DISCUSSING - TASK 1

DISCUSSING AN eTWINNING PROJECT ON HISTORY


There are eTwinning projects focused on history. One of them "Stories in History" was awarded a European eTwinning Prize 2014 as a runner up project. The project itself  dealt with young children´s experiences during World War II., there were 3 participating schools from France, Czech Republic and Greece.


A task for you:
Watch the video, go through their project blog and TwinSpace, check out their work online, at school and during school trips or excursions. Concentrate your attention on project steps, methods, collaboration, students´ independent work, ICT tools used, outputs and final evaluation. Post your comments below this blog entry (which activities are inspiring for you, how you would access this topic . . . )





 

Project blog:

http://stories-in-history.webnode.cz/



TwinSpace:

http://new-twinspace.etwinning.net/web/p86101/welcome




Further inspiration by eTwinning project kits:
https://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/collaborate/kits.cfm

DISCUSSING - TASK 2

DISCUSSING ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

Active citizenship means active involvement in local communities, it may include volunteering activities, non-formal groups actions or small events like cleaning the streets, river banks etc. Active citizenship is also vital in school life. It is a combination of knowledge, attitude, skills and actions to foster a democratic society. It supports cooperation, values diversity and involves the whole community, it´s important for solving problems of various kind. School programmes should cover communication on building tolerance, fighting prejudice, openess to diversity . . .


"Migration to Europe 2015"

• "an escalating migration crisis is testing th EU´s commitment to human rights and open borders" 
• "human tragedies caused by pollitical situation in the Middle East and Africa" 
• "volunteers help migrants arriving in Europe"
  (these are just three quotes from current newspapers) 

A task for you:
How would you introduce and discuss the topic of migration to your students? 
What would be the basic steps of your teaching or project activity? 
Share your ideas in comments below this blog entry. 


 YOU CAN FIND INSPIRATION ON THESE USEFUL WEBSITES with project kits:

 - Academy of Central European Schools web with colllection of creative activities:

http://bit.ly/1XmKhrz


- eTwinning Conference Brussels, October 2015

http://destination-unknown.org/ (Protect children on the move)