The power point of our TESOL 2011 presentation on Activities for promoting inter-cultural tolerance in conflict situations.

1. Making Connections Working together!

3. Hispaniola

4. The context and the rationale

6. Goals of the project:to improve the teachers’ and students’ English skills and to promote understanding, mutual respect, and good relations between Haitian and Dominican youth andEnglish teachers.

7. Funders English Specialist Program Office of Public Diplomacy, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Office of Public Diplomacy, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

8. Ouanaminthe Ouanaminthe

9. Dajabon

11. The bridge at the border crossing Massacre River

15. 4 teacher trainers from the U.S.A.

16. 1 Conflict transformation specialist, assisted by 6 Peace Corps Volunteers

17. 1 Arts and Craftsvolunteer.

18. 2 parents/ chaperones (1 Haitian, 1 Dominican)

20. Los Piños

21. Week 2 - Haiti

22. Institution Univers

23. Daily Schedule of Activities 7:30-8:30 Breakfast 8:30-12:00 English Class 12:00-12:30 Free time/Debriefing with teachers 12:30-1:30 Lunch 1:30-3:00 Siesta, quiet activities 3:00-4:30 Community/Group Building Activities (Teacher-training sessions/lesson planning, prep) 4:30-6:00 Free Choice Activities: sports, arts and crafts, mask making, etc. 6:30-7:30 Dinner 7:30-9:00 Evening Fun Activities 10:00 Lights out

24. Teacher training/coaching

25. English classes

26. Community/Trust building activities

27. Arts and Crafts Friendship bracelets…

28. and papier-mâché masks!

29. Sports and games…

30. Cultural evenings…

31. and fun!

33. Self and family

35. Interviews: What do you eat for breakfast? What do you wear to school? What’s your favorite music, sport, etc?

36. Self-portrait Line 1: your first name Line 2: 4 words that describe you Line 3: relationship to someone, (mother of __, son of __, friend of_______) Line 4: speaker of _____ (languages you speak) Line 5: who loves (name 3 things) Line 6: who dislikes (name 3 things) Line 7: who would like to see (name 3 things/places/people) Line 8: your profession Line 9: your last name Susan Short and stout, open-minded and friendly, Mother of Daniel and Stephanie, Speaker of English, French and a bit of Creole, Who loves friends and snow and grandchildren, Who dislikes mosquitoes, liver and presentations Who would like to see Cuba and the TajMahal and Nelson Mandela Teacher Renaud

38. LEA: Our trip to the River

45. Interviews Map making

46. Home community Camp community Self & family

47. My favorite place…

49. A blank sheet of paper

51. Songs: Three Little Birds

52. A Love Story….

56. Graduation Day

58. Outcomes We in the DR have a lot in common with the Haitians. This was the first time for me to meet people who live close to me and I discovered that we could get along and make friends with each other. The people of the world are equal and we have the same capacity to learn I learned how to live with others without worrying about their race or color. All people are my brothers and sisters Friends are more important than circumstances Race, skin color are not important because in the end all are equal