International School of Indiana Vancouver 2023
Learning Objectives
Students get a chance to practice and improve their Mandarin speaking and comprehension skills.
Students come to a better understanding of globalism and push/pull factors in immigration as they are playing out in the city of Vancouver, where 20% of the population identifies as ethnic Chinese.
Students understand the complexity of immigration and the beauties of multiculturalism outside of their own everyday environments.
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Itinerary
The below itinerary provides one projection of the daily schedule. Changes may be made to improve the program quality, based on the logistical and educational needs of enrolled students.
Day 1:
Flight:
From: Indianapolis, IN
To: Vancouver, BC
- Baggage Claim
- Transport to Hotel
- Check in and settle
- Transfer to Stanley Park
- Evening Expectations Workshop
- Dinner
- Bed time in Hotel Vancouver
Day 2:
- Breakfast
- Morning Meeting
- Vancouver-Chinatown Millennium Gate
- Walking tour of Vancouver’s Chinatown
- Traditional Cuisine for Lunch
- Transfer to Chinese Cultural Center
- Visit Museum and Talk with Center Representative
- Transfer to Hotel
- Reflections
- Dinner
- Bed time in Hotel Vancouver
Day 3:
- Breakfast
- Morning Meeting
- Lesson at language school
- Lunch -- Food Walking Tour
- Transfer to Art Museum
- Vancouver International Center for Contemporary Asian Art
- Dinner
- Daily Debrief - ‘The Danger of a Single Story’
- Bed time in Hotel Vancouver
Day 4:
- Breakfast
- Morning Meeting
- Transfer to Chinatown Storytelling Center
- Visit Storytelling Center - Our Stories Exhibit
- Meet with Volunteer Docents and Storytellers
- Lunch
- Lesson at language school
- Scavenger Hunt
- Dinner
- Daily Debrief - ‘The Danger of a Single Story’
- Bed time in Hotel Vancouver
Day 5:
- Breakfast
- Morning Meeting
- Lesson at language school
- Lunch
- Visit Vancouver Aquarium
- Dinner
- Daily Debrief - Climate Change & Fish
- Bed time in Hotel Vancouver
Day 6:
- Breakfast
- Morning Meeting
- Lesson at language school
- Lunch
- Visit Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
- Dinner
- Daily Debrief - Global Economies
- Bed time in Hotel Vancouver
Day 7:
- Breakfast
- Student Choice Activity Time -- Downtown Vancouver
- Program Closing Ceremony
- Hotel Check-Out
- Transfer to Airport
- Check In, baggage, security
Flight:
From: Vancouver, BC
To: Indianapolis, IN