences , when we are sad or happy. 3. Full description of project: Although Leo Tolstoy said:" All happy families resemble one another ,each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. "We think people some how act the same in their happiness and sadness .The Celebrations & Mourning project is working to collect statements , pictures, poems and stories from children and their teachers about what they do when they are happy or sad . Also the youth gradually remember and pay attention to their local customs and cultures which are very nice but fading out and need preservation . The main goal of this project is to promote communication and understanding between students and teachers from different countries. This project is a place for all parts of the world ,from all faiths ,to exchange their views about their customs and suggestions for keeping them refresh them and improve them. 4.Age/level of project participants: All 5.Timetable for the 2002-2003 school year :ongoing 6.Possible project / classroom activities : Groups of students in a class after the general discussion choose different customs and try through - interviewing old people of the family and others - reading books and magazines - and searching internet gather enough information to write essays ,
poems ,stories 7.Expected outcomes / products: Publish a booklet and create a website 8.Project contributions to others and the planet : Learning more about local culture and other cultures to become more tolerable and united in the global village 9.Project languages :English ,Farsi 10.Curriculum area: Social studies and art ,history ,international study , English language 11.Name /e-mail of facilitator: Neda Shirazi <shirazi_3831@yahoo.com> <nshirazi @schoolnet.ir> in Iran 12.Iran iearn forum:
http://iearn.saf.ir/forum
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