I was asked if having a theme is beneficial in encouraging class unity. My decision to have a bee theme this year had nothing to do with unity. When I thought about my classroom this year, I questioned whether or not I could find a mascot that could provide a positive correlation for my students. I didn't want to send any subliminal messages with monkeys or monsters, so I thought bees would work well. Bees are hard workers and yes, they do work together for a common goal. My initial thought of bees were "Busy bees". For unity, I'll be facilitating a lot of class building and team building activities to encourage unity. My previous theme was "Become a part of our puzzle" and the students decorated a piece of our class puzzle and we put it together. It's remains an underlying theme and will each year because as the "Bee-come a part of our hive" they'll decorate a piece of our class hive puzzle piece and we'll put that together as well. Our theme will be reference throughout the year (staying busy, using time wisely, working together, and etc.). So to answer the question, yes, a class theme can be used for unity, but it was not selected originally for that purpose.