In the fall of 1993, the Human Rights theme was expanded to include a short term project with foreign policy students at Enloe High School and students from the Youth Center for Human Rights about the coup attempt and resulting elections. An evaluation of the project done by the students demonstrated an expanded knowledge of the political climate in each other's country. Russian students were astonished at the genuine interest of American students in their political crisis. Three are participating in a project using the computer program, MicroWorlds. This project involves students using technology to learn about each other's culture.
Students use the program to draw pictures on themes they have chosen.
These pictures can be interactive incorporating video and sound. ChaT is expanding its program for the 1995-96 school year. An elections project will involve students in England, Israel, Russian and the United States studying the election process and campaigns in each country. Students in Austria will join the Human Rights Project. Russian and English language students will discuss contemporary terms and write a Slang Dictionary .