4.Folkstrokes

ISA Action Plan

Curriculum Activity – 4
Folk Strokes…

Collaborative Project

Activity cover sheet

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FOLK STROKES...
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

WITH
VIII PrywatneAkademickieLiceumOgólnokształcące, IB World School

006265 Kraków, Poland
[email protected]

Aims and Objectives
Read and appreciate the folklores from different parts of the world
Analyse the similarities and differences of thoughts, expressions and
themes in the folklores.
Collaborate and work as a team with the partner school
Create and manage the Folklores blog effectively
Foster the feelings of empathy and sensitivity to diverse cultures.
Inculcate international ethos in students

Learning out comes…
Values are most often caught and not taught! Through this
collaborative activity students of India and Poland will delve into
the traditional beliefs ,customs and stories of communities of the
assigned countries which have been passed on through the
generations. Through the enchanting world of folk tales students
will reflect on moral values that define our present existence
which will be mutually shared with the partner school.

EXCHANGE OF MAILS

An idea is born…

DPS Gurgaon shares a 4 rhythm strong exchange
programme with VIII Prywatne Akademickie
Liceum Ogólnokształcące, IB World School
006265 Kraków, Poland. (VIII PALO)

Students of both the schools will research on
folktales of India and Poland and share these stories
by writing script and enacting the stories when the
Polish students visit the school from 21st November
2017- 2ndDecember 2017 as well as when Indian
students visit Poland in ……………..

Exchange of mails with

VIII PrywatneAkademickieLiceumOgolnoksztalcace, IB World
School, Kraków, Poland.- Coordinator Ms. Anna with Ms Sapna
Dean Student Welfare and Ms Mamta Kumar teacher coordinator
Project Folk Strokes

Request to
collaborate on
the project
FOLKSTROKES

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Request to the Polish
team for the
enactment of the
Folktale of Krakow
The story of the
Dragon !

From: Anna Krzeminska<[email protected]> Glimpses of the Indian
Date:19 September2017 at 2:39:15 AM IST Day celebrated at VIII
To: mamtakumar<[email protected]>, PALO in the previous
SapnaDhawan<[email protected]>
Subject: Photographs of India day in May 2017 year

Photographs of India day celebrated by VIII Palo when the
Indian team was in Krakow .Photographs sent by Ms. Anna
….Retreating the appreciation and encouragement for
international programmes and collaboration by VIII PALO
Thus making it easy for DPS to carry forward the
collaboration FOLKSTROKES!





Book Week Activty

LEARNING SKILLS ATTITUDE
OBJECTIVE DEVELOPED
To gained
To enable the To be able to put knowledge and be
students to their creative, able to differentiate
comprehend the imaginative and between the good
folktales of India digital skills into and the evil. Learn
and Poland. Gain practice. Critically many important
knowledge about think and analyse the lessons about life
folklore with a characters in the and life skills from
clear understanding stories . To reflect on these folktales.
of how past is the moral values that Also get connected
relevant to present define our present to the past and
times thus building existence. Students inculcating a
up their confidence would also get to positive attitude for
and their ability to understand about traditions and
take decisions. traditional belief of values.
India and Poland.

Students reading folktales in the Library.
Pic with focus of the book.



Poland students reading folktale pic

A note was sent in the almanac so that children come
prepared with the necessary material required to
make the bookmarks of their favourite character from
Polish/Indian folktales.

Students seem to
enjoy creating
bookmarks of
their favourite
characters of the
Folktale they
read



Showcasing the beautiful book marks made by the students…..

Poland students creating bookmarks

Bookmarks made by Polish students

FOLK STROKES...
Story Boards

We at DPS Gurgaon used the story board format as a medium to
depict and understand folk tales.

Why storyboard…

Story board is a writing format placed in logically sequenced
order.
They appear in many forms, each form is a place for the writer
to put information , pictures , symbols or texts.
Our students used cartoons, sketches and painted their
imagination and put life into these folk tales.

Learning Objectives Attitude Skills Developed
•Learning to research •The folktales grapple •Learn to pick out
•Learning to with the deeper
meaning of a text. important details
comprehend •The students can •Learning to write as

life lessons learnt differentiate good per the demands of the
•Understanding what
from bad. story in a chronological
the author wants to •Understand the
order
convey underlying message •Learning art work -use
• Evaluating cause and
which needs to be of colours and aesthetic
effect
•Understanding a point followed imbibe an display of stories
•Learning skills of
of view understanding of
•Reading folktales from team work
good values.
other countries •Emphatic towards

identifying cultural different cultures

similarities and

differences

Making of a Story Board

STEP 1- Plan of Action - Brainstorming
The students discussed the different styles of presentation of
folktales
The diary notes were given to the students in the first week of
November to read and identify stories of their choice from Poland and
India.

STEP -2
Format of the story board was introduced…

Worksheets were assigned to the students of class VIII with
instructions for the story board.

STEP -3
Designing the content for the story board
Groups were formed where students brainstormed and
discussed the content and the art style that they would like to
use for designing their story board. They were encouraged to
gather more concrete information on its creative aspect.

STEP-4
On the job… numerous story boards were created

The students on completion reviewed each others work and discussed the

morals and values of the stories.

Sneak Peek into the creative storyboards by the students…
The Dragon of Krakow
Folktale of Poland

Credits :Arnav Gupta,Kanhav Srivastava, Tuhina Gupta & Jyotika Malhotra
–Class VIII .



The total number of story boards submitted by the groups were 115 with a mix
of Polish and Indian stories

Sharing a few glimpses of students art work that takes you to another world
altogether…







Princess Mirando and Prince Hero
Folktale of Poland

Credits ; Anahita Roy Sarkar ,Manasvi Jain ,Kamayani .K & Aadi Badola –
class VIII





The Mango Tree
Folktale from India

Sharing glimpses of
the stories

Credits : Muskaan Gupta , Aarushi Garg ,Ishika Ghosh & Ishita Saxena – class V

The Mango Tree
Folktale from India

Sharing glimpses of the stories

Credits : Muskaan Gupta , Aarushi Garg ,Ishika Ghosh & Ishita Saxena – class V

The Mango Tree
Folktale from India

Credits : Muskaan Gupta , Aarushi Garg ,Ishika Ghosh & Ishita Saxena – class V

A snake was defeated by a crow
Folktale from India

•Learning to
sequence
•Drawing as per
the plot of the story,
•Writing dialogues
•Usage of colours
•The drawing of the
characters, their
clothes according to
the cultural setting

Credits : Ishita Sharma ,Amaani Jha ,Sampriya Behera & Mohak Chandna –
class VIII

Polish students story board pics

Polish students story board pics

Visitors having a glimpse of the story board depicting Folklore during
an exhibition

Polish students admiring the artworks done by the Indian
students during the Indo-Polish Exchange Programme

Teacher’s Note

It was an enriching experience for me as well as the students during the
making of the story board. I read folktales from Poland and saw the
depiction of the same in the format of a story board. It was a visual treat to
see the stories come alive on paper.
Most of the story board were done with a great deed of thought and artistic
ability.

The students learnt about the cultures of both Poland and India. The
discussion on moral values was
interesting. The students realized that even though there may be difference
in cultures the value are the same.

Critical Note

There were 115 stories submitted. The presentation of some of the groups
was not at par due to lack of
group dynamics. They were encouraged to resubmit their work as per the
required standard.

Students, sharing their journey during the making of the
Folktales…..



Parent sharing their journey during the making of the
Folktales…..