2015 IIME REPORTCountry [ Mexico ]School[ Comunidad Educativa Yaxunah ] Teacher [Miguel Campoy Corbalan ] grade ( 3rd )JP School [ Komayurama Elementary School ] Teacher [ Narumi Tateno ]student number ( 23 )# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Monuments inDay tour to the most important places and monuments in the city of Merida.
the city ofVisit to the library, main square and independence palace.
MeridaPhotos and video recordings
Ruins of Mayan Trip to the city of Izamal, a colonial city in the state of Yucatan. Photos andcivilization
video recording greeting our partners from JapanSong “AllSing and perform the song from The Beatles to thank and make thetogether now”
compromise of a joint art project with Japan.

Times# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Yucatan’s cultural heritage

Message

In this project our objective was to show Yucatan’s history and heritage with Japan. We
visited the most important places and monuments in the city of Merida, the cave of Loltún(a cavern that was one of the few resistance site of Mayan people during the Spanish
conquest), Mayan ruins and the colonial placements of Izamal and Santa Elena in thestate of Yucatan. Every activity was registered by taking photos and shooting videos.
Main topics were:
Traditional and typical garments, games and instruments from Yucatan
Monuments and ruins from Yucatan
Flora and fauna in Yucatan
Flag of Mexico# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
Awareness and understanding of Japan’s traditions
Videoconferences
Improvements on communicative, interpersonal and Activities one by one. Pen pals, share individual
art skills of students involved
profile cards# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
This project has raised intercultural awareness by I strongly recommend this project to other teachersconnecting students from different cultures, sharing and schools who would like to be engaged in anintercultural art project.
their interesting facts and information about their It has helped me to design and start with acountries through arts.
intercultural project in a different grade with a school
abroad.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

ResearchComposition

Septe
mber

Octob
erNovember

What you did
We shot a video introducing
ourselves, using pictures oftypical places in the city andphotos of our students.
We researched information
about Japan and our partner
school.
We
contacted
Japanese woman living in
the city who facilitated us
some traditional food, tea,candies...
We started to reflect andanalyze the main ideas forour mural with our partner
school.
At our school we reflected
about the organization andstructure for the mural, we
shared our ideas with ourpartner school and we bothagreed on how to paint it. We
divided the mural in a grid of
8 equal parts, so we could
merge both productions.

Your students attitude/reflection
They were enthusiastic about meeting
new people from abroad, so they wereactively participating in activities out ofschool.
They got engaged very well and showed
an active attitude towards any activity
related to Japan.
They got really excited with every postfrom Japan.

Students liked the idea of making a grid
instead of splitting the mural in twoparts, since we wanted to merge andcombine pictures of our region and its
cultural characteristics.
Video during the visit to the ruins ofKabah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWtTJXDk7H0

Video recorded at Izamal, one of themost important colonial cities in
Mexico due to its importance on thecultural impact religion had in
Mexico.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRckrR7 ... e=youtu.be

We were checking the forum
twice every week andadmiring and discussing thepictures that were uploadedon the forum by our partners
from Japan.

Painting

January February

We shot a video performing
the song “All together now”
by the Beatles. Our students
sang the song and greeted
students from Japan
Click here:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=-8I9KXdWPh8

In pairs and trios, our students were
investing time on painting the mural,acquiring new drawing and painting
techniques and applying them on the art
lessons. They got engaged and loved todraw and paint about their places,
clothing, animals they know and found it
interesting to show to other people fromabroad.

During this time our students took
advantage to greet peers from Japan inevery trip and visit they did with theschool. We took photos and videos.

SubjectShowthe city

Appreciation
Reflection

We displayed the mural in
our school, so other grades
could appreciate it as well.

As we went finishing the mural, ourstudents became more and moreenthusiastic with their production andtheir final joint work.

We took pictures of ourstudents holding the mural.

# 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

A5

A4

B

3

They researched on the internet and we used the forum
although we lacked videoconference meetings

B

4

As a group they have participated for a common goal, to share
Yucatan with JapanB

4

Getting engaged in activities, giving new ideas and a lot ofenthusiasm.

A

5

We have been interested and willing to learn about Japan during
all they project.

Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

Attitude in learning

Expression ability

A4

Appreciation ability

A4

How your students have reached it
By visiting and experiencing different elements of their ownculture. Visits to monuments, ruins etc.
By provoking the interest on a different culture using pictures ofpeers in Japan, comments from the forum, drawing sketches andfinal appreciation of the mural
It developed their communication skills, deciding and agreeing on
a topic for the project and participating shooting videos

Students have honed their communicative skills through arts, bydrawing, painting and explaining facts about our culture andheritage in the second language.
We have reflected on the importance of a common effort tocreate art and its implication in life. We have enjoyed andappreciated this last part of the project as much as the rest.