Summary: An international teddy bear exchange using email.
Description: 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.
- Facilitator(s): Fumi_Ito
- Country: Japan
- Languages: English
- Student Age Level: 5-11, 12-14, 15-18
- Contributions: This project is designed to fostering tolerance, understanding - and to assist in the break down of cultural barriers .
- Outcomes: Many schools will develop web pages demonstrating their participation in the project, including the children's art work. These pages can be linked to form the project home page.
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