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Thai art and culture
An AR classroom game for Grade 2. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.
This set has 6 questions in an interactive multiple choice activity.
Curriculum indicatorศ 1.2 ป.2/1
A look before you play
Sample questions
A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.
Which art does the kanok pattern belong to?
- Thai art
- Chinese art
- Western art
Read the explanation
Kanok is a Thai pattern, found in temples and in fine craft.
What is a krathong chiefly made of?
- A plastic bottle cut in half
- Banana leaves and banana stem
- Foam decorated with coloured paper
Read the explanation
Banana leaf and banana stem, which rot away.
Why should a krathong not be made of foam?
- Foam doesn't float well and sinks quickly
- Foam costs many times more than banana leaves
- Foam hardly breaks down and makes the water dirty
Read the explanation
Foam hardly rots at all, and it fouls the river.
Before you play
Game teaching guide
What children will practise
Practises recognising Thai art and culture: the kanok pattern, krathong from natural materials and why not to use foam, khon and the Ramakien, the value of handwoven cloth, and ways to preserve Thai arts. Fits indicator ศ 1.2 ป.2/1.
What's in the worksheet
6 questions, multiple choice with 3 options - Which art does the kanok pattern belong to? (Thai art) - Why not make a krathong from foam? (it barely breaks down and pollutes the water) - What is the value of handwoven Thai cloth? (skill and cultural value) - How can we preserve Thai art? (learn it, practise it and value it)
How to use it in class
Suits the run-up to Loy Krathong or a Thai culture unit, about 7 minutes, whole class. If you have handwoven cloth or a kanok pattern print, pass it round while playing. If many choose "cheaper than factory cloth" for the handwoven question, talk about how many days one piece takes. Follow up by making banana-leaf krathong. Play it linked to the class and the scores go into the gradebook.
Common sticking points
- Kanok: children who have never heard the word may guess Chinese art. Show a temple gable decorated with kanok. - Handwoven cloth: the distractor "woven fast in large amounts" is the opposite of the truth, but children who have never seen a loom may choose it. - Foam: some pick "foam does not float well", though it floats very well. Use this to show the real problem is that it does not break down.
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