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media type="custom" key="22733728" If you have any ideas, post them here. We can all chip in and develop them together. My U.N: Unit 8 of the text book talks about a billionaire who took his money and helped to develop a small town in north eastern Russia. I asked the students to choose a place in the world and then think about HOW they could help that place. Hospitals, schools. This could make for a good Wiki project. Students would have to read up on the country and then come up with ideas as how to help them. Useful links: http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/

Reading isn't important? Pose this question to the class. Ask them to find out if this is true or false. It will lead into the refugee reading programme quite nicely. Problem: Literacy levels are dropping due to interest and resources. Books are boring Books are expensive Books don't last Books become out of date quickly. Books pros & cons WikiZine: Students write individual articles for the first part. Then, in the second part they have to do an investigative article which requires more collaboration. Why do we need to read? / Reading for kids. Why is it important? How can we encourage kids to read more? Use the Boey idea to make some stories for kids. Building a play ground for kids. What would a kids playground in 2013 look like? For a city. 70% of the world will live in Cities in the future. Where do we make space for kids? Just a slide and swings. TVs Computers Music Everything. Is it inside or outside.