2012 IIME REPORTCountry [ United States ]School [ Scales Mound Junior] Teacher [ Karen Kelly] grade ( 8 ) student number (15 )JP School [ Ochiai Junior High School ] Teacher [ Yukiko Yamaguchi ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Social Studies
Geography of Japan
Social Studies

History of Japan

Social Studies

Japan Today – cultural understanding

Times
Chapter from text
Chapter from text
1 weeks# Theme and Message of the muralLandscape and symbols of the United States
ThemeMessage

Pride in our country, diverse landscape, symbols representing our country, friendship# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
The students realized teens another country are exactly
like them. They like to play video games, listen to music,
and text message friends. They also gained confidence
in themselves by completing the mural and receiving
awesome praise from their Japanese partners.

Points for further improvement# Have you made your activity open in your school or in your local area? How was their reaction or reputation?

PR you did inside/out of your school
Local newspaper wrote a article about the students andthe program, posted pictures to my school web pageand to facebook. The mural hung in the hall for public
viewing during school and evening activities for 2 weeks.
Also wrote an article for the school newsletter.

Reaction/reputation from aroundWe have received many very positive comments fromother students, staff, and community members. Agrandmother stopped me in a store to tell me how
wonderful the project was and how much her grandson
enjoyed the activity.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonth

What you did
Took pictures of students and theyIntroductionSeptember

wrote short introductions to poston the message board to ourYour students attitude/reflection
Students were excited, but also nervous
about what the other students would thinkof them

Subject
SocialStudies

Students were very interested and amazedSocialStudies

Students worked very hard, they wereexcited but afraid their drawings would not
be good. They took a long time to get thedrawing sketched on the mural canvasSocialThey enjoyed the painting, worked very hard
to make the painting “perfect”, were very
excited with finished mural and very proud

Socialpartner school. In December wesent hand made greeting cards
Taught textbook chapters onResearch

Octobergeography, history, and Japan
today.

Also shared my travel

experiences in Japan (2009)
We sent messages about how toComposition

OctoberNovemberdivide the mural. Started drawing
ideas. But did not finalize ideas
until the mural arrived.
Students worked to together

Painting

DecemberJanuary

painting. The art teacher joined
the class to teach them different
painting techniques

hallway for students, teachers, andJanuary
February

andafterschoolStudiesandafterschoolThe completed mural hung in theAppreciation

Studies

community to see. We included postcards made by the students of theirfavorite place in the United States with

We were sad to mail the mural back to ourpartner school. We were excited to share
our work but sad we would not have it
hanging in our school any more. We loved
the finished muralSocialStudies
andafterschoolan explanation of the place# Aim of the Lessons and Result
AimRank
understanding
5
our own cultures
Understanding1
the other culturescommunication ability
3interactively / in English

IT skillsforum / video conference

Creating friendshipin the class / with partners

Collaborationin the class / with partners

Keeping motivation highpositive attitude in learning

Expression ability
in painting

Appreciation ability
reading the painting

Mark5 4 3 2 1○
5 4 3 2 1○
54 ○
3 2 1

How your students have reached it
Working together to develop a plan and deciding onimportant symbols of the United States
Sharing information in the forum site, pictures, cards
Sometimes the students needed a push to write morethen short notes, they seemed a little shy

75 ○4 3 2 1

Forum posts were shared in class45 ○4 3 2 1

By posting to forum site and sending cards

25 4 3 2 1○

Forum posts were shared in class and posting to forum

954 ○
3 2 1

Working together after school and making it a socialgathering

65 ○4 3 2 1

85 4 3 2 1○

Encouraging students, working closely with them, andinstruction from the art teacher
Talking about the meaning of the painting