Outcomes

• Similarities have been identified (differences too)• Pupils will be able to identify 4 key elements

Jordanian classroom• Know some basic facts about – geography,

politics, traditions, history, food• Pupils understand the value of having a link with

a school in Jordan (a school in the middle East)• Pupils can identify reasons for why it is

important to understand modern Arabic culture

Connecting Classrooms‘Wiltshire goes to

Jordan 2013’

Where is the Middle East?Choose a box with the countries that you think are in the Middle

East

Box 1

HondurasBoliviaEcaudorNicaragua

Box 2

SerbiaMontenegoMacedoniaRomania

Box 3SyriaLebanonPalestineIran

Box 4BhutanBruneiCambodiaChina

Where is the Middle East?Choose a box with the countries that you think are in the Middle

East

Box 1 SOUTH AMERICA

HondurasBoliviaEcaudorNicaragua

Box 2 EUROPE

SerbiaMontenegoMacedoniaRomania

Box 3 THE MIDDLE EASTSyriaLebanonTunisiaKuwait

Box 4 ASIABhutanBruneiCambodiaChina

Map of the middle East

What is Connecting classrooms?

Why should we learn about Arabic culture?

Put your hands up if you have ever been to Jordan before

We are connecting ourselves with a school in Jordan in order to;1. To develop more understanding of another culture2. To make informed opinions about others and their cultures3. We should think about what is in the media

a) Is it always true?b) What does the media say about Arabic culture and is it fair?

4. Arabic is now in the top 6 languages that people are learning5. It is the fastest growing religion in the West6. Much of the world’s economy is based on resources from the Middle

East7. You are likely in the future to work with people from other countries

Al Jubeiha secondary school in the capital of

Jordan, Amman

Activities – what we did in Jordan

Are we so different from each other?

What is learning like?

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