Art, Music, & Literature

Chinese opera together with Greece tragic-comedy(希腊悲喜剧) and Indian Sanskrit Opera(印度梵剧) are the three oldest dramatic art forms in the world.This class students will get to know the history ,the development ,various role of the opera and mask-making.

Butterfly lovers is a Chinese folk love story which is also called the eastern Romeo and Julie. After guiding the students to read the story, teacher may also conduct a play show , collaborating with music, PE and art teacher.

1- recognize a famous Character in Arabic literature.
2- deduce the moral lesson of the story.
3- draw Juha and his donkey, paying attention to the clothes Juha wears.

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to
- recognize vocabulary related to museums and ancient sites.
- ask and answer questions.
- design a museum ticket

1. The students should know the rules of how to play shuttlecock.
Rules : keep the shuttlecock in the air from falling down by using your body parts, but no hands.
2. The students are able to make their own shuttlecocks.

I was interviewed by the Boy Scouts from East Brookfield. They needed to interview a foreigner from another country to obtain their eagle badge before they turned 18. For the boy scout requirement, we talked about the typical values, holidays, ethnic foods, and traditions practiced or enjoyed there. In addition,
i brought with me an article about a human right realized in the United States that is not recognized in Egypt

Students are interested in all kinds of masks.

By the end of this event, students will be able to
1. Know about Chinese new year decoration;
2. Do an origami;
3. Make a Chinese mask;
4. Make a Chinese bookmark;
5. Know about how to make Chinese dumplings and have a taste of one.

This unit was a collaboration between the Art teacher and the Arabic teacher. By the end of the unit, Ss will be able to:
1- Recognize the importance of amulets and Jewellery to the Ancient Egyptians.
2- Name the materials they are made from.
3- identify the symbolism behind them.
4- review hand building polymer clay techniques.
5- brainstorm and build thumbnail sketches of sculptures according to certain criteria.
6- reflect on their small amulets.

By the end, students will be able to learn about the Egyptian culture.
state some facts about Egypt's geography and history.
recognize some musical instruments in the Arab world.
learn about traditional musical instruments in Egypt