Plan and Activities Final 2014

PLAN AND ACTIVITIES ABC PROJECT 2014MONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAY

EMA & CHRISTINA

*15 min highs and lows: entering the classroom, preparing, welcoming the students

Activity1: spider's webDuration: 30 minProcedure:sitting in a circle, teachers start with telling their names and something about themselves (I like football), who ever feels the same raises their hands and the yarn is tossed to that person. The circle repeats. Aim: Getting to know each other, creating a sense of communityMaterials:a ball of wool

Activity2: class rulesDuration: 45 minProcedure: talking about who we are, why are we here, what are our obligations and rules we have to follow. Writing the rules down on the paper. The aim: creating rules for the project, discipline. Writing skills.Materials: hamer paper or any kind of bigger paper, markers

Activity3: culture in a box (preparing for it)Duration: 10 minProcedure: introducing the activity, every student should bring something about our culture (postcard, picture, tourist guide, map, anything dear to them that fits the envelope) to send it with our American colleagues. The aim is to promote cultural diversity and to speak about our own culture.Materials: a small box or a big envelope

*15 min highs and lows: summarizing the day, asking students what would they like to do, what kind of music they listen to*15 min highs and lows

Activity1: I'm going on a holiday to BrazilDuration: 20 minProcedure: walking around in a circle, first student says;Hi Im ______, Im going on a holiday to Brazil and Im bringing a _____(object beginning with the same letter as that persons name).The next person then says, Hi Im ______, Im going on a holiday to Brazil and Im bringing _____s ______ (the previous persons name and object) and a ______. The aim: energize the group, speaking skills, memory activity, a hint for the World Cup activitiesMaterials:none

Activity2: the line (outdoor activity)Duration: 20 minProcedure: draw a line, teacher says a statement and students who agree or match approach the line. The aim: building a community spirit, listening skillsMaterials: chalk or tape or a knot

Activity3: what makes you happy?Duration: 60 minProcedure: listening to 6 different statements about being happy, from 6 different countries. Talking about those countries and pointing them on a map, sticking post-its. There are pictures and statements on the board. Splitting up in groups and discussing, every group gets a pack of pictures to post them on a paper. Writing, drawing, posting on the paper, what makes them happy. Presenting their papers. The aim: introducing different cultures, listening, writing and talking skillsMaterials: world map, post-it, papers, printable pictures, glue, crayons, markers

*15 min highs and lows


Activity1: Wavin' flag by K'naanDuration: 20 minProcedure: talking about the World Cup a bit, listening to and watching the video, dancing. The aim: boosting the motivation, building the team spirit, energizingMaterials: laptop

Activity2: Team flagDuration:30 min, outdoor activityProcedure: creating a flag as a team. Painting a class flag on a sheet or a fabric. Listening to a song Wavin' flag by K'naan. What are our colours, our team slogan, a mascot. The aim: building the community spirit, art activity, introduction to a story about different culturesMaterials: 70x100 cm white sheet or thicker fabric, paints, brushes

Coming back to activity1, filling the gaps of Wavin' flag lyricsDuration: 15 minProcedure: listening and filling the gaps of lyrics.The aim: listening, reading, writing skills.

Activity3: a day in the lifeDuration: 60 minProcedure: reading and listening to different stories about kids from different countries. Their pictures are on the board. Splitting up in groups and making comics or a cartoon about their typical day in life. Presenting each group's work. The aim: reading, writing, speaking skills, art activity. Getting to know different cultures and habits of their peers around the world.Materials: laptop, printable pictures and texts, papers for drawing, crayons, markers.

*15 min highs and lows*15 min highs and lows

Activity1: simple sounds make great musicDuration:20 minProcedure: start the noise by clapping your hands, clapping hands against the table, chairs etc. Humming and dancing is also welcome! It can be recorded and then played. The aim: introducing the activity Music of the world, having fun, creating a relaxing atmosphereMaterials: hands, tables, chairs, sticks, plastics, metal anything that makes sound!

Activity2: Music of the worldDuration: 45 minProcedure: listening to various kinds of continental music. Pointing the countries on the map. Talking about different instruments, naming them. There are pictures on the board. Group the students. Ask them to draw a world map and stick the instruments where they are played. The aim: promoting cultural diversity through music. Listening, talking skillsMaterials: printable pictures, glue, hamer paper, world map

Activity 3: the USADuration: 45 minProcedure: ask our American co-teacher to present their culture, make a poster together with students. The aim: getting to know different cultures, listening, speaking skills.Materials: hamer paper, printable pictures, glue, markers, scissors


Activity1: ballon or finger painting (outside)Duration: 30 minProcedure: all the students paint on a same sheet or a big paper. The aim: having fun, art activity, warming upMaterials: a sheet or a paper, paints

Activity2: culture in a boxDuration: 30 minProcedure: collecting things about our culture that every student brought and packing them into a box or an envelope. Putting a stamp on it. Talking about what we have chosen to send to America. The aim: talking skills, cultural diversity, learning to send a packageMaterials: a smaller box or a big envelope, stamp, tape, scissors

Activity3: Bosnia and HerzegovinaDuration: 45 minProcedure: talking about our own culture, building up on a previous activity. Making a poster with different pictures and drawings. The aim: talking skills, art activity, learning about our culture, appreciating it.Materials: printable pictures, hamer paper, markers, glue

*15 min highs and lows: summarizing the day and the week, talking about further activities

*15 min highs and lows: introducing the theme of rights and obligations

Activity 1: secret dancerDuration: 20 minProcedure: stand in a circle. Choose a detective and ask him/her to leave the room. Then choose a secret dancer and he/she should start dancing their favourite dance move. Everyone copies them. The detective comes back and stands in a center and tries to identify the secret dancer. Secret dancer should change the move, everyone copies. Detective has 3 guesses. The aim: relaxing atmosphere, warming up, physical involvement.

Activity2: The Rights of ChildrenDuration: 60 minProcedure: sharing some information about UN and the Rights of children. Show a short video, discuss. Form the groups, students should write/draw ten rights that they think all children should have. Present all the groups, discuss, compare their rights with the Convention. Then write, draw and stick rights and pictures on the big paper, including those that students invented. The aim: talking about rights and obligations. Communicating.Materials:laptop, A copy of the UN Convention on the Rights of Children, hamer paper, markers, crayons, printable pictures, glue

Activity3: Give peace a chanceDuration: 10 minProcedure: listening to a song, Give peace a chance by John Lennon. Introducing the theme of peace and justice which will spread throughout the week.Materials: laptop

*15 min highs and lows*15 min highs and lows: introducing the theme of justice and peace

Activity1: Candies Duration: 20 minProcedure: have each student take some candies (those with wrapping so their hands don't get sticky). Tell them not to eat them. Then ask them to tell as many facts about themselves as many candies they have in their hands. When they are done, they can eat the candies. The aim: warming up. Talking about modesty.

Activity2: Reading Aesop's fables (outside)Duration:60 minProcedure: reading The wolf and the dog, The dishonest dog, The ant and the cricket. Talking about the content, discussing the theme of freedom and justice in the fables. Asking students different questions. Build-up: acting out the fables with the finger puppets. Asking students to illustrate the stories with paint.Materials:Aesop's fables, finger puppets, pictures with new vocabulary from the stories, papers, paint and brushes

Build-up activity: bullyingDuration:30 minProcedure: talking about our community our class. Recalling the rules that we created as a team. Talking about bullying in schools. Watching the video. Ask the students what would they do to prevent bullying. Talking about community and making friends. Writing peace messages on the napkins.Materials: laptop, napkins, markers or glittering highlighters.

Activity3: Give peace a chance, againDuration: 15 minProcedure: listening to a song, singing. The aim: having fun, they can listen to it while writing peace messages. To make students think about peace.Materials: laptop

*15 min highs and lows*15 min highs and lows, singing

Activity1: Wizards, Elves and Giants (outside)Duration: 30 minProcedure: the game is a modified version of scissors, paper, rock. Two teams line up against each other, and must collectively either decide to be wizards, giants or elves (You can make up actions for each). On the count of three, each team does their action, and the winning team (elf beats wizard, wizard beats giant, giant beats elf) chases the other team back to their wall and tries to tip as many people as possible. When somebody is tipped they then join the other team. This process is repeated until one team has every single person. The aim: warming up.Materials: none

Activity2: inventing tomorrow's world(Utopia)Duration: 45 minProcedure: brainstorm the ideas with the students, what would they change to make a world a better place, listen to a song Heal the world by Michael Jackson, show the lyrics. Form the groups and ask them to invent their own world on the paper. What would they do if they had the power? What do they and their friends need? Can they invent any invention that would help them survive? The aim: talking, listening, writing skills. Imagining.Materials: laptop, papers, markers, crayons

Activity3: making finger puppetsDuration: 45 minProcedure: cut the shape out of the cardboard, fold it, it goes in the sock. Stuff some cotton balls inside to make a head. Make nostrils by gluing the holes in the sock. Make ears out of the fabric scraps and glue them on the sock. Use pipe cleaners to make the horns (or hands). Glue the googly eyes on the sock. Then ask students to act out the stories from the previous day. The aim: craft activity, TPR, speaking skills, acting outMaterials: socks, pipe cleaners, googly eyes, cardboard, scissors, glue, markers, cotton balls, fabric scraps

*15 min highs and lows*15 min highs and lows; singing and talking, talking about favourite colours, introducing gender issues

Activity1: And then what happened?Duration: 20 minProcedure: ask students to close their eyes and start telling a story. Ask them to imagine what you are saying. Make a sudden break and ask them What happened?. Ask students to tell their endings. Ask them to paint or draw what they imagined. The aim: warming up, inventing, speaking and listening skills, artMaterials: papers, paints (or crayons), brushes

Activity2: peace signs (outside)Duration: 20 minProcedure: making peace signs, lying on the floor or making a 3D image with our bodies. The aim: promoting peace, TPR

Activity3: Peace Event Duration: 45 minProcedure: talking about the Peace Event in Sarajevo.Making a poster about the event, talking about what happened. Split students into groups and give them pictures with various motives of peace. They can combine those with their messages of peace in the shape of graffiti. Ask them how would they organize a Peace Event, how can all of us contribute? The aim: talking about peace and tolerance. Speaking skills, art Materials: printable pictures, glue, hamer paper, markers

*15 min highs and lows*15 min highs and lows; singing

Activity1: catch and clapDuration: 15 minProcedure: Everyone stands in a circle and the ball is tossed around the circle, and caught. Before you catch the ball, you must clap once.You can get out if you either drop the ball, if you clap when you arent meant to, or if you dont clap before you catch the ball. When you are out, you do a task like 5 squats or jump 5 times. (or anything else we come up with) You can come back up a stage when you do the task. The aim: a good activity to play while people are coming in. Warming upMaterials: A foam ball

Activity2: making cardboard dollsDuration:45 minProcedure: cutting out the dolls in different colours, presenting different races. Materials: cardboard, scissors, glue, markers, googly eyes, pipe cleaners


*15 min highs and lows: introducing the theme of environment and civic activism

Activity1: rock band (preparing for it)Duration: 10 minProcedure: talk about small rocks that we can collect and then make our own rock band. Every student should collect small rocks over the week and put them in bottles. The aim: talking about environment, art activity making music.Materials: a bottle with rocks in it to show the students

Activity2: introducing different professionsDuration:30 minProcedure: listen and watch the video (song People work) about professions. Talking about different institutions in our city. Where can we find them? What are they for? (maybe we can visit some of them) the aim: getting to know our community, building vocabularyMaterials: laptop, printable pictures

Activity3: building our cityDuration: 60 minProcedure: group the students. They should make a city model out of cardboard, collage, play-doh with reference to various buildings and professions. Presenting their cities, using the vocabulary they learnt in the previous activity. The aim: craft activity, spatial orientation, speaking skillsMaterials: cardboard, collage paper, scissors, glue, play-doh, water colours, paints, brushes, markers, crayons, bottles

*15 min highs and lows*15 min highs and lows: talking about ecology. How can we contribute to our community?

Activity1: human knot (outside)Duration: 15 minProcedure: everyone stands in a circle and reaches out their hands in the middle of a circle. Then everyone grabs unto two other people's hands and they are in a gigantic knot. The aim: try to untie the human knot. Team-building.Materials: none.

Activity2: story in a bottleDuration:60 minProcedure: each student should make up their own story and write it down on a piece of paper. Roll it and put it in the bottle. They can decorate their bottles with markers, different kinds of fabric, bows...they can also cut out some pictures from magazines and stick them on the bottles. Students can then exchange their bottles. Then students present the stories they got. The aim: craft activity, writing, reading and speaking skillsMaterials:empty bottles, buttons, wrapping paper, bows, all kinds of fabric anything that glitters, has a lot of colours on it!, markers, scissors, glue, pictures, old magazines and newspapers


Activity1: from our window Duration: 30 minProcedure: ask students to look through the window and to draw/paint what they see. Presenting their drawings or paintings. The aim: positive sense of identity, communicating, noticing the environment. Talking about similarities and differences.Materials: papers, crayons, markers, paint and brushes

Activity2: Sad flower (Sesame street)Duration: 20 minProcedure: watching the short video, talking about it. Why is it sad? How can I save the Earth? The aim: Introducing the theme of environment and ecology. Talking skills.Materials: laptop, pictures

Activity3: writing a letter to any institution in our cityDuration: 45 minProcedure: bring real envelopes and papers for writing letters to each student. They can write a letter to anyone they want to. Ask them to think about the problems in our town, what would they like to solve and how. Give them some openings and endings they can use. Ask them to read the letters. The aim: writing the formal letter, writing and speaking skillsMaterials: envelopes, papers, pens


Activity1: everyone who...(it can be performed outside too)Duration: 20 minProcedure: everyone needs to be sitting in a big circle on chairs. With one person in the middle without a chair, this person introduces themselves (name, maybe something else) and then says Everyone who and then says something about people, like is wearing shorts, or likes eating chocolate. For anyone which that statement is true (i.e. they are wearing shorts), they need to get up and find a new seat. They cant sit in their own seat or one directly next to them. At the same time the person in the middle needs to find a seat. Once all of the seats are filled, there will be one person remaining standing. This person who is left in the middle introduces themselves and then says Everyone who and the game keeps going. The aim: findind similarities, warming up.Materials: chairs

Activity2: storycubesDuration: 20 minProcedure:prepare the cubes with specific pictures (ecology, environment) on them. Each student gets 5 cubes and has to tell a story by following the pictures. The aim: inventing, talking skills. Talking about ecology and our environment.Materials: cardboard cubes with pictures on them (I would make them)

Activity3: yarn with handsDuration: 45 minProcedure: prepare a piece of cardboard with strings so that students can weave with their hands, using different colours. The aim: motor activity, havin funMaterials: yarn (different colours), cardboard, scissors


Activity1: rock bandDuration: 20 minProcedure: every student should bring their own bottles with rocks (also buttons) in them, so we can play all together. This activity is building on the activity simple sounds make great music. The aim: having fun, playingMaterials: bottles and rocks

Activity2: Blind guidance to the city (outside)Duration:45 minProcedure: every team draws their city on the floor outside. They will lead each other to their cities. Before the game begins, youll need to set up an obstacle course for people to be guided through. It should be about 10 metres long and should be safe enough so that people with blindfolds on can walk through it. To start, break your group into pairs. Next, one person from each pair puts a blindfold on. The person without the blindfold then needs to guide their partner through the course using only language. They are not allowed to touch their partner, only guide with words. Once one partner has gone through the course, they then switch and do it again. The aim: building trust, speaking skills, artMaterials: blindfold, chairs, chalk


MIDHAT & EMILY

Activity:Group rulesDuration:30minutesProcedure: To create group rules which all pupils should obeyMaterials:A3 poster, markers

Activity Ice breaker:Spider web-tell us a word that describes youDuration 10-15minutes Procedure:each child tells a word which describes himself/herselfMaterials:thread, kids standing in a circle, passing the thread from one to anotherGoal:kids to get familiar with each other

Activity:A box of crayonshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5A0AQs3SCIDuration:30minProcedure:Read the poem "The Crayon Box That Talked" to your students. It is about the different colors getting along and liking each other. Then, children draw their portraits on a die-cut crayon pattern.Place all the crayons into a giant box of crayons that you can create using construction paper:Materials:crayons and a sheet of paperGoal:All kids are equal,kids can help in a different way

Activity:If you were an ice cream flavor, which one would you be and why?

Duration:15-20minutesProcedure: each kid explains which ice cream flavour he/she would beMaterials:pictures of different colors and ice cream flavours

Activity:World Cup culturesDuration:20-30minutesProcedure: First,each kids writes a name of a country from the World Cup, then kids with the same country are paired and draw its flag and say something about it if they know anything about it.Materials: paper sheets, crayonsGoal: to become familiar with other culturesActivity:Ice-breaker LineDuration:10-15minProcedure:A line is drawn through the classroom (or outside if the weather is nice) and the kids are aligned on both sides of the line. Several yes-no questions are asked,kids with a yes answer stand on the lineMaterials:chalk, cd playerGoal: to see what kids have in common

Activity: holidays Duration:30minutesProcedure: each kid draws how he/she spends their favourite holiday and then in pairs they talk about their holidays. In the end the holidays are listed on the board written in various colorsMaterials: paper sheets, markers, chalks Goal:to introduce various holidays to kids

Activity:My favourite meal- game LineDuration:20-25minutesA line is drawn again. The kids are on both sides of the line. The teacher mentiones a meal and those who like it come to the line.Materials:chalkGoal: kids to get familiar to each other

Activity:How To Make A Paper FanDuration:60minutesProcedure:each kid takes a paper sheet and follows the instructions of the teacher how to make a paper fan.each kid fold one part of the sheet, then sends the sheet to the next kid and so on.Then the kids exchange the fans in order the other kids to draw something on it,or to write their names. Materials:paper sheets for all kids, crayons,scotch tapeGoal: teach them how to make a paper fan while showing that team work is important

Activity: Do I like the activites- what would i like to do?Duration 20-30minutesProcedure:all kids stand in a circle and each kid says what he/she liked/disliked about the activitesMaterials:No materialsGoal: to see whether the kids are eager to continue in the same manner in the following day or whether some changes should be made Activity:Ice-breaker: My breakfastDuration:15-20minProcedure:Children are sitting in a circle, and each has to say what he/she had for breakfast, while the next kid is selected by calling his/her nameMaterials: no materialsGoal: talk about kids' home while checking whether they have or haven't remembered each other's name

Activity:If you could visit any place in the world, where would you choose to go and whyDuration:30minutesProcedure: each kid writes the name of a place which they would visit. Then they are paired according to continents to which the place belongs. Then the whole group makes a mape of the world with their places on itGoal:to get familiar with different places

Activity: Dancing-Happy Pharrel WiliamsDuration:5minutesProcedure: dancing while listening to the song HappyMaterials:OH projector, loudspeakers, laptop

Activity:Anthem of US, British anthem and B&H anthemDuration:40minutesProcedure: While listening to anthems, kids draw what they feel. A task for relaxing while sharing their emotions with others.

Activity: Class anthem?Duration 10-15minutesProcedure:all kids sit in a circle and each kid says what song he/she would like to be our anthem. The songs are listed on the blackboard and each kid gives a happy or sad smiley for a particular song.Materials:blackboard and chalk, paper sheets, crayonsActivity:Candy GameDuration:30 minutesProcedure:Each kid takes a candy of a particular color, each color representing a favorite hobbie, job, meal, best friend Materials: candies of various color, chalk and blackboardGoal:kids get familiar with each other

Activity:watching a movie about countries and nationalitieshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6cvRmyEUKcDuration:15minutesProcedure: Kids are sitting and watching the movieMaterial:OH projector, laptop,loudspeakersGoal: Introduce nationalities to children

Activity: Dancing-Happy Pharrel WiliamsDuration:5minutesProcedure: dancing while listening to the song HappyMaterials:OH projector, loudspeakers,laptop

Activity:Writing a postcardDuration: 20 minutesProcedure: each kids makes a postcard of paper sheet. On the cover should be a drawing of a city or country from the movie.The content of the envelope should describe the place. Then the kids swap postcards and read aloud postcards of other kids.Goal: to get familiar with other places while practicing reading

Activity:guessing games-postcardsDuration:30minutesProcedure: All postcards are put in a box/bag and then each kid takes a postcard and describes it to the class. The class tries to guess whose postcard it is.Goal: to practice speaking and to use adjectivesActivity: watching a short movie- sesame streethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24q_BZ9XYBI

Duration:15minutesProcedure: First,we watch the short movie and then kids talk about the places they'd like to visit if they were a bird.Material:OH projector, laptop,loudspeakers

Activity:Class flagDuration:30minutesProcedure: Each kid draws a flag, then in pairs they combine their flag, then in small groups they again combine their flags into one, and in the end the whole class creates the class flag.Materials:paper sheets, crayons,a big poster

Activity: : Dancing-Happy Pharrel WiliamsDuration:5minutesProcedure: dancing while listening to the song Happy but the video is not from the original song, but from B&HMaterials:OH projector, loudspeakers,laptop

Activity: Balloon painting (outdoor activity)Duration: 30 minutes Procedure: The whole class paints on a large poster or on white sheet. Balloons are filled with colour and each student will have to amsh the balloon against the paper. This way all of them would create a piece of art and have fun. Materials: poster or sheet, balloons and water or oil colours

Activity: warm up activity: How did i spend my weekendDuration:15-20minutesProcedure: each kid describes how he/she had spent the weekendActivity: Draw and share - peaceDuration: 20 minutes Procedure: students have to draw their association on the word PEACE and after that they have to share it with the whole class.Materials: paper, crayons

Activity:Peace Dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYzwruuXtJE

Duration: 20minutesProcedure: Kids listen to the song and dance. They listen to the song several times, a small competition is organized. The activity is an introduction for the next activity

Activity:Peace in the worldDuration:20minutesProcedure: on a big paper sheet which the teacher brings to the class, the kids color the people which are drawn around a circle (Earth)http://www.abcteach.com/free/c/childrencir.pdf

Materials: Big paper sheet, crayons

Activity: How do we say peace in different languages? Duration: 20 minutes Procedure: teaching students to say peace in 15 different languages. After they learn we do the activity 'Remembering peace'.. Goals:-leaning a new words-introducing different languagesActivity:Tolerance songDuration:15minuteshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QSLlEt_LJYProcedure: Kids first listen to the song, then there is a small discussion about whether they do know or not what tolerance is. Then each kid draws himself/herself and all portraits are put on a big paper sheet simbolizing unityMaterials:small paper sheets and a big one, crayons,markersGoal: teach kids tolerance while getting them engaged in activities which are created for pair and group work

Activity: My American friendWriting a letter to an American friendDuration:60 minutesProcedure: first,kids write letters which they'd like to send to an American friend. They write some questions they'd like to ask them. Then, the letters are collected and the kids get back a letter, but from someone other. Then they try to imagine what it is like to live in a US city (there'd be several pictures of different US cities at the board). Then the letters are collected again, and each kid recieves their own letter, with answersActivity:Box of crayonsDuration 20 minutesProcedure: Each kid takes one crayon. There are four sheet for coloring. Kids are divided in four groups, each group gets one sheet,but not all colors should be in one group. Then they try to color the sheet but when they need a color from a different group they have to figure out a nice way of asking for the crayon, or even to try to persuade the kid with the crayon to join them.Materials:paper sheets, crayons

Activity: Tree of toleranceDuration 30minutesProcedure: on the sport field behind the school a big tree is drawn. The branches symbolize a word related to tolerance and nice behaviour. After all branches are filled in, a photo is taken while the kids are holding handsMaterials: chalk, photographerActivity: What a wonderful world -dancinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddLd0QRf7VgDuration:5minutesProcedure: Kids dance while the song is an introducion for the activity about tolerance

Activity:Ice breaker: World Cup and B&HDuration:10 minutesProcedure:B&H has already played their first game, so kids can talk about their thought and opinionsMaterials:no materials

Activity:Tolerance- athletesDuration:20minutesProcedure: Pictures of various athletes from all over the world are shown to kids. Kids talk about their opinions about the athletes.

Activity: Simon saysDuration:10-15 minutesProcedure: Teacher gives instruction/orders according to Simon says rules, but the instructions are about where to find an athlete of a particular nation.(e.g.Simon says: Find an athlete from Europe) The activity should be played outside, while on the sport field a map of the world is drawn and on the map there are pictures of athletes/countriesMaterials:chalk, pictures of athletes

Activity:Activity: making cardboard dollsDuration:45 minProcedure: cutting out the dolls in different colours, presenting different races. Pictures from the previous activity are used as fundaments for the puppetsMaterials: cardboard, scissors, glue, flomasters,markers

Activity:Highs and lows of the dayActivity: skittles or M&MsDuration: 20 minProcedure: First, introduce the theme of justice and peace, thenhave each student take some skittles or M&Ms. Tell them not to eat them. Then ask them to tell as many facts about themselves as many skittles they have in their hands. When they are done, they can eat skittles. The aim: warming up. Talking about modesty. Materials:skittles

Activity: ballon or finger painting (outside) Duration: 30 minProcedure: all the students paint on a different sheet and then they paint on a same sheet or a big paper. The aim: having fun, art activity, warming upMaterials: a sheet or a paper, paints

Activity: Listening- animals' soundinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7R_M52EAkI

Duration: 5minutesProvedure:Kids listen to a song about animals as a transition from one to another activity

Activity: Reading Aesop's fables (outside)Duration:60 minProcedure: reading The wolf and the dog, The dishonest dog, The ant and the cricket. Talking about the content, discussing the theme of freedom and justice in the fables. Asking students different questions. Build-up: acting out the fables with the finger puppets. Asking students to illustrate the stories with paint.Materials:Aesop's fables, finger puppets, pictures with new vocabulary from the stories, papers, paint and brushes

Activity:Performing a fable-preparationDuration:30minutesProcedure:The class is being prepared to perform a fable which they had already done in the class. The roles are asigned to kids (a role can be asigned to several kids). The kids prepare themselves at home, and the day after they would perform the playMaterials: cardboards for masks, chalk for drawing the scene at the sport field,

Activity:Highs and lows of the dayDuration:5-10minutesActivity:Ice breaker-What did i have for breakfast? (Line)Duration:5-10 minutesProcedure: Kids are at the both end of the line, those who had the same food for breakfast come cloe to each other. Materials: no materials

Activity:PlayDuration:30-45 minutesProcedure:Each kid has to perform at least one role.The play is performed, the photographer/cameraman can make some shotsMaterials: Masks, chalk, camera, performed in front of the school if possible on the grass

Activity:listening and movingSong about a horsehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7w01EobK1MDuration 5minutesProcedure: Kids listen to the song and when a certain move is mentioned in the song, they imitate it.Materials: cd player or OH projector

Activity:: Wizards, Elves and Giants (outside)Duration: 30 minProcedure: the game is a modified version of scissors, paper, rock. Two teams line up against each other, and must collectively either decide to be wizards, giants or elves (You can make up actions for each). On the count of three, each team does their action, and the winning team (elf beats wizard, wizard beats giant, giant beats elf) chases the other team back to their wall and tries to tip as many people as possible. When somebody is tipped they then join the other team. This process is repeated until one team has every single person. The aim: warming up.Materials: none

Activity:Movie watching- Big Buck Bunnyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akCs192RYtEDuration:20-25 minutesProcedure: Kids watch a short movie about a bunny who was bullied by three squirrels and how the bunny solved the problem. A short, funny cartoonMaterials: OH projector,laptopGoal: To educate kids that violence is not a way of solving problems.

Activity: Weekend plansDuration 10-15minutesProcedure: each kid talks aboout their plans for the weekend

Activity:Ice breaker: Where do I live?Duration 15-20 minutesProcedure: Each kid says where they live, which part of the town, which street and puts a pin into the place- a map of Sarajevo is brought to the classMaterials: Sarajevo map,a styrofoam board, pins in various colors

Activity:Guess who lives hereDuration:35minutesProcedure: We use the board,magnets and the map. A child chooses a pin and a route from the pin point to the school while describing how that kid goes from home to school. Others have to guess whose route it is.Materials: Sarajevo map,a board, magnets in various colorsGoal: to teach kids how to give instructions

Activity: Trust meDuration:25 minutesProcedure: Kids are put in pairs. Each pair has a leader while the other has a blindfold. The game being played outside, the activity is a small competition, to see who can give the instructions successfully ti escape the labyrinth and whether their partner trusts themMaterials:blindfold, chalk for driving the path/labyrinth

Activity:High and lows of the dayDuration:10-15 minutesActivity:Warm up- What are you doing?Duration:15-20minutesProcedure:The students stand in a circle. The first student begins by miming an action or activity, such as playing golf. The student to his right asks, "What are you doing?" and the first student replies with something random, such as "I'm shaving." The second student must then adopt that action (in this case, shaving) while the third student asks, "What are you doing?" and then that student answers with something random, such as, "Dancing the hula." The game continues until you get back around to the first student.

Activity: Our environment Duration: 20 25 minutes Procedure: students will talk about and draw their way to school and what they are passing by every day. After this we will together create windows from buildings and each student will place drawing of their home into one window. Materials: paper and colours

Activity:Pluto at the zooCartoonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBYcadBPQ70Duration:25minutesProcedure: First, the kids watch the movie and then we talk about our zoo and whether they have visited it.Materials:OH projector, loudspeakers, laptop

Activity:On the farmDuration:10 minutesProcedure:Teacher will call out various farm animals;Students will mimic the farm animal (sounds and movement) until teacher calls out a new farm animal.Activity: human knot (outside)Duration: 15 minProcedure: everyone stands in a circle and reaches out their hands in the middle of a circle. Then everyone grabs unto two other people's hands and they are in a gigantic knot. The aim: try to untie the human knot. Team-building.Materials: none.

Activity:Buildings and institutions around the schoolDuration:30 minutesProcedure:Kids are put in groups. Then in groups they try to identify major buildings around the school (Church, Alta, Bank,Holiday Inn, bus and train station,etc)Materials: sheets and pensGoal: get kids familiar with their environment.

Activity:energizer 911Duration:20minutesProcedure:1. Review with the students how to make a 911 call.(modify to dial B&H emergency numbers)2. Have students use their bodies to make shapes of 9 - 1 - 1 while chanting 911! 3. Review fire safety: what are the things we all need to know in order to survive a fire? Practice crawling under the smoke at least 30 seconds Practice stop, drop and roll (using space available) several times 4. Review storm safety procedures: Practice moving away from windows Practice covering their heads

Materials:desks,chairs, classroom

Activity: Bosnia and HerzegovinaDuration: 45 minProcedure: talking about our own culture, Making an individual picture/drawing of B&H. The aim: drawing skills, art activity, learning about our culture, appreciating it.Materials: printable pictures, hamer paper, markers, glue

Activity: introducing different professionshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORGLQudvMWEDuration: 30 minProcedure: listen and watch the video (song People work) about professions. Talking about different professions in our city. Where can we find them? What are they for?Goal: getting to know our community, building vocabularyMaterials: laptop, printable picturesActivity:What did i dream?Duration:10-15 minutesProcedure: Each kid talks about what they have dreamt aboutMaterials:no materials

Activity: making finger puppets-make puppets for each professionDuration: 45 minProcedure: cut the shape out of the cardboard, fold it, it goes in the sock. Stuff some cotton balls inside to make a head. Make nostrils by gluing the holes in the sock. Make ears out of the fabric scraps and glue them on the sock. Use pipe cleaners to make the horns (or hands). Glue the googly eyes on the sock. Then ask students to act out the stories from the previous day. Materials: socks, pipe cleaners, googly eyes, cardboard, scissors, glue, marker, cotton balls, fabric scrapsGoal: craft activity, TPR, speaking skills, acting out

Activity: Energizer Students will act out the following fitness song. On the first day of fitness, my trainer gave to meDuration:15minutesThere are several exercises each day it is possible to perform several ones12 jumping jacks 11 raise the roofs 10 knee lifts 9 side stretches 8 jogs in place 7 jabs/punches 6 kicks to the front 5 hula hoops 4 jumping ropes (imaginary rope) 3 muscle poses 2 scissors (feet apart then cross in front, feet apart then cross in back) 1 stork stand (balance on one foot)

Activity:Puppets playDuration: 40 minutesProcedure:Kids are divided in groups of 5. First,they create a play, then they present it to the rest of the class.Materials: Puppets from the earlier activityGoal: trigger imagination, teamworkActivity:Line- what am i wearing?Duration:10-15minutesProcedure:Game Line is already described, but now the teaches says something like: I wear a blue shirt and those with a blue shirt come to the line,etc.Materials: chalk to draw the lineGoal: to warm up the kids

Activity:Movie making- exhibitionDuration:60minutesProcedure: Project cameraman makes a clip about what kids have done during the project. Kids are put in groups, and each group presents a particular activity or set of activities. Also put the class flag and anthem in the clipMaterials: all materials used through the projectGoal: create a clip of the whole class

Activity: World Cup talksDuration:30minutesProcedure:Talk about the World Cup while using the vocabulary and terms learnt through the projectMaterials: All materials used through the projectActivity:Goodbye envelopeDuration:20-30 minutesProcedure: On a classroom wall envelopes with names of each kid is put. Other kids write tnotes with positive sides of the kid, so that all kids would have a nice memory of the project

EMINA & ANDREA

15 minutes warm welcome and introduction***Activity: REMEMBERING NAMESDuration: 30 minutes Procedure: This is a circle activity; each student has to say its own name and the name of the previous student. Say your name and then hand the ball off, rotating the ball clockwise around the circle. The next student says your name, his name, and then hands off the ball to the next student. That student says your name, the previous student's name, and then his name. When this is done the students choose whom to give the ball saying the other persons name, and after this the circle gets scrambled so that everybody changes its spot and this way students check whether they have remembered their colleagues and the names. The activity is played with foam ball, but any other object can be used. Goals Students will improve their listening skills. Students will build classroom community. Students will learn each other's names.

Material: foam ball

Activity: Think Pair Share Duration: 40 minutesWriting part: 5- 10 minutesSpeaking part: 25 35 minutesProcedure:Each student is given a 4 x 6 Index card. They are to write: Name; Something they like to do; What they did last summer; Intended Major; Favourite Food, Book, Superhero. Your Choice! Share what each has written. Each person will introduce their partner to the groups indicating what they have learned about that person.Goals: students will meet each other better, building classroom community and new friendships improving speaking and writing skillsMaterials: paper and pen

ACTIVITY: Our rules and our obligationsDuration: 30 minutesProcedure: Together as a class we create the rules which will be valid during the whole projectMaterials: paper and pen (different colours)***Circle time 15: closure and summary of the first day + asking students what they would like to do?15 minutes circle time***Activity: M&M activity Duration: 20 minutesProcedure: Each students grabs differently coloured M&Ms. They cannot eat them. Every colour stands for something e.g. green family, blue hobbies, red school However many M&Ms they have in their hands, that is how many facts they have to tell. E.g. if they have 3 blue, they would have to say three facts about their hobbies.Materials: M&Ms, Fru-Fru candies

Activity: The Line (outdoor activity)Duration: 15 20 minutesProcedure: This activity is meant to build community spirit and the questions would match our topics. E.g. do you like travelling? This would be a hint that we are to learn about continents and other cultures. Materials: chalk or Scotch tape

Activity: Alphabet Memory Duration: 30 minutesSpeaking: 15 minutesWriting: 15 minutesPresenting the story: 15 minutes Procedure: Instead of alphabet we would use starting letters of our names. E.g. students A says A stands for apple, action etc., and each students has to do the same with their starting letter. After everyone said something the whole class has to create a story out of the words mentioned in the game. The group can be divided into two teams or more teams in order for the class to get more different stories. Goals: class cooperation, storytelling, improving speaking and writing skillsMaterials: paper and pen

Activity: Describe and DrawDuration: 30 minutesProcedure: the class is divided into pairs. One of the students can see is given a photo while the other students cannot see it. the first students must describe and give instructions to the second students so that the seconds students draw the photo. Alternative to this activity: student gets a card with the item (word) he has to draw. He draws it on the blackboard in front of the whole class but with his eyes covered. Goals: practicing listening skills learning how to give instructionsMaterials: photos, cards, board and chalk***15 minutes closing circle time15 minutes - circle time***Activity: Secret Dancer (outdoor activity)Duration: 35 minutesProcedure: After playing a few rounds of this icebreaker, everyone will be feeling much more comfortable with each other in your group. Everyone stands in a circle and a detective is chosen. The job of the detective is to find the secret dancer. Once the detective has left the room, the secret dancer is chosen. They then start dancing their favourite dance move, and everyone copies them. The detective comes back in the room, into the centre of the circle, and they have to try and find the secret dancer. The secret dancer then needs to change the dance move, and everyone needs to change with them as quickly as possible. The detective then tries to guess who the secret dancer is. They get three guesses, if they dont guess, the secret dancer wins!Materials: music

Activity: Pipe CleanersDuration: 20 minutesProcedure: Have people take a pipe cleaner and use it to form into something that represents who they are. (Something that they are good at, they like to do, about their family, etc.) It can be an actual representation or symbolic one. When they are done, have them walk around and pair up with someone and try to guess each others shape. Then pull the group together and have people share. Materials: pipe cleaners

Activity: React and Act Duration: 20-30 minutesProcedure: Players randomly select a sheet of paper that has an occurrence on it (for example, winning a million dollars in the lottery) and they must react to the occurrence using animated expressions, gestures, and words. After a set amount of time, other players try to guess what happened that caused those reactions and actions. Materials paper, pens, and a bag or a box

Activity: Nonverbal Birthday Line-upDuration: 15-20 minutes Procedure: each students tells us its birthday date. Everyone must listen carefully. After everybody tells dates, ask everyone to line up according to the month and day of birth without talking. Later a class poster of birthdays can be created.***15 minutes closing circle time15 minutes circle time***Activity: This is really important to meDuration: 30 minutesProcedure: Each students brings an object which is of importance to them and presents a story behind it to the whole class. Goals: -creating a relaxing atmosphere in the class, -meeting each other, -practicing speaking

Activity: Balloon painting (outdoor activity)Duration: 30 minutes Procedure: The whole class paints on a large poster or on white sheet. Balloons are filled with colour and each student will have to smash the balloon against the paper. This way all of them would create a piece of art and have fun. Materials: poster or sheet, balloons and water or oil colours

Activity: Never have I everDuration: 15 20 minutesProcedure: Everyone sits in a circle and take turns saying something they have never done. Each player starts with ten fingers showing. Each time says something that youve done, you drop a finger. The goal is to be the last player remaining.

Activity: Change Three ThingsDuration: 10- 15 minutes Procedure: Form pairs. After looking each other over, both partners stand back-to-back. Then each changes three things about their appearance. Each partner tries to figure out what was changed. The fun part of this activity is to continue changing things for about 7 - 10 rounds. Goal: teaching persistence ***15 minutes circle time15 minutes circle time***Activity: Vocabulary brainstorming Duration: 20 minutesProcedure: students are shown a photography or postcard or picture and they have to say as many words they can think of. Goals: teaching and learning new vocabularymaterials: photos

Activity: Story telling Duration: 20 30 minutes Procedure: The teachers and the students tell a random story together. This activity can be played in two ways; students can create their ending after the teacher suddenly finishes the story or even draw what they imagined, and the whole class can be active because the teacher may tell the story but suddenly ask students to complete the sentence. Goal: practicing speaking and listening team buildingMaterials: paper and crayon pencils

Activity: Cartoon and actingDuration: 20 minutes Procedure: The class is divided into 4 groups. Each group is given small cartoon with empty speech bubbles. They have to fill in the speech bubbles and act it out. Materials: cartoons and pens

Activity: The Talent ShowDuration: 20 minutes Procedure: Everyone selects one talent or special gift that they possess and can demonstrate for the group. They introduce themselves, explain what their special talent is, and then perform their special talent for the group.

Activity: Europe discussion Duration: 20 25 minutes Procedure: watching movies about Europe, talking about culture differences across Europe, playing European music in different languages from every country a song. Students drawing associations on songs and trying to guess where from the song is. Materials: paper, crayon colours, music, photos of Europe, (power point presentation)

Activity: English cities word search puzzleDuration: 15 minutes Procedure: students are to find all cities in puzzle. This can be done individually or in pairs. Goal: to see how many cities there are in England learn new cities. Materials: word search puzzle***15 minutes closing circle time

15 minutes circle time***Activity: Your ship is sinking Duration: 20 minutes Procedure: A survivor activity for revising personal characteristics vocabulary and subsequent discussion on who to save. There has been an explosion on your ship. Your ship is sinking! There is only one lifeboat. There is a small, deserted island about 10 kilometres away but the ocean is filled with sharks. You must choose who will go with you in the life boat to the island.Materials: paper

Activity: Who is this?Duration: 20 minutes Students are shown 5 different photos of 5 people from different continents. They have to answer the questions like: who is this? What is his/her job? What did he/she eat this morning? Etc. Materials: pictures, paper and pen

Activity: America and our culture - discussionDuration: 20- 30 minutes Procedure: Music students will listen to different music types and they have to draw their ideas and tell us what they think of and similar. We also talk about our music and what they like to listen? Music from different countries is played and students have to guess the country. And then we ask them what is culture for them and what would they send to America of our culture. For this we will have a small box or paper bag into which students will put their culture post. Collecting of cultural items will last during the whole week till Friday. During this students are presented a video Love Generation - Bob Sinclair which shows different landscapes from America and is about world cup. This video will be our introduction for the small discussion about world cup. Latter students are shown another video of the same song just having inserts from the 2006 football world cup. Materials: music, movie clips, paper, pen, paper bag, box,

Activity: Story in papersDuration: 20 minutes Procedure: The class is divided into 2teams each team got full bag of papers with one or two sentences or with full paragraphs and they have to line the story in order and then present it through acting or in some other way. Materials: paper, pens***15 minutes closing circle time15 minutes circle time***Activity: Lost on a deserted islandDuration: 20- 30 minutes Procedure: Given the scenario that everyone is lost and stranded on a deserted island, each person describes one object that they would bring and why. Each person is allowed to bring one object to the island ideally something that represents them or something that they enjoy. The first part of this icebreaker is simple: each person is asked to describe what object they would bring and why. This need not be realistic; if someone loves music, he or she might choose to bring a guitar, or an animal lover might choose to bring a dog, a food lover might choose to bring sirloin steaks, and so on. Encourage people to be creative. After everyone has introduced their object and why they have chosen that object, the teambuilding portion follows. Divide into smaller groups and ask everyone to work together to improve their chances of survival by combining the various objects that they introduced.Materials: paper

Activity: Who is this?Duration: 20 minutes Procedure: The same activity but this time it would be only about people and their traditional clothing. Students are also given 5 different pictures presenting different style. They have to guess which country/continent the style belongs. Also during this activity we would mainly focus on Africa since each continent gets a day in a week. After this they create their own style dolls on paper working with different materials and when finished they have to present their work. Materials: paper, different sewing materials, pipe cleaners, googly eyes

Activity: How to say hello in 15 languagesDuration: 20 minutesProcedure: each student will learn how to say differently hello, but this would only be the introductory part since this activity would be practiced and done many times later on.

Activity: Visit/ Our travelling mapDuration: 20 minutesProcedure: students are given an empty poster of world map. They get different crayon colours and each student must draw or put some symbol where they would like to go and they have to explain why. This way the class spirit would deepen and we would create our traveling map.Material: empty world map and crayon colours***15 minutes closing circle time15 minutes circle time***Activity: Flags guessing gameDuration: 15 20 30 minutesProcedure: students are shown flags of different countries and they have to guess which country is it? Also who guesses has to say something they know of that country. After this they can design a classroom flag. Making a classroom flag can be done as a collage or painting and it can be done outside. Also every student can design its own personal flag and when doing so they have to present it to the classroom however they want to. Goal: teach kids at least 10 flagsMaterials: flags, poster, colours, pictures

Activity: Wavin flag - gap fill quiz + outdoor danceDuration: 20 25 minutesProcedure: Listen to the song, complete the missing gaps, learn the song sing it and create a choreographyMaterials: song and paper sheets

Activity: Karaoke singing Duration: 30 minutesProcedure: students are presented 5 songs and then they choose the one they like best. Then the students learn and sing karaoke song e.g. Wavin Flag or any other song about the world cup (it can be their choice). The class can be divided into two teams and both teams have to learn to sing karaoke version of the song. The activity can be modified so that each team must learn a different song. Materials: songs and music

Activity: About Australia - discussionDuration: 20 minutes Procedure: students are presented with Australian music, animals all of this in a form of presentation (power point) Goal: getting to know better Australian continent improving speaking skills

Activity: Which city is this?Duration 15 - 20 minutes Procedure: in the magic box there are piece of paper with names of cities. Each student has to pick one and try to describe the city and the group tries to guess. Materials: magic box and papers

Activity: Culture CornerDuration: 30 minutesProcedure: students are given texts of different stories from different countries and they have to guess to which country the story belongs. Or students can be presented with photos from different countries and the procedure is the same. Latter when they finish guessing we discuss the photos and stories. Goals: practicing reading skills learning new vocabulary

***15 minutes closing circle time15 minutes circle time***Activity: Choose a city Duration: 20 minutes Procedure: Students think about and discuss a city they would like to live in for a year. Put the names of these cities up on the board and ask students to get into small groups and share any information they know about the cities. Tell the students to imagine that they are going to live and work in one of those cities for a year. Tell the students to work in groups and think about things they would like to know about each city before they decide which one to go to. The things students may think of could include: standard of living, job possibilities, type of housing, things to do and see, climate, geographical location (distance from sea, mountains), family connections with a place, language etc. Once they have had time to think of a few criteria, get the students to share their ideas with the class and write a few of the most important ones on the board.Materials: chalk and board

Activity: Secret Identity Duration 20- 30 minutes Procedure: the class is divided into 10 pairs. Each pair picks a paper with basic information out of which they have to create a new identity. They present it to the classroom through different way, painting, telling, interviewMaterials: paper with information

Activity: How to say hello in 15 languagesDuration: 20 minutes Making a choreography for our 15 different hellos and perfecting them.

Activity: Asia and EuropeDuration: 30 minutes Procedure: discussion about differences among these continents. Associations: What is it that you think when someone says Spain? Draw and tell us why? Sharing information that we know and dont know about places. Playing music from different countries in Asia and students are to draw associations, or present them using pipe cleaners and share with the class.Materials: paper and crayon colours, pipe cleaners

Activity: HAIKUDuration: 30 minutesProcedure: students see a photo and they have to write a haiku pome based on the photo. Students will be given 5 different photos and they have to write 5 different poems. This can also be done in pairs or groups. Goals: learning how to write haiku poetry and what haiku ismaterials: paper, pen, photos***15 minutes closing circle time15 minutes circle time***Activity: Tourist conversationDuration: 20 25 minutesProcedure: Showing kids a big picture where tourists are presented talking, the task is to create a conversation. They are divided into groups and each group has a task to create conversation. After they create conversation they have to act it out. It is about tourism and it would be like warm up activity for introducing the tourism and what we could/would like to see in some the country. Then we would talk about our country and touristsights in our country.Goals: improving speaking skills team building practicing the conversation patterns

Activity: The Line - Food (outdoor activity)Duration: 20 minutes Procedure: The line activity this time we are talking only about food and what each of us likes to eat. This an introduction into the discussion about different food around continents.

Activity: Posters of each continent Duration: 30 minutes Procedure: the class is divided into 5 groups. Each group makes a poster about one continent. Materials: poster papers, pens, scissors, glue, photos, magazines (National Geographic)

Activity: Have you ever felt like Alice in Wonderland?Duration: 30 minutesProcedure: Students are presented with an excerpt from the movie Alice in Wonderland and a paragraph from the novel. After they see it everyone in the class shares their own experience when did he/she feel like Alice in Wonderland or what would Wonderland be for them?Materials: movie clip and novel excerpt***15 minutes closing circle time

15 minutes circle time ***Activity: Draw and share - peaceDuration: 20 minutes Procedure: students have to draw their association on the word PEACE and after that they have to share it with the whole class.Materials: paper, pens

Activity: I am an only child Duration: 20 minutes Procedure: 1. Each person tried to think of something unique about themselves, something no one can claim. This unique aspect makes them an "Only Child."2. One person begins. "I'm an Only Child because...." (completes statement)3. If the statement is unique, continue to next student. (Discuss statement as desired.)

After this we would have a discussion on childrens rights and we would try to make a poser on unique rights for every child

Activity: Imagine Duration: 20 minutes Procedure: students will hear the song by John Lennon imagine. Their task is to draw what they like to imagine or what the song evoked in them. They share and then the whole class can create a unique story revolving around everyones imagination or draw a huge Imagine poster. Materials: paper and colours

Activity: Imagine a world withoutDuration: 20 minutesProcedure: each students must draw their impression when teacher says a sentence like: Imagine a world without bicycles/cars/trees students must draw 10 drawings on 10 sentences.Materials: paper and colourful pens***15 minutes closing circle time15 minutes circle time***Activity: Peace messagesDuration: 20 minutes Procedure: Each student would get a small piece of paper and they would write on it peace message they would send to the world. When this is done, all of the messages would be gathered and we would make an album of our peace notesMaterials: paper, glue, decorating ribbons

Activity: What is this? Duration: 20- 30 minutesProcedure: there are different objects placed in a bag. Student has to describe and guess what it is without looking at it having eyes covered. Every student would do this. But when describing the rest of the class would help by saying HOT or COLD. HOT when the student is on right track and COLD when opposite. This would be a relaxing activity. Materials: bag, object, band for eyes

Activity: Tolerance poster (outdoor activity)Duration: 30 minutes Procedure: the poster would consist of students palms in different colours. Through this the accent would be on tolerating the difference and enjoying it. This would be a team building activity.Materials: poster and tempera

Activity: Goodbye EnvelopeDuration: 30 minutesProcedure: students write a short goodbye message describing their experience or friends they met during the project.Materials: colourful papers, colourful pens***15 minutes closing circle time15 minutes circle time ***Activity: Two Truths and a LieDuration: 20 minutesProcedure: Each group member shares two things about themselves that are true and one thing that is a lie. The rest of the group tries to guess which is the untrue statement

Activity: If you had the power to change something, what would you change?Duration: 20 minutesProcedure: each students says what they would change and why.Goal: improving speaking skills and killing the fear of sharing opinion

Activity: Story Time GameDuration: 20 30 minutes Procedure: The facilitator starts a story by saying a sentence. It then goes in a circle, each person adding a sentence onto the story - after repeating each sentence that's already been added. This time the story would be about tolerance and peace. Goals: improving memory testing their flexibility presenting these two topics in a funny way.

Activity: Tolerance Tree posterDuration: 40 minutesProcedure: each student has to choose a word that represents tolerance for them or write a tolerance message. Then the students draw together the tolerance tree with a lot of branches where they place their words and sayings. The tree would look even better if painted in different colour. Goals: building a team spirit learning new vocabulary materials: paper poster, crayon colours, markers, glue, scissors, tempera***15 minutes closing circle time15 minutes circle time***Activity: ImagineDuration: 15 - 20 minutesProcedure: practicing the Imagine song

Activity: Peace sign poster Duration: 20 - 25 minutes Procedure: making a big PEACE sing using bottle plugs Materials: paper and plugs

Activity: Peace songDuration: 20 25 minutes Procedure: students are writing our peace poem/songMaterials: paper and pen

Activity: Charlotte's WebDuration: 25 30 minutesProcedure: watching some inserts from the movie, reading some parts from the novel, talking about friendship and individuality, acting out our favourite scene from the film. Answering the questions like: what is friendship for you and what is individuality for you? The students can be given a task to describe/explain these two words friendship and individuality in only three words. Materials: movie clips, novel excerpts

Activity: Weave a WebDuration: 15 minutesProcedure: Students can design a web using straws or craft sticks. Cross them so there are six spokes. Use yarn to spin a web in and out and around the sticks. The longer the spokes, the bigger the web will be. Make a spider out of pipe cleaners and add a few bugs to the web or add messages like friendship, etc. Materials: yarn, pipe cleaners

Activity: Charlottes Web word searchDuration: 15 minutes Procedure: Students get word search sheets to find the words warm up activity Materials: word-search sheets

Activity: With the right words you can change the worldDuration: 15minutesProcedure: students are to think about the right words with which they would change the world.Goal: learning new vocabulary*** 15 minutes closing circle time15 minutes circle time ***Activity: School around the worldDuration: 20 25 minutesProcedure: students are presented with different brochures of continents presenting schools. After they look at it they will be divided into groups and they will create their own school for that continent and the kids they read about. During the activity students are also shown a small clip from the film School of Rock for the discussion: What do they think of that teacher and the school in the film?Goals: practising speaking skills building team spiritMaterials: paper and colour pens, movie clips UNICEF brochures

Activity: WakaWaka gap fill quizDuration: 20 25 minutesProcedure: Listen to the song, complete the missing gaps, learn the song sing it and create a choreographyMaterials: song and paper sheets

Activity: How do we say peace in different languages? Duration: 20 minutes Procedure: teaching students to say peace in 15 different languages. After they learn we do modified 'Remembering names' activity which is now 'Remembering peace'. Procedure is the same as for remembering names. Goals: leaning a new words introducing different languagesActivity: PomponsDuration: 30 minutesProcedure: students are presented the procedure of making pompons. each students makes differently coloured pompon. Goals: learning about tolerance using different colours to make the same thing teaching students new handicraftMaterials: wool, carton, scissors***15 minutes closing circle time

15 minutes circle time***Activity: Our environment Duration: 20 25 minutes Procedure: students will talk about and draw their way to school and what they are passing by every day. After this we will together create windows from buildings and each student will place drawing of their home into one window. Materials: paper and colours

Activity: Find meDuration: 20 minutesProcedure: student hides himself somewhere in our near environment and the rest of the group tries to find him. He is giving them instructions by saying turn left, turn right etc.

Activity: Karaoke singing repeated with different song

Activity: Saying HelloDuration: 15 20 minutesProcedure: practicing our choreography and saying Hello in different languages***15 minutes closing circle time15 minutes circle time***Activity: Bosnia Duration: 20 30 minutesProcedure: students watch a movie about Bosnian country side and natural wonders. After this we have a discussion. And then they are asked to share what they would change in our country and why. Materials: film or presentation

Activity: Write a letterDuration: 20 30 minutesProcedure: Students are to write a letter to an imaginary friend in the world about Bosnia and why do they like Bosnia and why they should visit and see in Bosnia. Then they can read the letter. Alternative to this would be Message in a Bottle where students would write a short message about Bosnia. Then we would create our bottle containing many messages. Same can be done with peace messages that wed like to send to the world. Every student would have to write a message containing only 5 7 sentences using chosen words or adjectives. Goals: learning how to write short messages practicing writing letters writing messages from given wordsMaterials: papers, colouring pencils, small paper leaflets and bottle ***15 minutes closing circle time15 minutes circle time***Activity: Environmental changes discussionDuration: 20 25 minutesProcedure: talking with students about global environmental changes. How would they stop the problems and similar. Showing the presentation or short movie clips of environmental changes or natural disasters.Materials: movie clips and presentation

Activity: What a wonderful worldDuration: 20 minutes Procedure: students hear the song by Louis Armstrong. After that they have to draw the wonderful world and share with the class.Materials: song, paper and colours

Activity: Saying HelloDuration: 15 20 minutesProcedure: practicing our choreography and saying Hello in different languages***15 minutes closing circle time15 minutes circle time***Activity: From our window Duration: 20 minutes Procedure: students draw their environment but only what they see from the window. Everyone will have different poster Materials: paper and colours

Activity: A story in a jar Duration: 20 25 minutes Procedure: each student can put a small object e.g. button or a piece of paper with a note into a jar. When everyone has done that the class isdivided into 4 groups or pairs and they have to create a storyaccording to the objects from a jar about the experience during the ABC project. This can also be done individually. Goals: sharing our experiences learning how to tell a story from small amount of material and about a specific topicMaterials: jar, paper, buttons, colours,

Activity: Saying HelloDuration: 15 20 minutesProcedure: practicing our choreography and saying Hello in different languages. Our final rehearsal***15 minutes closing circle time

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Activity: Circle of IntroductionDuration: 15 minutesProcedure: Everyone says their name, something about themselves and introduces a move, everyone repeats the names with the movesMaterials: /Goal: Introductory activity

Activity: Call My BluffDuration: 20 minProcedure: Everyone writes 3 sentences about themselves, one of them is a lie and the other students need to guess which one is it.Materials: PaperGoal: Team-building, practicing speaking and listening skills

Activity: 10 Things I do WellDuration: 20 minProcedure: Everyone writes ten things they do well and we hang the lists on wall, short discussion after a listMaterials: Paper and Scotch TapeGoal: Team-building, Improving confidence, Introduction

Activity: Class RulesDuration: 45 minProcedure: Discussion and making a poster with rulesMaterials: One piece of flip chart paper, markersGoal: Team-building, speaking and writing skills

Activity: Highs and Lows Duration: 20 minProcedure: Everyone states their favorite and least favorite moment of the day, conversation about the day and future activitiesMaterials: /Goal: End-of-the-day activity, relaxing, receiving feedback, sense of community

Activity: The Sun ShinesDuration: 15 minutesProcedure: Everyone sits in circle, one of the chairs is removed and one person stands in the middle saying statement like "The sun shines on all those wearing blue shirts", all students for whom the statement is true get up and try to find a new seat, the remaining person is the new moderator.Materials: chairsGoal: Energizer, introductory game, team-building, speaking skills exercise

Activity: Amina's StoryDuration: 60 minProcedure: We read the story to students and ask them to answer a few questions on pieces of paper, then we read the alternate version. Followed by a discussion.Materials: /Goal: Warming up students for further exercise, practicing listening and speaking skills

Activity: The LineDuration: 45 minProcedure: We draw/tape a line on the floor with statements and tell the students to stand on the right if they agree, on left if they disagree, and in between if they believe both, or neither, or somewhat agree. Each of the statements is followed by a short discussion.Materials: duct tape/chalk, can be done in the yard tooGoal: Discussing prejudice, practicing listening, reading and speaking skills

Activity: Highs and Lows Duration: 20 minProcedure: Everyone states their favorite and least favorite moment of the day, conversation about the day and future activitiesMaterials: /Goal: End-of-the-day activity, relaxing, receiving feedback, sense of communityActivity: The KnotDuration: 15 minutesProcedure: Everyone stands in a circle and reaches out their hands in the middle of a circle. Then everyone grabs unto two other people's hands and they are in a gigantic knotMaterials: /Goal: Energizer, team-building

Activity: Blue BananasDuration: 40 minutesProcedure: Students are split in pairs, A students get handout A, B students get B. They are instructed to read it and to negotiate in pairs who will get the blue bananas. Once negotiation is over discussion ensues. Materials: Handouts (even number of A and B handouts)Goal: developing communication skills, reading and speaking skills

Activity: Culture CornerDuration: 60 minProcedure: Students will watch short videos and read short texts about USA and UK, hear short presentation from Patrick, and write short texts Materials: laptop, handoutsGoal: familiarization with other culture, practicing listening and speaking skills, practicing writing skills


Activity: MazingaDuration: 15 minutesProcedure: One person stands in circle and makes a move turning around yelling Maaaaaazinga and everyone to which he points does the same, when the circle is over everyone jumps and yells Mazinga!Materials: /Goal: Energizer

Activity: Schools around the WorldDuration: 100 minProcedure: Students can see images and read short texts about students in different countries, debate. Students are then divided in groups and write a similar text about them and about B&H schools.Materials: laptop, papers and pens, markersGoal: developing speaking and reading skills, gaining the sense of global citizenship


Activity: Human BingoDuration: 15 minutesProcedure: Students take handouts and try to find a person for each of the sentences (e.g. This person has blue eyes/was born in May/has a dog/likes to eat pancakes). The 1st person to finish yells BINGO! A small prize can be ensured (bag of candy or similar)Materials: Handouts, a bag of candy or other prizeGoal: Team-building, energizer, practicing asking questions

Activity: Children's RightsDuration: 100 minProcedure: Discussion and presentations of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, activities such as cutting and pasting images with different rights, drawing, writing short texts and playing out certain scenes for some of the rightsMaterials: handouts, glue, scissors, laptop, paper, pens and markers, one flip chart paperGoal: learning about human rights, developing listening, reading, speaking and writing skills, learning vocabulary related to the topic


Activity: As IfDuration: 15 minutesProcedure: The moderator says a series of directions such as: Run as if a bear is chasing you, stretch as if your back hurts, etc. Materials: /Goal: Energizer

Activity: Our Town 1Duration: 100 minProcedure: Students are divided in groups and receive instructions, each groups discusses and makes rules of their imaginary town, how it will look like, the infrastructure, laws,etc. Then, they create posters presenting their town with all the institutions and laws.Materials: Flip chart papers, paper, markers, duct tapeGoal: Practicing speaking, listening and writing skills; applying what was learned about institutions and human rights.


Activity: The ZooDuration: 15 minutesProcedure: Each student takes a piece of paper from a hat/bowl/etc. on which s/he can read a name of an animal. The task is to produce the sound that animal makes and to find other students who are doing the same (with closed eyes).Materials: pieces of paper, best if played in the yardGoal: Energizer, team-building

Activity: Our Town 2Duration: 100 minProcedure: Finishing up posters, arranging presentation, presenting their projects. Discussion about the exercise and discussing the institutions and laws if the whole group founded a new town.Materials: Materials from the previous dayGoal: Practicing speaking, listening and writing skills; applying what was learned about institutions and human rights; creative skills; practicing public speaking and giving presentations.


Activity: Who/What Am I?Duration: 20 minutesProcedure: We tape a name of a famous person/or of an object/animal on the forehead or back of each student, with a series of questions the task is for everyone to guess who/what they are.Materials: soft duct tape, markersGoal: Team-building, exercise, practicing asking questions

Activity: Boys Don't Cry!Duration: 100 minProcedure: First, we will conduct a statement game similar to the line, on topics of gender equality, stereotypes and discrimination. Then, Students are divided in groups to create a skit for the statement they received. Each group presents the skit, debate ensues.Materials: papersGoal: Learning about gender equality, prejudice and stereotypes, and discrimination; developing listening, reading and speaking skills.


Activity: The MachineDuration: 15 minutesProcedure: Everyone adds up to create a complex machine, everyone makes a move and a sound distinct for them selvesMaterials: /Goal: Energizer, team-building

Activity: Time CapsuleDuration: 45 minProcedure: Students will discuss what the modern society looks like (technology, globalization, etc.), and how they think the world will look like in 100 years. Then we will write/draw/create what we want to leave to the future people as something worth keeping and we will send them a message.Materials: Shoe box, scissors, papers, markers, glue, duct tapeGoal: developing speaking skills; working on arts and crafts; team-building

Activity: Poetry writingDuration: 60 minProcedure: Students will be presented with haiku poetry and other short forms, then we will write poems both individually and collectivelyMaterials: papers and pens, laptopGoal: improving writing skills, learning new vocabulary and making connections with previously learned, developing literacy


Activity: Mime a LieDuration: 20 minutesProcedure:Everyone stands in a circle and the moderator starts by miming an action. When the person on their right says their name and asks What are you doing?, they reply that they are doing something completely different. The person to the facilitators right then has to mime what the facilitator said that theywere doing, while saying that they are doing something completely different. Materials: /Goal: energizer, team-building

Activity: Drawing as Described/InstructedDuration: 30 minProcedure: A moderator will draw a picture, describing what s/he is drawing, while other student/s will draw as instructed/described.Materials: flip chart paper, paper, pens and markersGoal: practicing listening skills and speaking skills (instructions, descriptions, spacial relations), team-building

Activity: World CafeDuration: 45 minProcedure: Students will move between different stations in small groups, in a few minutes they have to perform each of the tasks (writing, acting, singing, dancing, etc)Materials: paper, pens and markers, laptopGoal: developing reading and writing skills, developing speaking and writing skills, developing creativity


Activity: 20 QuestionsDuration: 20 minutesProcedure:A moderator thinks of a person/object/abstract and the group tries to guess what s/he is thinking of in less than 20 questions.Materials: /Goal: energizer, practicing asking questions and making connections between terms, developing metalinguistic abilities as students start to think of categories to make the guessing easier

Activity: Finish the StoryDuration: 60 minProcedure: Students get a handout with the first half of story written, they are instructed to write a finish for the story. Students present what they wrote and a short discussion ensues.Materials: handoutsGoal: discussing bullying and violence; developing reading, writing and speaking skills.

Activity: Personal TimelineDuration: 45 minProcedure: Students draw a timeline on a piece of paper and present important events in their life, short discussion ensues and Q&A segment.Materials: papers (A3 or A4) and pensGoal: team-building, developing writing and speaking skills


Activity: Simon SaysDuration: 15 minutesProcedure: A moderator gives instructions using "Simon says..." formulation and everyone must do what is said.Materials: /Goal: Energizer, practicing speaking skills

Activity: SportsDuration: 80 minProcedure: Discussion about different sports, which sports are played in different countries, who are famous people associated with sports, competitions and the World Championship in soccer. Students will listen to songs related to sports, learn one song, make posters and give presentations,Materials: laptop, papers, markers and pensGoal: Learning vocabulary, developing speaking, listening and writing skills, learning about different cultures

Activity: KISS (Keep it Short and Simple)Duration: 25 minProcedure: Students will draw a piece of paper from hat/bowl/box and will be paired up. Each student has 30 sec to persuade the other student to buy/get/learn/etc. Something they are advertising.Materials: pieces of paperGoal: developing speaking and listening skills, developing the ability to speak concisely and effectively,


Activity: Muddling messagesDuration: 15 minutesProcedure: Everyone stands in circle; one person comes up with an odd sentence and tells it to the person next to them. This continues by the end of circle and the last person says it out loud.Materials: /Goal: Energizer, practicing listening and speaking skills

Activity: Yarn BombingDuration: 90 minProcedure: A guest will explain the concept behind Yarn Bombing, show images of actions, and show the basics of knitting, followed by a short Q&A session; students will then try finger knittingMaterials: yarn, laptopGoal: developing the sense of social activism, developing speaking and listening skills, working on arts and crafts

Activity: ImagineDuration: 20 minProcedure: Listening to "Imagine" by Beatles, filling up the gaps and singing alongMaterials: laptop, handoutsGoal: improving listening and speaking skills, familiarization with a cultural item, singing in a foreign languagehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVg2EJvvlF8


Activity: My Name is JoeDuration: 20 minutesProcedure: Children are taught "Hi, my name is Joe" song and the moves, then we sing the song dancing to it.Materials: /Goal: Energizer, team-building

Activity: Creative writingDuration: 30 minProcedure: students are split in groups and each group receives different instructions for writing, few of the students read their storiesMaterials: papers and pensGoal: developing writing skills

Activity: EnvironmentDuration: 60 minProcedure: Students will watch a documentary/video about the environment, which will be followed by a discussion. Then we will work on solutions (action such as cleaning the yard or the neighborhood, writing letters to institutions, signing petitions, etc)Materials: laptop, papers, pensGoal: developing the sense of preserving the environment and social responsibility, developing listening, speaking and writing skills, learning the vocabulary


Activity: Snowball fightDuration: 15 minutesProcedure: The students write three things about themselves on pieces of paper, crumble them and trow them at each other for a minute. After a minute, everyone picks up the paper ball closest to them and reads it out loud, and the rest of the class try to guess who wrote it.Materials: pieces of papersGoal: energizer, team-building, short writing exercise

Activity: Visit to American Corner & Personal ObjectDuration: 110 minProcedure: Students will go to the American Corner where they can enroll for free. Students can bring their favorite books to class that day and they can read an excerpt from them/present them to the group, then we can read a story together and discuss it. Discussion on literacy. Afterwards, each of the students can present an object (including photos) which is either their personal, or they think it presents them well.

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