What a fascinating concept…ERacism. Have your students apply to participate….

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Flat Classroom Projects ™ are very excited to be launching a NEW project for Middle School (Grade 7/8 levels are perfect) called ERACISM. You are invited to APPLY to be part of this pilot project starting VERY SOON. We need schools from around the world to submit teams to make this conversation and debate real!

More details about Eracism can be found on the website at http://www.eracismproject.org/index.html

Please let me know if you have any questions, and please circulate this within your schools and beyond. We need to start this project VERY SOON! This could be run within a language arts/ humanities class (or other!) or as an extra curricular activity with a group such as the student council or MUN team as an extra opportunity to interact globally to enhance understanding.

Thanks everyone!
Julie
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Julie Lindsay
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More about eracism:

About Eracism: Invented by Students for Students to Bring About Global Understanding

This project truly bridges the divide in many ways, from the creation of the project (See the original student video) – the global voting of this project as the “winner” and student planning of the presentation topic (occurring August 2009) – students from around the world have been involved in this project from the moment it was conceived in a human brain. This presentation bridges the divide between culture, schools, countries, and even bandwidth by providing low-bandwidth methods for participants. Additionally, it bridges the divide between the conference participants, teachers, and students by providing background information and then immersing the participants in the live culmination of the project and by providing a method for students, teachers, and K12online participants to discuss and shape future iterations of the project. This is truly not only flattening the “classroom” for the students but flattening the conference by using it as a conduit to bring students, teachers, experts, and learners together in a rich, symbiotic relationship.

I have some questions but not the time to ask them right now…I hope I can follow up. In the meantime, I’m sharing this information in response to a request from a colleague, Kim Caise, to get the word out.

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