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Ages 6-18 ELWOOD, THE WORLD'S MOST TRAVELED DOLL
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Sep 04, 2009 15:09 PDT
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BASIC PROJECT INFORMATION
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PROJECT TITLE:
-- ELWOOD, THE WORLD'S MOST TRAVELED DOLL
PROJECT BEGIN and END DATES:
-- 8/01/09 to 6/15/10
NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS:
-- 10
AGE RANGE:
-- 6 to 18 years
TARGET AUDIENCE:
-- Anyone
PROJECT SUMMARY:
-- ELWOOD IS A LIFE SIZE II YEAR OLD BOY DOLL THAT HAS TRAVELED TO ALL
50 STATES, 5 CONTINENTS, AND 17 COUNTRIES. HE ALLOWS MY CLASS ROOM TO
LIVE A VICARIOUS LIFE LINE TO THEIR DREAMS AND TO THEIR EDUCATION. TO
THE CLASSES HE MEETS HE OPENS UP THEIR IMAGINATIONS TO DISCOVER THEIR
DREAMS.
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PROJECT DETAILS
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PROJECT LEVEL:
-- Basic Project
CURRICULUM AREAS:
-- Arts; Language; Physical Education/Sports; Social Studies;
Mathematics; Science; Technology; Information Technology; Vocational
Education; Community Interest; History; International Relations;
Multicultural Studies
TECHNOLOGIES USED:
-- Email, List server; Postal Mail; Student created Webs
COLLABORATION STYLES:
-- Travel Buddy
FULL PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
-- ELWOOD, THE ?DREAM BIG ? CHARACTER DOLL CREATED BY FIFTH GRADE
TEACHER
DOUG HAND IN OCTOBER 1980, HAS TRAVELED OVER 4 MILLION MILES, MET THREE
U.S. PRESIDENTS, LUNCHED ON THE TERRACE OF PARLIAMENT, AND EVEN
TRAVELED TO OUTER SPACE WHEN HIS FACE WAS ABOARD THE DISCOVERY SPACE
SHUTTLE. EARTHBOUND ELWOOD HAS VISITED 46 STATES, 14 COUNTRIES AND 5
CONTINENTS VIA U.P.S., TRAVELING SINCE 1989 IN HIS PERSONALIZED
RUBBERMAID REFUSE CONTAINER.
ELWOOD HELPS TEACH HAND?S ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AT THOME SCHOOL IN
ROCK FALLS, IL AN IMPORTANT LESSON IN LIFE-TO ALWAYS BELIEVE IN A DREAM,
TO HAVE THE DESIRE TO FOLLOW THAT DREAM, AND THE DETERMINATION TO
SEE IT THROUGH TO THE END. IT TOOK FOUR YEARS OF LETTER WRITING TO GET
ELWOOD?S FACE ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE.
EACH YEAR, THE STUDENTS THINK ABOUT NEW ADVENTURES FOR ELWOOD, AND
WRITE A PERSONAL TO THE PEOPLE THEY THINK CAN HELP ELWOOD ACCOMPLISH
THEIR DREAMS. IN THE PROCESS THEY ALSO LEARN ABOUT LETTER WRITING,
GEOGRAPHY, SOCIAL STUDIES, MATH AND SCIENCE. AND THEY LEARN THAT EVEN
FAMOUS PEOPLE ARE APPROACHABLE.
ELWOOD WAS CREATED WHEN A PARENT OF ONE OF MR. HAND?S STUDENTS
OBJECTED TO THE CLASS READING PINOCCHIO, THE STORY ABOUT A PUPPET
COMING TO LIFE AND HAVING HUMAN DREAMS. SO HE DECIDED TO MAKE
SOMETHING REAL. ELWOOD TEACHES THAT DREAMS ARE THE PUREST FORM OF
IMAGINATION , AND IMAGINATION IS THE KEY THAT WILL OPEN ANY DOOR.
ELWOOD CAN?T HEAR, SEE, WALK OR TALK, YET HE HAS BEEN ON MAJOR NETWORK
TV SHOWS AND RADIO PROGRAMS, AND HIS STORY HAS APPEARED IN MAJOR
MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS AROUND THE WORLD. THROUGH IT ALL HE SMILES,
NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE?S ACCOMPLISHED, BUT BECAUSE HE?S BEEN ALLOWED
TO FOLLOW HIS DREAMS. MAGIC HAPPENS WHEREVER ELWOOD TRAVELS AND HE
INSPIRES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND CULTURES TO BELIEVE IN THEIR DREAMS.
AND THE CHILDREN LEARN THAT THEY CAN, IN FACT, MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE.
OBJECTIVES:
-- Elwood just like to meet new people,visit interesting things,and
see new places his friends back at home would find interesting. If you
have a part of the states or a corner of the world you think is Elwood's
cup of tea, let us know.
PROJECT URL:
-- http://www.elwoodsadventures.com/
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PROJECT REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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REGISTRATION DATES:
-- 8/15/09 to 3/10/10
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS:
-- ELWOOD TRAVELS IN A RUBBERMAID GARBAGE CAN AND IS SHIPPED UPS OR US
MAIL. THE PERSON WHO HAS ELWOOD IS RESPOSIBLE FOR SENDING HIM ON AND IN
TIME. OVER SEAS IS EXPENSIVE, BUT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN THE PAST.PLEASE
UNDERSTAND,THAT IF ELWOOD HAS ALREADY VISITED YOUR SCHOOL, HE MAY NOT
HAVE THE TIME TO VISIT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
PROJECT EMAIL ADDRESS:
-- mailto:elw-@cin.net
PROJECT REGISTRATION URL:
-- http://www.elwoodsadventures.com/
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PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT POSTED BY:
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-- Doug Hand mailto:elw-@cin.net (Teacher Elementary/Primary (ages
5-12))
-- Merrill
-- Rock Falls, Illinois, United States
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