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    In this activity session, the young diplomats were requested to ask random visitors to the museum their country flags, a brief description of the flag and to name three other flags that they associate with. Each participant went at this solo, in search of non-Malaysians with the company of facilitators. The results were then brought back to the classroom to begin researching. Each participant drew the flags that they had gathered by referring to an encyclopedia and then to get more details, they searched online. Each participant drew the flags and coloured each one, and wrote down its meanings behind each colour, symbol and a brief history. After which they all presented one at a time while facilitators recorded the presentation. The Learning Outcomes for this activity were learning through researching, communicating by asking questions, and skills of Presenting. Each participant gained some confidence in asking total strangers questions and learned a little bit about other peoples flags. Facilitators also learned a few new things about the flags presented and flags in general. They understood new meanings of each flag and that the same colour can have more than one meaning for many flags.

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    In this activity session, the young diplomats were requested to ask random visitors to the museum their country flags, a brief description of the flag and to name three other flags that they associate with. Each participant went at this solo, in search of non-Malaysians with the company of facilitators. The results were then brought back to the classroom to begin researching. Each participant drew the flags that they had gathered by referring to an encyclopedia and then to get more details, they searched online. Each participant drew the flags and coloured each one, and wrote down its meanings behind each colour, symbol and a brief history. After which they all presented one at a time while facilitators recorded the presentation. The Learning Outcomes for this activity were learning through researching, communicating by asking questions, and skills of Presenting. Each participant gained some confidence in asking total strangers questions and learned a little bit about other peoples flags. Facilitators also learned a few new things about the flags presented and flags in general. They understood new meanings of each flag and that the same colour can have more than one meaning for many flags.

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    Puzzles of Flag Stories (Oct. 26th, 2013)

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    In this activity session, the young diplomats were requested to ask random visitors to the museum their country flags, a brief description of the flag and to name three other flags that they associate with. Each participant went at this solo, in search of non-Malaysians with the company of facilitators. The results were then brought back to the classroom to begin researching. Each participant drew the flags that they had gathered by referring to an encyclopedia and then to get more details, they searched online. Each participant drew the flags and coloured each one, and wrote down its meanings behind each colour, symbol and a brief history. After which they all presented one at a time while facilitators recorded the presentation. The Learning Outcomes for this activity were learning through researching, communicating by asking questions, and skills of Presenting. Each participant gained some confidence in asking total strangers questions and learned a little bit about other peoples flags. Facilitators also learned a few new things about the flags presented and flags in general. They understood new meanings of each flag and that the same colour can have more than one meaning for many flags.

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    Puzzles of Flag Stories

    Tools : [Tourists, Encyclopedia, Pen, Paper, Courage] Steps: Session 1 [1hr] 1. 2. 3. 4. Find a tourist. Ask them to describe their national flags. (with meanings of the symbols if possible) Ask them to describe two more flags that they know( excluding American, British and Malaysia) Draw their depiction of the flags.

    Session 2 [1hr] 5. Find that particular countrys entry in the Encyclopedia 6. See if there is a description of the countrys flags and write it down, present up front 7. If not, then try to put meaning in the symbols/colours used in the flags according to the history of the particular country from the entry in the Encyclopedia and present up front. [Presentation 10minutes each]
    Objectives of this activity: 1. To relate the activity with the purpose of the Flag Stories (to gain little bit of knowledge of the object in order to get a full picture of the object ) 2. To get the participants to get a sense of doing research(using primary sources and not the internet) and to think holistically about the makings of flags 3. To get the participants to think systematically (on how to collect data, analyze and make conclusion)

    Tips for Facilitators to guide students: 1. How to interpret or analyze the flags? a. Why use certain symbols? b. Why certain colours? c. Relate the purpose of flags 2. How to relate the activity with the purpose of this program? a. Point out i. The flag that they collect is the final picture of a puzzle (say that we need to have an idea of the puzzle then only we know how the pieces looks like then we know where to place them) ii. The data that they collect is the pieces of puzzle iii. The analysis of the data is the understanding that they acquire of that flag. Hence it no longer a decoration only, but it has a meaning. 3. Conclude by saying that this small activity is an example of the big project of Flag Stories that this program is going to be. The collection of activities every week will make up a big puzzle in the end which portrays our understanding of our identity, community and our worldview

    Idayu and Hajar @ CASIS

    Puzzles of Flag Stories


    Workbook Session 1 [1hr]

    Find a tourist

    Ask them to describe their national flag

    Ask them to describe two more flags that they know

    Draw their depiction of the flags

    Session 2 [1hr] 1. Find that particular countrys entry in the Encyclopedia 2. See if there is a description of the countrys flags and write it down, present up front 3. If not, then try to put meaning in the symbols/colours used in the flags according to the history of the particular country from the entry in the Encyclopedia and present up front. [Presentation 10minutes each]

    Idayu and Hajar @ CASIS

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