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Arabic and Chinese Extended Sequences (ACES) FLAP Project

Minneapolis Public Schools

Integrating Cultural Arts in Arabic and Chinese Curricula

Cultural Arts Presentations

ACES Project Schools Arabic

Lyndale Elementary School – Nadine ElBitar

Sanford Middle School – Tyseer Khaled

Roosevelt High School – Antoine Mefleh

Chinese

Hall International Elementary School –Feng-Yi Wang

Northeast Middle School – Fang-Ju Lin

Patrick Henry High School – Donna Kelly

South High School – Dingman Yu


ACES Cultural Arts ComponentGoals: Introduce Arabic and Chinese cultures through

cultural arts presentations

Engage students in exploring cultures

Demystify the languages and cultures

Encourage students to elect and continue to study

Increase students’ awareness and interest


ACES Cultural Arts Component

Objective:

Incorporate interdisciplinary learning experiences through cultural arts presentations by community cultural organizations

Promote learning of Arabic or Chinese at each school


Discover Arabic!

Language Exploration

Geography

Culture

Art

Music

Dance

Songs

Calligraphy

Storytelling

Theater

Food

Student Testimonial: ”It was really fun. I want to take Arabic class next year. ”


Sanford Middle School

May 13-15, 2009Tyseer Khaled, Sanford Middle School

Arabic teacher

Antoine Mefleh, Roosevelt High School teacher

Discover Arabic! - At Sanford

Writing names in Arabic

Playing a the drebke drum


Discover Arabic! - At Sanford

Storytelling the

1001 Arabian Nights Dancing the debke!


Discover Arabic! At Sanford

Sonja Um-Siri –Dance Instructor

and percussionist Tim O’Keefe

Arabic Art Class - Wall size

tessellation made by combining

students smaller tessellations

Student Testimonial: ”I think the entire school should participate in this. It was a great opportunity to learn Arabic culture and its language other than in Arabic classroom. ”


Discover MORE Arabic!

Spring 2010 at Sanford

Omni film “Arabia” field trip culminates interdisciplinary Social Studies/Geography, Arab history, culture and language unit

Arabic Calligraphy with artist Edwin Beylerian

Discover Arabic! اكتشف العالم العربي


Arabic in the Arts Extravaganza

Lyndale Elementary

Multicultural Night

Arabic Music

Arabic Art

Middle Eastern Food

Students’ music performance

Nadine ElBitar – Arabic teacherMusician Tim O’Keefe plays the

oud for Lyndale 5th graders.



Lyndale Elementary

Baklawa treats at Arts

Extravaganza evening event. 5th grade student mosaic

pattern with compass for

Lyndale Arts Extravaganza.



Lyndale Elementary

2nd graders learned to create mosaic

patterns.



Lyndale Elementary

Artist, Edwin Beylerian, worked with

2nd graders on creating patterns.

5th graders’ individual pattern

designs were combined to a large

display.



Lyndale Elementary

Arabic teacher, Mrs. Nadine Elbitar and students served Arabic food for

parents, school staff, and students during Multicultural Night.



Lyndale Elementary

Younger siblings play in the

“Arabic Number Corner”.


Arabic teacher, Mrs. Nadine

Elbitar interacts with a student

in Arabic.

Arabic Calligraphy Art Project – Lyndale 2010

Interdisciplinary Unit

World Languages 5 C’s

Science Theme – Grade 5

Human Life Cycle

Arts – Calligraphy

Essential Question:

“Can I imagine what I’ll look like in 50 years?”


Interdisciplinary Arabic Units Lyndale Elementary

2nd Grade “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” in Arabic

Science - Life Cycle

Art – Making an Arabic book at MN Center for Book Arts

4th Grade Omni film “Arabia”

Geography

Arabic history and cultural contributions to the world

5th Grade Arabic calligraphy

Science - Life cycle and human body


Chinese Cultural Arts

Patrick Henry High School

Chinese Calligraphy and Painting- Calligrapher invited to

teach students calligraphy and calligraphy painting

- Minneapolis Institute of Art – Chinese Collection

Donna Kelly, Chinese teacher


Chinese Calligraphy and Painting


Artist Bob Schmitt,

demonstrates Chinese

calligraphy and painting. Students’ artwork


Student Testimonial: “I learned that Chinese calligraphy has its own way of holding brushes. It actually helped me really understand the stroke order”

Traditional Chinese Music


Chinese musician

Ben Zhao demonstrates traditional Chinese music and instruments to Patrick Henry HS Chinese classes 2009 and 2010.




Ben Zhao teaches students how

to play Chinese drums. (2009)

A student tries a Yueqin instrument

(2009)




Ben Zhao plays the Sanxian. Students try it!


Student Testimonial: “I would like to thank the teacher for providing us with an opportunity to learn Chinese in a different way - through music!

More Chinese Cultural Arts 2010


Kung Fu/Tai Chi

Community Day

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Field Trip,

Calligraphy

Art Show with Art classes



South High School

Paper Cut workshop

Chinese Artist Du Jun

Chinese instrumental music Presentation and Mini-Workshops

Chinese calligraphy

China Day at the U of M

Dingman Yu, Chinese teacher



South High School

Calligraphy presentations

Kung fu and Tai Chi demonstrations

Minneapolis Institute of Art: Chinese Collection

Field trips to local Chinese restaurants and stores



South High School Integrate Chinese popular

songs, children’s rhymes, and classic poems into the curriculum.

After school –

Extra-curricular activities

Karaoke Contest

Folk-art

South Student Gaosheng Lee won first prize in the First National Chinese Karaoke Contest sponsored by Cheng & T’sui in 2008


TRAVEL TO THE DRAGON LANDSOUTH STUDENTS TRAVEL TO CHINA OVER THE SPRING BREAKS, WINTER BREAKS, OR SUMMER BREAKS ANNUALLY TO EXPERIENCE THE CULTURE.


AFS China Youth Discovery ExchangeSponsored by the US State Department

2003-2005


Chinese Bridge Summer Campsponsored by the Chinese Government

2009, 2010



Northeast Middle School

Tai Chi Session with Mr. Su Jian Ming

Chinese Traditional Music with Ben Zhao

Chinese New Year

Chinese Calligraphy and Painting

Fang-Ju Lin, Chinese teacher


Student Testimonial: “I learned how to exercise using Chinese martial arts. “ “It was the best thing I have ever done in school.” “I learned how to keep myself balanced mentally and physically.”


Northeast Middle School

Kung/Fu Master, Mr. Su Jiang Ming from China instructs Northeast MS

students on basic body moves.


Chinese New Year

Elizabeth Hall International PYP Elementary

- Chinese calendar

- Chinese Zodiac – 12 signs

- Origin of Chinese New Year

- Preparing for New Year

- Chinese New Year traditions

- Making red envelopes

- Lion Dance performance

- Chinese Teacher: Feng-Yi Wang


Every year, Elizabeth Hall

students decorate doors to

welcome Chinese New Year.

Chinese New Year



Students make paper decoration. Students clean the room in

preparation to welcome New Year.

Chinese New Year



Children receive a red envelope

from adults on New Year’s Day. Getting a hair cut to welcome the

New Year.

Chinese New Year



Chinese New Year visual organizer.

Students decorate the entire school

building with paper cut decorations.

Chinese Traditional Music


PYP IB Unit for Chinese

Grade K - Theme: How We Express Ourselves?

Essential Question – How does music make you

feel?

WL 5C’s Standards Communication 1.3

Culture 2.2

Connections 3.1

Comparisons 4.2

Communities 5.3


Traditional Chinese musician, Ben

Zhao, demonstrates instruments to

kindergarteners.



Interdisciplinary Lesson objectives:

1. Distinguish types of Chinese music, classical, Chinese opera, Chinese puppet show, folk, pop.

2. Discuss how a piece of music makes you feel and why.

3. Classify Chinese traditional and the modern instruments

4. Tell what emotion music expresses.

5. Tell when people play happy or sad music.

6. Say you are happy or sad in Chinese.

- Feng-yi Wang, Chinese teacher


Students learned to say “right hand”

and “left hand” to play music in

Chinese.



2010

2nd grade

Children of Hangzhou, Minnesota Children’s Museum Community Unit: occupations, organizations,

Students read stories on Chinese communities in English

5th grade

Chinese Shadow Puppet

IB Unit: “How to express ourselves”

Students will act out skits in Chinese


Shukrun!

Xie! Xie!

Minneapolis Public Schools

Arabic and Chinese Extended Sequences (ACES)

FLAP Project

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