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Friends and Flags Teachers Meet! During a trip to the US in October 2001, Birgit P. from Denmark ( left) made a special stop in Queens , New York to visit her Friends and Flags partner, teacher, Sue R (right). Birgit and Sue were circle partners in the first year of the project 1999 and have collaborated on projects ever since!
	On Monday, November12th, 2001 Karen Eini, ( Project Coordinator) was in New York for a conference and was also very happy to be able to visit Sue . Though our visit coincided with the plane crash in Queens, we found comfort in each others company.
	F&F classes and teachers meet in Canada! Paola and her class of high school students traveled from Italy to Nova Scotia to meet up with their Friends and Flags Partner class. Read about their trip here!
	Friends and Flags Teachers Marsha ( Israel) and Karrie ( Uzbekistan) meet in Rome for the Global Junior Challenge! Read more about this exciting adventure here!

Instructional Materials

Friends and Flags Teachers Email List 2002

Teacher Discussion Board

Chat Transcripts

Opportunities

Author Lynn Manning Ross invites teachers and students from around the world to contribute to her book: World Kids Cook Out. Friends and Flags partners can download the teachers guide here!

Interactive activities

Survey tool

This friendly tool will enable your students to collect information from their partners in an exciting and interactive way. http://www.votations.com Take a moment to try the survey below to see how I have used it to collect important project information from you. After you have seen the results of the survey, click the "Friends and Flags" link to come back to this page.

Quizzes and Games

Here are two great resources for making online quizzes and games for your Friends and Flags partners and community . Both sites offers free registration and are very user friendly. Once you have created a quiz or activity you will be given a URL. Just send me the URL of your quiz and I will include it in the students activity center.

Funbrain: http://www.funbrain.com Quia http://www.quia.com

Audio Technology

Send a voice email to your partners or to the whole list. Or add a greeting from your class to the Friends and Flags community. Very easy to use either with a microphone or telephone. ! Listen to a sample message !

Audio Messages: http://www.ihello.com/indexc.asp?

Geography Resources

Black and White Maps for printing/coloring http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html

http://www.atlapedia.com/online/map_index_pol.htm

Informative site which includes national anthems http://www.emulateme.com

Cultural Resource: http://cwr.utoronto.ca/cultural/english/index.html

Time Zones : http://www.dateandtime.com

Currency Converter: http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Graphics of World Currencies: http://www.banknotes.com

Send partners a virtual postcard: http://www.virtualtourist.com/pctop/?s=g

Language Resources

English Language Teachers : EFL/ ESL/ TESOL

A great resource for ESL teachers: http://www.esl-lounge.com

Language Translators: http://www.foreignword.com/Tools/transnow.htm

Languages Expressions around the world: http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/

Lessons

Comparing Countries: Worksheet with supporting website: (Activity prepared by Karen Eini for EFL students/ adaptable for general population)

Download worksheet : Worksheet

Use this website http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm

Testimonials

If you have a link, idea , worksheet , lesson plan or experience that you would like to contribute, contact Karen Eini and your material will be added to the Friends and Flags Teacher Lounge.