2013 IIME REPORTCountry [ Canada]
School[ Dalhousie Middle School] Teacher [ Lisa Pelletier ] grade ( 6)JP School [ Minamikatabira Elementary School ] Teacher [ Sachi Miura ]student number ( 21 )# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Times

Canadian Culture Discuss what represents Canadian Culture

10 hours

JapaneseCulture

Discuss what represents Japanese Culture

7 hours

CulturalDiversity

Discuss what Canadians and Japans have in common.

4 hours# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Food and Celebrations
Our mural represents food and celebrations of Japan and Canada.

Message# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gainedStudents have learned what represents Canadian andJapanese Culture. They have learned that although weare very far away from each other, Canadians and theirpartners in Japan are still very alike.

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
Reaction/reputation from around
Students at the school had an opportunity to view the All of the staff and students at the school enjoyed thepainting and talk about it.
painting and wanted to learn more about it.

# Flow of the Activity
Content
What you did
Your students attitude/reflection
We discussed Canadian culture Students enjoyed doing art projects that
whatrepresents represent Canadian Culture.
Introduction andCanadians.

Research

Composition

Painting

Appreciation

Students researched Canadianfood and celebrations

Students learned new things about Canada.

Students worked together todesign a draft. All of the drafts
were put together to great thefinal painting.

Students enjoyed creating the draft and were
happy to see their ideas in the final product.

SubjectArt

SocialStudies

Art/SocialStudies

Students enjoyed painting thecanvas.

The students and staff at
Dalhousie Middle School had achance to see the painting anddiscuss it.

# Aim of the Lessons and Result
Aim: Rank A to C in order you put emphasis on (A: very much/ B: much / C: not so much)
Result: Rank 5 to 1 (5: very effective / 4: effective / 3: so- so / 2: not so effective / 1: not effective at all)

Expected Effect

AimResult

Understanding our owncultures

A5

Understanding theother’s cultures

B4C2B

3

C

1

B

4

Attitude in learningA

4Expression ability

A

5

Appreciation ability

B

4Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

How your students have reached it
Research and projects throughout the project
Research and projects throughout the project
We did not have the opportunity to communicate much with ourpartner.
Students used laptops and computers to research and design.
Students did not have an opportunity to create friendships with ourpartners.
Students worked together with their classmates.
Students were positive and excited when working with the canvas.
Students we able to express Canadian Culture in their painting.
Students were proud of their work and loved telling others about it,

Please submit to jam@artmile.jp . Thank you for your cooperation.