Ravindra Sapkale has created the project "Our Shared Celebration: Bridging Cultures Through Collaborative Cultural Exchange" in Class2Class.org
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Our Shared Celebration: Bridging Cultures Through Collaborative Cultural Exchange
What is this project about?
Students collaborate with a partner class to co-create a hybrid celebration or cultural exchange event that blends traditions from both countries, planning activities, recipes, music, or rituals that honor both cultures. They produce a detailed guide...
- Age of Students
- 9-12 years, 13-15 years
- Project Duration
- 14 weeks
- Starting Month
- August 2026
This project contributes to the following global goals
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to identify and describe cultural traditions, celebrations, and daily life practices from their own community and their partner classroom's country.
Students will be able to demonstrate intercultural communication skills by exchanging ideas and perspectives with peers from another country through collaborative planning discussions.
Students will be able to compare and contrast cultural celebrations, customs, and values between their local context and their international partner classroom to recognize both similarities and differences.
Students will be able to evaluate how diverse cultural perspectives can strengthen a shared celebration experience and assess the effectiveness of their collaborative planning with international peers.
Students will be able to design and create a hybrid celebration guide or video that blends traditions from both cultures, demonstrating global awareness and teamwork while addressing shared values across communities.
Skills to develop
Project Activities
Our Celebrations Around the World
Students explore their own cultural celebrations and traditions through images, stories, and discussions, then learn about their partner class's country and culture through a short video or presentation. This icebreaker builds excitement and shared understanding before deeper collaboration begins.
Getting to Know Our Partners: Live Exchange
Students participate in a live video call with their partner class to introduce themselves, share key traditions and celebrations from their culture, and ask questions about each other's daily life and customs. This real-time conversation sets the foundation for collaborative planning.
Research and Plan the Hybrid Celebration
Working in small groups, students research specific traditions, recipes, music, rituals, or activities from both cultures and begin planning how to blend them into one shared celebration. Groups create a planning document or shared board with ideas, timelines, and role assignments.
Collaborate with Partner Class: Feedback and Refinement
Students share their hybrid celebration plans with the partner class through a shared document or forum and receive peer feedback on how well the blend honors both cultures. Teams refine their ideas based on feedback and finalize decisions on activities, recipes, and presentation order.
Create a Shared Celebration Guide or Video
Students produce a detailed guide (written with photos and illustrations) or short video that documents the hybrid celebration, including step-by-step instructions, recipes, music suggestions, and explanations of how each element honors both cultures. This becomes a resource that both classes can use to run the celebration.
Celebrate, Reflect, and Share Learning
Students present their hybrid celebration guide or video to both classes in a final live or recorded session, explain what they learned about intercultural collaboration, and reflect on how working with international peers deepened their understanding of global citizenship and cultural respect.