Description of the project

Pupils are supposed to select from a certain pool of texts whichever they consider most appropriate for practical realisation. With the aid of their teachers and including external partners (support groups for migrants and refugees, journalists, politicians, theatres, ALP Dillingen, MPZ München, BIB Bolzano) they are to jointly develop proposals for a theoretical and creative debate (dialogues, scenic plays or other artistic projects) on the subject matter. Special qualifications and contacts of the participating schools will be emphasized. Results will be presented by the multi-national groups at the participating schools in the form of performances and exhibitions. These presentations will be used for fund-raising to support juvenile refugees at the respective locations of the schools. All activities will be shared by means of eTwinning and a common homepage (www.klassischegymnasien.eu); it should be possible to use the developed material on a more general base.

We are deeply convinced that working on a common European platform is of the utmost importance for learning more about different positions and regulations in the various European countries; we hope that an examination of “classical” context in combination with a practical social project may lead to the creation of new ideas. The strength of each of the participating schools being in a different realm, we expect to create an inspiring collaboration.

Aims and objectives of the project

 to examine the highly topical subject matter “refugee crisis”
 to join the discussion on how Europe should deal with the problem
 to develop inter-cultural, social and civil competence by active, practical and also virtual collaboration
 to learn together and from each other, both teachers and pupils
 to create a more innovative way of teaching and learning at secondary schools by dealing with highly topical subject matter, developing new material, collaborating with external partners, creatively joining together theory and practical realization
 to work together with people from various occupational areas
 to explore pieces of art related to the subject