Taichung City West District Datong Elementary School – "Traversing the City Through Time: From a Window to the City of the Future"

I. Core Concepts of the Course
This course focuses on "connection and transformation," using Taichung Old Town as the learning environment to guide students to think about:
1. How can knowledge from different fields help us see a city?
2. What is the relationship between architecture, culture, and people's lives?
3. How can we transform what we observe and learn into artistic creation and future imagination?

The curriculum starts from the urban environment surrounding students' lives, combining different fields such as art, literature, history, architecture, and technology. The fifth grade focuses on the theme of "Window to Culture," finding creative elements from historical buildings and local culture; the sixth grade develops "City of the Future," starting from urban space and people's living needs, incorporating architectural thinking and technological applications to imagine the possible appearance of future cities.

Through a process of "immersion-relationship-practice," students gradually connect knowledge from different fields and transform it into their own artistic expression through observation, reflection, and creation. The course emphasizes not only understanding Taichung's old city, but also teaching students how to use perspectives from different fields to understand issues and then use art as a means of integration and expression.

II. Three Major Learning Processes
(I) Immersion | From "Entering" → "Observing" → "Discovering"
Using Taichung Old Town as the learning venue, students are guided to re-examine the familiar urban environment through field visits, cultural and historical tours, and architectural observations. They discover the culture and local memories carried by the city from the streets, buildings, and traces of life.
(II) Relationship | From "Knowledge" → "Understanding" → "Connection"
By combining different fields such as literature, history, architecture, art and technology, students are guided to understand the relationship between people, architecture and cities from multiple perspectives, and to connect knowledge from different fields with life experiences, gradually forming an understanding of local culture and urban space.
(III) Practice | From "Extraction" → "Transformation" → "Creation"
Students are guided to transform their observations and learning into artistic creations. Fifth graders develop "Window to Culture" by incorporating architectural vocabulary and local culture; sixth graders combine architecture, art, and technology to develop "City of the Future," allowing students to integrate knowledge from different fields during the creative process and express their understanding of the city and their vision for the future.

III. Learning Objectives
(I) Immersion | Exploration of the Five Senses and Perception of Aesthetics
1. Use your five senses to explore the urban environment and carefully observe the expressions, textures, colors, and spatial characteristics of buildings.
2. Discover the forms, symbols, and aesthetics in architecture, and understand the cultural significance they carry.
(II) Relationships | Cross-Domain Connections and Cultural Understanding
1. By combining different fields such as art, literature, history and architecture, we can understand the relationship between people, architecture and cities.
2. Based on local culture and life experience, establish a cultural understanding and emotional connection with the old city of Taichung.
(III) Practice | Art Transformation and Technological Creation
1. Transform observations and learning into ceramic, three-dimensional, and mixed media creations to develop personal artistic expression.
2. By combining technological circuits, AI interaction, and VR virtual reality, we integrate art and technology to create an imagination of the future city.