C1.1.3. Summary of video on SEL: The Arts for Every Classroom by KET

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Main Argument:The arts are a natural and powerful tool for teaching Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) because they originate from and engage with emotional expression, empathy, and human connection.

Key Points:

1. Arts and Emotional Expression:
   • The arts (theatre, music, dance, visual arts) allow students to explore emotions, process life experiences, and develop empathy.
   • They provide a safe space for students to express feelings they might not otherwise articulate.
2. Impact on Participation and Inclusion:
   • Artistic activities often engage students who are otherwise quiet or withdrawn, helping them feel seen and included.
   • Creative expression offers alternative pathways into learning and builds student confidence.
3. Teamwork and Social Skills:
   • Participating in arts ensembles (e.g., music groups, drama troupes) fosters teamwork, communication, responsibility, and interpersonal skills.
   • These activities simulate real-life social dynamics and prepare students for community life.
4. Empathy Through Theatre and Dance:
   • Theatre encourages role-playing and perspective-taking, helping students to better understand others’ emotions.
   • Dance, especially in structured disciplines like ballet, teaches mutual respect, time management, and boundary-setting.
5. Practical SEL Strategies:
   • Techniques like “emoji cards”, “listen and imagine” with music, and “kindness cards” in PE encourage emotional literacy and reflection.
   • Music is used as a memory aid for SEL concepts (e.g., songs promoting self-regulation).
6. Long-Term Benefits:
   • Developing SEL skills through the arts leads to greater resilience, emotional intelligence, and stronger relationships.
   • These skills carry over into adulthood, benefiting personal, academic, and professional life.
7. The Role of Teachers and Community:
   • SEL through the arts requires a collaborative effort among educators.
   • Teachers are described as seed-planters who help nurture self-awareness and compassion in students.
8. The Arts as a Vehicle for Change: Art enables individuals to share their stories, challenge labels, and inspire change. One experience at a time.

Conclusion: The arts are not just enrichment. They are essential tools for building emotionally intelligent, empathetic, and socially connected individuals. Through creative expression, students learn how to navigate life’s challenges and relate to others more deeply.

C2.2.1.A. Summary of TED Talk ‘Doodlers, Unite!’ by Sunni Brown 

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Main Message: Doodling is not a distraction, it’s a powerful cognitive tool.

Challenging Misconceptions: The speaker frequently encounters resistance to doodling in workplaces and schools. Culturally, doodling is often seen as lazy, unserious, or unintellectual. Historical definitions of “doodle” are negative (e.g., fool, to dawdle, to do nothing). Doodling is wrongly portrayed in the media as something people get “caught” doing.

Psychological Barriers: Freudian interpretations labelled doodling as revealing of inner psyche (misleading and unscientific). This has contributed to shame and hesitation around sharing doodles.

Redefining Doodling:  “Doodling is making spontaneous marks to help yourself think.”

Why Doodling Matters in Learning? 

• Doodling helps people retain information better when listening to verbal input.
• It’s not a symptom of distraction. It’s a strategy to maintain focus.
• It supports creative problem-solving and deep information processing.
• It engages all four learning modalities: Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing and Kinaesthetic. When combined, these enhance memory and comprehension, especially when tied to emotion.

Doodling Is Universal and Innate: Anthropological studies show that children worldwide develop visual logic in predictable stages. Suggests that doodling is a natural human instinct, not a learned distraction.

Doodling as a Creative Foundation: Many great works of art and architecture (e.g., Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim) began as doodles. It acts as a gateway to visual literacy and creativity.

Conclusion: Doodling should not be banned, rather it should be embraced, especially in settings of high information load like classrooms, boardrooms, and even war rooms.

It is accessible, non-intimidating, and a powerful ally of intellectual thought. “The doodle has never been the nemesis of intellectual thought. In reality, it is one of its greatest allies.”

C2.2.1.B. Transcript of video on Doodles by Kaumudi Sahasrabudde 

Screenshots taken from Youtube video (CC BY NC). The original video is in Hindi, below is the translation of the transcript in English generated with TurboScribe.ai and ChatGPT.

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You must have often noticed children drawing something or the other in their notebooks. This is called doodling. For example, when you’re on a phone call that goes on for a long time and you still need to listen carefully, your hand automatically picks up any paper- maybe a newspaper or whatever is nearby and you start drawing. That’s doodling.

Now, if you’re feeling upset or very low, and you start doodling, it brings you a lot of calm and helps you feel better.

You might ask: what’s the difference between doodling and sketching? After all, both involve drawing.

In doodling, you draw whatever comes to your mind freely. You don’t need to be a great artist or produce perfect drawings.

But in sketching, there is usually a clear concept or intention behind the drawing. For instance, if you are sketching a girl, you consider her age, what she’s wearing, how her hair is styled, what expressions she has on her face: all these details matter. Proportion is also important in sketching.

In doodling, however, if you want to show a girl, just drawing a figure that looks like a girl is enough. If you want to show a tree, it should just resemble a tree. It’s not necessary to indicate the girl’s age or what kind of tree it is, or which fruit grows on it. These details aren’t essential in doodling. That’s why doodling is much easier and very relaxing.

Tips and Tools for Doodling:  To doodle, you can use anything: coloured pencils, sketch pens, etc. But most often, doodles are made with pencils or black pens that make bold, thick lines. Doodles are usually simple and don’t have too many details.

For example, if you are learning something about the Earth, you can use green colour to represent it. There are no restrictions on how you do it. You have complete freedom: you can draw whatever you like.
Your doodles can even have call-outs (like speech bubbles) to show someone talking. You can add different arrows, expressions, emojis, or even letters and words. Just like we doodle without much thought, if we look at it from another perspective and use it intentionally for a good purpose, it can be really useful.
For instance, I started doodling with the idea of “summer” in mind. When we think of summer, we think of the sun. So first I drew the sun. Then I thought of things related to summer: ice cream, umbrellas, sunglasses, cap, all of these came to mind, and I kept drawing them one by one. In this way, as thoughts related to the theme keep coming, you keep drawing, and eventually you create a clear visual theme around the topic you’re doodling about. Similarly, if we use doodling for teaching, it can be a very useful tool. It can help children understand a concept more easily.

C2.2.3.A. Photo Description of Google Doodle dedicated to Jan Ingenhousz

Description of doodle generated with assistance from ChatGPT.

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This black-and-white Google Doodle celebrates the 287th birthday of Jan Ingenhousz, the Dutch scientist who discovered photosynthesis. The artwork has a hand-drawn, vintage sketch style and integrates scientific imagery with the letters of the word “Google.”

Here’s a detailed description of the image for someone who is visually impaired:

• The “G” in “Google” appears on the far left and is stylized like a scientific sketch.
• To the right of the “G” stands a cartoon-like drawing of Jan Ingenhousz. He is shown in profile, facing right, wearing 18th-century attire including a long coat and a wig. His hands are folded behind his back.
• In place of the first “O” is a stylized drawing of the sun with rays extending outward, symbolizing sunlight.
• The second “G” and “L” are incorporated into a plant. The “G” is part of the stem, and the “L” is shaped like a small branch.
• The final “E” is at the base of the plant, resembling roots embedded in the ground.
• From the sun, arrows point toward the plant, illustrating the process of photosynthesis.

Scientific notations are included around the plant:

• “CO₂” (carbon dioxide) points toward a leaf.
• “H₂O” (water) is shown coming from the soil, indicated by droplets.
• “O₂” (oxygen) is shown coming out of the top leaf.
• “C₆H₁₂O₆” (glucose) is noted as a product of the process.

This image encapsulates Jan Ingenhousz’s discovery that in the presence of sunlight, plants convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and release oxygen- the foundational concept of photosynthesis.

C3.3.1.A. Description of Podcast Kekulé’s Discovery by Ajita Deshmukh

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This immersive audio experience begins with gentle instrumental music, setting the tone for a journey where imagination meets intellect. The host quotes Einstein about dreams and imagination and invites the listeners to wonder: Can the invisible structures of the universe be deciphered through dreams?

What follows is not just a story, but a soundscape. We slip into the world of Friedrich August Kekulé, the visionary organic chemist. As the narrative unfolds in the first person, Kekulé himself seems to speak and his memories are brought to life through vivid, layered background sounds.

The hum of a busy street merges with the distant whoosh of atoms, imagined as they swirl and collide. A city bus passes. The scratch of a pencil across paper evokes his restless note-taking. Water drips rhythmically in the background, conjuring the quiet of a laboratory. A chair scrapes against the floor, fire splutters noisily in the fireplace, and thunder rolls as moments of revelation strike. A clock ticks insistently, echoing the urgency of discovery. All the while accompanying Kekulé recount how he arrived at the discovery of ring structures in organic chemistry.

C3.3.1.B. Description of video on Water Xylophone by Daisy Wadhwa

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To create a Water Xylophone you need Glasses Water Spoon Fill the glasses with different levels of water.
Tap the spoon gently on the glasses to create a melody.

C3.3.3.A. Summary of Music in the Social Studies Classroom by J. Adragna  

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Joseph Adragna, a passionate musician and history teacher, shares how he uses the music of REM, particularly the song “Cuyahoga”, to teach high school American history. Despite never imagining this crossover, he now finds music to be an effective and memorable hook in the classroom, much like a catchy chorus in a song.

Why use songs in class?

• Music as a Hook: Just like memorable songs have unforgettable “hooks”, engaging lessons need memorable elements. Music naturally provides that “hook”, students remember the tune, the feeling, and the content connected to it.
• Building Historical Empathy: Students often struggle with connecting emotionally to historical events. Songs help them develop historical empathy,  they don’t just memorize facts, they feel the significance of historical narratives.
• Emotional and Personal Connection: Music enables students to connect on both an intellectual and emotional level. Through guided listening, students react to lyrics, tone, and mood, fostering deeper engagement with complex topics (like Native American subjugation or environmental crises).
• Engaged, Active Learning: Students use tools like the PLA worksheet (“Principles of Listening and Analysis”) to explore: Mood and theme, Lyrics, Historical context. Example: They research the Cuyahoga River fire (1969) after hearing about it in the song, uncovering environmental history through inquiry.
• Improved Retention and Confidence: Students remember the song and content months later. They feel ownership over the material and gain confidence in discussing historical themes.
• Flexible Assessment Opportunities: PLA worksheets can be used for quizzes, assessments, or discussion prompts. Student-generated insights can inform future exam questions.
• Fostering Passion and Curiosity: The teacher’s own passion for music becomes contagious. Students become passionate themselves by connecting new knowledge to something unfamiliar but engaging.

Key Takeaway: Using music in the classroom creates an emotional, memorable, and student-centred learning experience. Songs like “Cuyahoga” allow learners to explore complex historical themes while engaging with content creatively and critically.

C3.3.3.B. Details of Sound Track for storytelling by Natasha Gomes

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Thunderclap followed by light rain… Sharp knock at the door twice.

Dull electronic buzz sound… Click of door…

Footsteps entering the inside the space… Person walking… sound of the rain subsides—

Person stops…pause… Faint sound of metal…Person continues walking…

Person climbs stairs… floor creaking …

Person footsteps stops … Sound of metal objects falling to the ground … Sound of male scream in pain … Sound of metal objects falling.

End of track.

C4.4.3. Transcript of  monologue on Marie Curie by Synora Dcosta

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I am Madame Curie. I am so blinded by the love of Pyle that I can see nothing but the red flames of love. Even this gold ring that he has gifted me doesn’t shine anymore.

All that glitters is no longer gold. Oh, what has happened? There seems to be a power cut. All lights have gone off.

What shall I do? There’s something shining over there. What is that? Has my heart popped out and it’s burning with the flames of love? Let me go closer and have a look. Doesn’t seem to be red.

Seems to be a green glow. Oh, it’s not my heart. This is something else.

Let me call it radium.