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COOPERATION Final product 3: History is knocking on our door

  • Knowing History and Culture Helps Us Build a Sense of Pride.

    Historical consciousness is the understanding of how past, present and future are thought to be connected.

    On 6. - 10. June, 10 Slovakian students and two teachers participated in mobility in Lithuania

    The central theme of the Erasmus+ mobility was "History". History has a significant impact on our culture, for example, customs from the past, holiday observances, recreational activities, and our spoken language.

     

    During the mobility, the students learned some facts from the past and how they are connected with the culture. They improved knowledge about our traditions or history. Slovakian and Lithuanian students found out that their countries have similarities in a historical period from 1988 to 1992.

    Working together in the mixed groups, the students have prepared information and tasks for peers. 

     

    1. Task:

    Watch a short video about Lithuanian history and discuss it:

    Workshop: How do you understand the word "Freedom"? What words do you associate with "Freedom "?

    Teaching material about Lithuanian history of the period 1988-1991:

    https://view.genial.ly/62a78931c2fcb30011842fc2/interactive-image-interactive-image

     

    2. Task:

    Watch a short video about the Velvet Revolution of Czechoslovakia and discuss it. What differences can you name in comparison to Lithuania: 

     

     

     

    3. Task (after the introduction of the teaching material "The Road to Freedom. Lithuania and Slovakia in the years 1988-1991."):

     

    https://wordwall.net/resource/33265145

     

     

     

    Extra teaching material about Lithuanian history:

     

     

     
    Made with Padlet

     

    We also used the extra teaching material about the 20th-century-history that we created for SDG 16

     

    https://padlet.com/ivanafazikovagymhc/8hs8a5xvxxhskjlj

     

    MORE RESULTS:

    Erasmus+ mobility of Slovakian students in Lithuania

     

    1. Historical impact on our culture.

    We met our guests with the folk dance "Kepurine", introduced some folk roundels, and invited them to the integrated physics and art lesson "The history of the relationship of mythology and astronomy."

     

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    THE HISTORY OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF MYTHOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY.pptx

    Ženklai ir simboliai.docx Symbols 

    1 užduotis.docx Find and recognise the symbols

     

    2. Peer lessons

    We taught younger peers about the history and our Lithuanian and Slovak roads to freedom and independence; we used materials we prepared in the eTwinning and some more extra materials created exclusively for this mobility and five peer lessons.

    The velvet revolution by Timotej and Martin.pptx

    Velvet-Revolution by ZK and SKo.pptx

    Velvet Revolution by Nina and Ernest.pptx

    Velvet Revolution by Nina T., Vanessa and Martin M..pptx

    Velvet_Revolution_Erasmus_2022 by SKn and KV.pptx

     

    3. Local authorities and the Lithuanian Parliament

    We learnt about local and regional authorities' tasks and national Parliament competencies and responsibilities. We also commemorated the victims of the fight for Lithuanian freedom.

     

    4. More history and folk traditions and science lessons at museums

    We learnt more about history at the water mill museum and bees museum, where we also found out that the symbol of friendship for Lithuanians is honey ...

    We also visited a fantastic Ethnocosmology centre where we refreshed the knowledge acquired in these eTwinning tasks and common school lessons during these mobilities...

     

    5. Sightseeing in Vilnius

     

    6. Art and natural beauty were all around

    As we were sightseeing, original pieces of artwork were everywhere, in all towns and cities we visited (Ignalina, Vidiskes, Moletai, Vilnius) and at school or the national park. Some of us even visited some different exhibitions and a students theatre play.

     

     

    7. More folk culture at the evaluation meeting

     

    Here you can find more articles, videos, and photos of our in-real-life cooperation:

    https://www.ignalina.lt/naujienos/396/vidiskiu-gimnazijos-sveciai:1029

    https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0psCbwBrdH8wM1b6fLKkTiJBSePiPPyM8hjiky34Y7tdtepN58ggUqnidu1BFdCw1l&id=100012600583190

    https://www.instagram.com/erasmus.biodiversity.history/

    https://gymhc.edupage.org/a/erasmus?eqa=dGV4dD10ZXh0L3RleHQxMDAmc3VicGFnZT0y

    https://www.hlohovec.sk/download_file_f.php?id=1705099

    https://www.facebook.com/gikhc/posts/pfbid026QWs8vSXfkkFSxBpp9qZZXRsdYsp2djB4vax7hzd66MWFMQyQvrzDMVXZwcEC2RCl

     

  • Feedback after the Erasmus + mobility in Lithuania

    Lithuanian cuisine by Sophia Kn., SK

    No trip in Lithuania would be complete without tasting some lithuanian meal, so during our stay in Lithuania we have also tried few pieces of their traditional food. We have noticed the similarities and differences between Slovakia and Lithuania's kitchen.
    On the third day of our trip we went for a lunch to a beautiful restaurant and tried Cepelinai for the first time. Cepelinai are big potato dumplings made from grated potatoes. They can be either filled with cottage cheese or minced meat. They were very tasty, but way too large. We have also tried lithuanian speciality called Šakotis, which is a traditional dessert, also called "Tree cake" or "Spit cake". We got it as a present from our friends, the taste was delicious, the dough reminded me of gingerbread. It was an amazing experience and we are glad that we had the opportunity to taste some traditional meals from Lithuania.

    Museum of ethnocosmology by Vanessa, SK
    Science and art lessons by Timotej, SK
    Lithuanian folk dances by Martin M., SK
    Lithuanian Parliament by Kristián, SK
    Sights in Aukstaitija National Park by Sofia Ko., SK
    Our peer lessons on history by Nina T., SK
    Our first day by Zuzka, SK
    Ignalina, city hall and more by Nina B., SK
    Moletai by Martin H., SK
    Vilnius by Ernest, SK
    Our greatest thanks for an unforgettable experience

    All of us, Slovak and Lithuanian participants of the Erasmus+ mobilities are very grateful that we could meet in real world after our previous fruitful cooperation via digital channels.
    The knowledge, skills and first-hand experiences of all those events, trips, school lessons, direct communication and interaction are invaluable. Everything we learnt on academic and personal level will be very beneficial in our future.
    We guided and were guided by each other through two countries during two exceptional weeks on the ERASMUS+ project (in April, in June) and after them we all felt very sad to depart because we developed very close bonds. All those shared commitments, tasks, experiences, feelings connected and bound us.
    All of us are sure that our cooperation has to continue. And also, if the Covid situation allows us, we would like to prepare similar real-life mobilities with our other eTwinning partners from Poland and Turkey, too.