2013 IIME REPORTCountry [ USA ]School [ J M Hill Elementary School ] Teacher [ Jennifer Husson ] grade (5) student number (20)
JP School [ Hikawa Elementary School ] Teacher [ Kumiko Ozaki ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Study about history, folktales, and culture of our country and our partner’s countrysocialTimes
10

Use the online forum

20

fine art

Draw a mural

10

fine art

Appreciation and reflection of the whole work

2

Created and wrote postcards and stories to partner school

5IT

Language Arts

# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

The Folktales, Landmarks, History, and Flag of Each Culture
Sharing our cultures with the World.

Message# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
The students gained first hand knowledge of another None that I can think of at this time.
culture. It was a great opportunity for them to study
about another culture and then interact with them. Mystudents also had the opportunity to further theirknowledge about their own culture.
# 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
We will be posting the event on our district website.

Reaction/reputation from around
Administration and parents are very impressed with theprogram.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

Oct

What you did
Posted pictures and short bios ofeach student

Oct

Used the internet to research ourculture and the culture of Japan

Excited to learn about Japan.

ResearchDec

Exchange respective ideas on themural and decided the design
together in our group and with ourpartner school..

JanStudents took turns drawing andpainting the mural

It was fun seeing our partner school’sideas and getting to be a part of thedecision making. The students also
enjoyed creating their ideas, voting on thetop three, and then sharing them with ourpartner school for their choice. It truly
was a collaborative effort.
They worked very carefully and took great
pride in their work and loved the work ofour partner school.

Composition

Painting

Appreciation

Feb

We displayed our mural in the halland shared it with all the studentsof our school.

Your students attitude/reflection
It was great getting to know our partner
school students.

SubjectLA
socialITsocialITsocialITfine art

Students and teachers loved the muralfine art# 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

A5A5B4A4

They really enjoyed communicating with the students in Japan. Theforum helped them to create their friendship.

A5In groups they came up with ideas for the mural and then as a wholeclass voted on the top three pictures.

Attitude in learningA

5Expression ability

B

5

Appreciation abilityC

3Communication 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
They used prior knowledge and the internet.
They researched on the internet. They learned about Japaneseculture from their partner school students.
They wrote to their partner school students.
Use of the forum, movie making for introductions, and research skills.

Japan Art Mile was a highlight of the year. They were very motivated!
They expressed themselves well in the mural. They were very proudof their work and the work of their partner school.
We displayed the mural in the hall.