We are all different, but are we aware of what we share? There are different ways to explore what we have in common, as human beings or as part of the same community.

THE BIOLOGICAL APPROACH

Workshop on body language : are your moves while you are speaking culturally determined? are there stereotypes considering body language and communication?

Workshop on facial expressions : discover the universal facial expression and how they are used in cartoons for example

Facial expressions are universal. Do you know how many common facial expressions human beings share and which they are? How are these facial expressions used to communicate worldwhile?

Reach this activity on Learning designer and try it if you like it! (it enables you to have a designed colored version, to download or modify this design for your personal use freely) https://v.gd/opzO6U     

THE HISTORICAL APPROACH

Large periods of our history have involved populations of numerous countries in major or global events. Exploring these events is an opportunity to work on remembrance of a shared experience and become aware of what can lead to cultural differences in considering recent events. It's a way to better understanding!

DIVIDED BY CONFLICT

To search for similarities and differences between conflicts in your own country through different subjects.Investigate sensitive issues and similarities from the past and learn more about the history of your country and the other country involved.

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https://v.gd/lSS3VT

What's in a name, why is one person an migrant, another an asylum seeker or maybe a refugee? Is the current refugee-crisis unique in history? How do we act in Europe to solve the refugee-problems?
Europahuis Ryckevelde has a workshop about this theme.

BE-Workshop Ryckevelde-refugees in Europe.pdf

BE-Ryckevelde-exercise_whats-in-a-name.docx

Ancient Greece: gods, humans, ...: borders and boundaries

We are humans. And as humans we are constantly motivated to push our boundaries to make our world a better one and to have a life full of comfort. From the moment we started to live in societies, we created borders to mark our land, to indicate what is allowed and what is forbidden, what is within the possibilities of mankind, and what belongs to the jurisdiction or control of the gods in antiquity, replaced by the jurisdiction of the law and ethical commissions today.

Some students made a kind of performance about this topic:

BE-Greek tekstdocument.docx

BE-Greek Powerpoint hybris - part 1.pptx

BE-Greek Powerpoint hybris - part 2.pptx

BE-Greek Powerpoint hybris - part 3.pptx

 THE LINGUISTIC APPROACH

We think we can't understand people because we don't speak their language. But is it so difficult to step into someone else's mother tongue? what is common to our mother tongue and the unknown language?

TAKE A LANGUAGE BATH!

Two countries with different language groups who live in specific parts of their countries and have different traditions. The borders between the language groups can be very evident and stereotypes about each other exist. The students will compare the situation in the two countries through different subjects. Reach this activity on Learning designer and try it if you like it!

https://v.gd/2EtKLd