The project "Common History Among Us" is a school partnership that will be conducted by six countries. During the project, the main aim is educating students to be positive and open-minded towards other cultures searching the roots of European Culture and Knowledge, its evolution periods and contributions made by several scientists and philosophers from different cultures and nations.
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By highlighting the fact that European culture and knowledge is a common product that has been created with the efforts of different cultures, we want to promote one of Europe Union's most important priorities and aims; European togetherness which is the only way to succeed and get over the current and possible problems.
To reach this aim, we have planned our project as 2 steps. The first step includes some challenges that will serve as a warmup for the Erasmus+ project and also, will make students search, learn and create some materials about the periods that European culture has passed, such as
- - searching how the ancient civilizations regarded the sun and solar eclipses
- - preparing cards that important scientists and philosophers from different times (especially Andalusia and ancient Greek ) send each other to celebrate each other for their works
- - calendar for important travelers and maps
- - studying the Vitruvian Man
- - studying a poem on the Industrial Revolution
And the second step is our Erasmus+ project aims to widen the effects of our etwinning project. Our students will face challenges that make them discover the roots of European culture and knowledge working step by step; ancient civilizations, ancient Greeks, Andalusian Scientists, Geographical Discoveries, Renaissance and Industrial Revolution. Before all steps, students will make searches about the topic and turn the information into a product using technology and share it with their peers. And also, in all steps, we have planned activities that will develop their creativity, collaboration, communication and working as a team because, according to our questionnaire, our students regard these skills as the most necessary ones to be more employable in Europe that has %14 rate of unemployment among young people.
Also, these steps have been planned to make our students
- - feel the atmosphere in which the scientists and philosophers worker
- - find out the contribution of their national scientists and philosophers into European culture
- - have a more developed feeling of respect and tolerance towards the others
- - have a more developed artistic and creative vision
- - develop a more positive attitude towards history lesson which is regarded as a just lesson by most of our students
- - understand terms life-long learning and learning by living
- - meet and learn Web 2.0 tools and 3-D printers which have not been used by % 90 of students
And also, this project will be a chance for our teachers to meet new cultures, learn new methods, refresh their motivations and develop their communication with students