Haitian Culture Curriculum Guide

6. Students could complete one or more of the following activities:
• Students design their own Tap-Tap bus. (Materials: Tap-Tap bus pattern, markers, milk
cartons, construction paper, glue, scissors, aluminum foil or art foil, tag board,
(optional): acrylic paints/brushes. Students may write a sentence or two describing their
Tap-Tap bus.
• Students make mobiles with the Tap-Tap bus. They place words describing the bus
hanging from the mobiles. Use yarn or three strips of paper of varying lengths.
• Alternative Activity with class of set of buses: Make a border around the classroom or
bulletin board and add additional information, or display work about Haiti.
• Shoe box activity with the Tap-Tap bus. Make a Tap-Tap bus diorama. The students
make items that are transported on the bus with clay moldings, construction paper cutouts,
magazine pictures, etc. Add wheels made from cardboard or tag board. Use brass
fasteners to make the wheels turn.
• Create an original song about the Tap-Tap bus, i.e., familiar tune - The Wheels on
the Bus:
The wheels on the Tap-Tap bus go round and round
The chickens go cluck, cluck, cluck
The people go tap, tap, tap
The goats go bah, bah, bah
7. Compare and contrast the Haitian Tap-Tap bus with the U.S. bus transit system. You might
focus on bus design, items/people transported, etc. Display student answers on the board.
Assessment:
• Participation in class discussion.
• Completion of one or more Tap-Tap activities.
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