1. How We Express Ourselves
Over the coming weeks students will be looking into How We
Express Ourselves. This unit is an inquiry into how cultures use the
arts to express identity. During this unit, students will inquire into
cultures from around the world, art forms and aspects of identity.
Central Idea In all cultures, the arts are used to express identity.
Key Concepts Function– how the arts are used to convey/ express cultural identity
Connection—how our connection to art reflects cultural identity
Perspective—individual, group and cultural perspectives represented by
art
Lines of Inquiry Identity conveyed through the arts
Cultural identity and its connection to the arts (we have a connection to
different music, literature and art because it reflects who we are
(expresses our identity))
How culture can influence the creation of art
Transdisciplinary Research : observing through use of senses, recording data through
Skills learning and creating about different forms of expression
Thinking: synthesis through combining different specialist lesson parts to
make a whole (summative assessment)
Communication: listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing
Self-management: control of gross and fine-motor skills through Music
(instrument playing) and Art
Social: respecting others and different types of expression
Learner Profile Communicators—expressing ideas in a variety of ways
Open-minded– appreciating other perspectives
Risk-takers—through experimenting with different art forms

2. Please find below outlines of how Language Arts and Mathematics
are integrated with our unit which, will be taught in conjunction with
our on going mathematics and literacy programs.
Language Arts
Transdisciplinary Speaking and Listening: Oral story telling and listening. Retelling
stories and story meanings.
Students will: Begin to retell, relate and sequence events and sto-
ries with increasing detail. Be increasingly aware of tone and voice
level.
Writing – Retelling, identifying beginning, middle and end. Write
simple, sequenced stories.
Mr. Craig (music), Ms.Warunee (Thai Studies) and Ms. Dana (Art) will be involving
children in many exploratory activities in this unit. Mr. Jago will be using ICT to sup-
port our inquiries into the world’s different types of art forms.
Please visit Ms. Eva’s Year 2 EAL Blog for regularly updated vocabulary information
regarding this unit. http://blogs.nist.ac.th/eal/category/year-2/
Mathematics
Transdisciplinary Patterns – The use of patterning in different cultures, tessel-
lating patterns and symmetrical patterns.
Represent patterns in a variety of ways, for example, using
words, drawings, symbols, materials, actions, numbers
Inquire into number patterns – for example odd and even
Extend and create patterns in numbers
Use number patterns to represent and understand real-life
situations
Use the properties and relationships of addition and sub-
traction to solve problems.