VIEWPOINT MAGAZINE Volume 2.3 March 2014 | Page 23

Elementary

A Day of Learning New cultures

By: Sun Jin Lee

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n February 18th, 2014, elementary school held
the annual international day. Many high school
students, parents and teachers came to the
elementary classrooms and learned about the
countries presented by each class. Kindergarten
presented Brazil and showed the movie “Rio” to
visitors. When people finished watching the movie,
the kindergarteners also introduced people Amazon
River and rainforest in Brazil which they decorated in
the classroom. They ended by asking people to pray
for the unreached people groups in Brazil.
Continuing the South American countries, second
grade presented Argentina. They showed a video
about Argentina and did an activity with colored
paper to make flowers. In addition students drew
Argentina’s traditional houses and hung it to show
visitors.
Moving on to Europe, third grade portrayed
Hungary. Before visitors entered the classroom, they
received a Hungarian flag sticker. The 3th graders
had an informative presentation for travelers and
gave visitors a paper to color the flag. For first grade,
fourth grade and fifth grade, they represented Asian
countries. First grade presented India and the girls
wore traditional Indian clothes. They shared
information about India and gave Indian food to the
visitors. Then China was presented by fourth grade.
Some students wore traditional Chinese clothes and

welcomed visitors. They had four sections for visitors
to learn about China. In learning section, visitors
learned how to speak and write Mandarin. In the
café, listening to a traditional Chinese music people
drank Chinese tea and ate dumplings. In invention
section, students explained what the Chinese
invented in earlier times and made a small cannon
out of balloon and toilet paper to show people. The
final section was located outside the classroom where
the students performed a traditional Chinese dragon
dance.
Fifth grade represented Israel. They made a photo
booth and showed a video which they made
themselves. They also introduced some Israeli food
such as Matzah bread in their own Jerusalem café.
The 5th graders also showed people Mezuzah, a
prayer box that Jews put on their door frames.
Sixth grade presented Kenya. Before the
international day, they sent letters to pen pals in a
school in Kenya which Hunter and Brittany attended
before. They also listened to a talk from Mr. Martin
about Kenyan culture. On the Travel day, two
students dressed themselves as people of the Maasai
tribe. In the classroom, they welcomed people to see
a Kenyan safari and to eat Kenyan food in their
Kenyan cafe. After the students finished their
presentations, they ended the day with a song with
the high school choir and a potluck.

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