Exploring Russia's Culture

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Zdravstvujtye! 

(zdrah-stvooy-tee = hello!)

Russia may be a world away from Boxford, MA, but bringing Russia into our classroom this week was about as close to an authentic cultural experience as one could get. 

Students enjoyed participating in a variety of cultural station rotation activities, including:

• Learning how to read, speak and write in Russian

• Discovering different aspects of Russia's exotic and decorative architectural forms and ultimately, creating a building design of their own (yes, including those amazing onion domes and kremlins!)

• Exploring Russian literature and how it is influenced by its geographical northern location

• Enjoying a performance of [Tchaikovsky's] Swan Lake ballet filmed at the Kirov/Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg

• "Boarding" the Trans Siberian Railway for an excursion through Moscow and eastward towards Vladivstok. FUN FACT: Did you know that if you were to travel the entire length of the 6,152 mile rail line, you'd travel through EIGHT time zones?

• Touring Lake Baikal through Google Expeditions (a virtual reality experience) - "way cool", was how it was unanimously characterized.  

Interested in listening to some familiar voices convey personal greetings in Russian?  Click on the links below.  These greetings were recorded using the ever-popular, social learning platform, Flipgrid.

наслаждайтесь (naslazhdaytes' = enjoy yourself)