Swift River: Celebrate Diversity

Celebrate Japan 2008

The purpose of the Celebrating Diversity project is to expose our relatively isolated students to the glorious richness of peoples and places; to find human connections to make the foreign familiar; to learn about how communities, around the world and along time, govern themselves and resolve conflicts among themselves and with other communities. By exploring and comparing cultures to ours we can learn how to be responsible and involved citizens, better able to appreciate the diversity of our own culture and, hopefully, practice resolving conflicts to a "win-win" solution. Using the arts provides access to learning and engaging modes of expressing that understanding for all students.

lena

Lena Morimoto explained the three Japanese alphabets to students, showing everyone how to write their name and pronounce it.

Sea Lucky, in The Dragon and the Lost Fish Hook

Sea Lucky, in The Dragon and the Lost Fish Hook


Shunji instructed students in the art of calligraphy.	Motoko entertained students with her fabulous story telling.

arigato

Playing with food at Arigato! Click here to watch a Quicktime movie of our adventure.