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
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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
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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
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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. ”
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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
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Discover Arabic! - At Sanford
Storytelling the
1001 Arabian Nights Dancing the debke!
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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. ”
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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
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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.
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Arabic in the Arts Extravaganza
Lyndale Elementary
Baklawa treats at Arts
Extravaganza evening event. 5th grade student mosaic
pattern with compass for
Lyndale Arts Extravaganza.
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Arabic in the Arts Extravaganza
Lyndale Elementary
2nd graders learned to create mosaic
patterns.
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Arabic in the Arts Extravaganza
Lyndale Elementary
Artist, Edwin Beylerian, worked with
2nd graders on creating patterns.
5th graders’ individual pattern
designs were combined to a large
display.
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Arabic in the Arts Extravaganza
Lyndale Elementary
Arabic teacher, Mrs. Nadine Elbitar and students served Arabic food for
parents, school staff, and students during Multicultural Night.
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Arabic in the Arts Extravaganza
Lyndale Elementary
Younger siblings play in the
“Arabic Number Corner”.
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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?”
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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
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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
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Chinese Calligraphy and Painting
Patrick Henry High School
Artist Bob Schmitt,
demonstrates Chinese
calligraphy and painting. Students’ artwork
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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
Patrick Henry High School
Chinese musician
Ben Zhao demonstrates traditional Chinese music and instruments to Patrick Henry HS Chinese classes 2009 and 2010.
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Traditional Chinese Music
Patrick Henry High School
Ben Zhao teaches students how
to play Chinese drums. (2009)
A student tries a Yueqin instrument
(2009)
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Traditional Chinese Music
Patrick Henry High School
Ben Zhao plays the Sanxian. Students try it!
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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
Patrick Henry High School
Kung Fu/Tai Chi
Community Day
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Field Trip,
Calligraphy
Art Show with Art classes
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Chinese Cultural Arts
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
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Chinese Cultural Arts
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
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Chinese Cultural Arts
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
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TRAVEL TO THE DRAGON LANDSOUTH STUDENTS TRAVEL TO CHINA OVER THE SPRING BREAKS, WINTER BREAKS, OR SUMMER BREAKS ANNUALLY TO EXPERIENCE THE CULTURE.
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AFS China Youth Discovery ExchangeSponsored by the US State Department
2003-2005
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Chinese Bridge Summer Campsponsored by the Chinese Government
2009, 2010
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Chinese Cultural Arts
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
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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.”
Chinese Cultural Arts
Northeast Middle School
Kung/Fu Master, Mr. Su Jiang Ming from China instructs Northeast MS
students on basic body moves.
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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
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Every year, Elizabeth Hall
students decorate doors to
welcome Chinese New Year.
Chinese New Year
Elizabeth Hall International PYP Elementary
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Students make paper decoration. Students clean the room in
preparation to welcome New Year.
Chinese New Year
Elizabeth Hall International PYP Elementary
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Children receive a red envelope
from adults on New Year’s Day. Getting a hair cut to welcome the
New Year.
Chinese New Year
Elizabeth Hall International PYP Elementary
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Chinese New Year visual organizer.
Students decorate the entire school
building with paper cut decorations.
Chinese Traditional Music
Elizabeth Hall International PYP Elementary
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
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Traditional Chinese musician, Ben
Zhao, demonstrates instruments to
kindergarteners.
Chinese Traditional Music
Elizabeth Hall International PYP Elementary
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
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Students learned to say “right hand”
and “left hand” to play music in
Chinese.
Chinese Traditional Music
Elizabeth Hall International PYP Elementary
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
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Shukrun!
Xie! Xie!
Minneapolis Public Schools
Arabic and Chinese Extended Sequences (ACES)
FLAP Project
2008-2013http://worldlanguages.mpls.k12.mn.us.us/ACES.html
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