World Cup Fever!

The world cup only happens once every four years and for a culture that loves playing "futbol" (aka soccer) this is a big occasion.  The chinese government (or some government) sponsored Vanuatu and made the World Cup accessabile on the outer islands.  All we needed was a long piece of wood and an antenna which we could then connect to a small TV screen powered by a generator!  I decided to use this opportunity to help build some worldly knowledge among my students.  So we had a World Cup Flag making day!

First I read to them about the meaning of flags and showed them some pictures of flags from around the world.  Then they worked in pairs and made one big flag for each country playing in the World Cup.  The younger students painted the simpler flags with 3 colors and the older students worked on the more intricate ones with colored pencils, crayons, and paint.  We used a world map donated by my parents and 1970s World Book Encyclopedias from the library.  A few flags were a bit out dated but we did the best we could!

 The students worked hard to make each flag look as close to the real one as possible!  We had some great artists that were very serious about their handiwork.

For paint we used powdered poster paint that we mixed with water in coconut shells.  The paint is perfect for only making as much as you need but the color rubs off the paper after if you are not careful!

 

The students spent a full afternoon working hard and even members of the community started to come in and join.

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The completed flags came out great and we decorated the market stall with them throughout the World Cup games.  It was a great day that we will all remember for a long time.