This activity addresses the schools registered with the myEUROPE and eTwinning projects. Its main goal is to encourage classes to work collaboratively on chosen topics related to European citizenship. The partner classes will create a common contribution, which will be published on the myEUROPE website.
Recommended age group: 10-18 Activity type: cross-curricular
Process:
1. Find a partner (Use this forum and post a message) or agree with your current partner on carrying out this activity. 2. Choose a common communication language (English, French or German). 3. Each school chooses a topic (from the list below or an idea of their own) and informs the partner about their chosen topic. 4. Both partners prepare their own contribution and contribute also to the partners' topic. 5. Partners put together, in one single document, both contributions and pictures. Each partner is responsible for the topic they chose. 6. In class, the pupils discuss and compare both contributions. Classes may get in contact via email/chat/video. 6. Both partners submit the outcome, they are responsible for, on the myEUROPE website.
Options:
A class may have several partner classes and develop various topics. The final contribution may be in various formats, according to the age and the abilities of the pupils: drawing with a written explanation, postcard, letter, description, reportage, interview, analysis of a survey, etc.
Suggested topics
Local arts
Celebrations : Local customs, festivals and traditions
Invitation for festive dinner : Eating habits and recipes
How do people live : Local architecture
What makes my school/town/region special?
A special day in my school/town/region
How can my town/region enrich the EU?
How do people decide about the future of my town/region?
Waste management in my school/town/region
How do we help the weak, the elderly, the poor in my school/town/region?
Responsibilities and rights of pupils at my school
What did we know about each other before starting the project?
Are the people in your school/town/region racist? Why? Why not?
How can I make my school/town/region better?
Need for reform. What would you change in your school/town/region?
Why take part in this activity?
Students will learn to:
search for, identify, evaluate, collect and structure information
learn to recognise the difference between facts and opinions in a new wider European context
experience intercultural exchange and understanding of European issues
experience the cultural diversity of Europe
develop and improve communication skills by practising another European language
develop collaborative work through new technologies.
