Teaching European Citizenship Project examples and eTwinning kits

1. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa Teaching European Citizenship Project examplesandeTwinningkits PDW, Stockholm, October 10 - 12, 2013 Beate Vollmer

2. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa Workshop Itinerary • I European multi-culturalsocietyandcitizenship: Parts I and II • II Project Kits • Neighbourhood Political Party Europia • Ideal European Citizen European Utopia • 10 – 13 14 – 16 17 – 21 • III Group work on oneparticularkit • IV Exchange ofideason howtoputthesekitsintopractice • VBenefitsof Teaching European Citizenship

3. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa European multi-culturalsocietyandcitizenship Part I: on being a European in the EU: chancesandchallengesofactivecitizenship in ourneighbourhoods

4. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa IstitutoSuperioreStataleLiceoNiccolò Machiavelli, Rome, Italy I.E.S. Santa Úrsula, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Adalensgymnasieförbund, Adalsskolan, Kramfors, Sweden OMO Scholengroep Bergen op Zoom e.o. Europese Leerroute, The Netherlands Albert-Schweitzer-/Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium, Marl. Germany

5. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa Aims: - Creating awareness in pupils of their status as citizens in the European Union - Reflection on chances and challenges of living in a multi-cultural society - Development of some of the 8 key European competences for lifelong learning Subjects: Cross curricular, Foreign Languages, History, History of Culture, Language and Literature, Arts, Social Studies Language: English, yet German, Italian, Spanish and French are welcome

6. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa Tools: e-Mail, Chat, Other software (Power point, video, pictures, drawings), Video conference, Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes), Web publishing Age of pupils: 12 – 18 Duration: September 2010 – November 2011

7. Let‘sget toknow eachother Practice Being a European in the EU Myschool Meeting October 2011 Meeting Nov. 2010 Modules Evaluation ofthe projectexperience Mytown / city: livingconcepts, multi-culturalenvironment, cultureandsocialspaces Education Meeting April 2011 Culture andreligion

8. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa European multi-culturalsocietyandcitizenship Part II: European citizenshipaccordingtodemocraticprinciplesandutopianvisions

9. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa Aims: - Heightening pupils’ awareness for the value and the need of democratic principles in a pluralist, multi-cultural society • - Studying European history as a process of a continuing democratization • - Exploring and evaluating alternative forms of social structures • - Learning more about philosophical concepts of social utopia and designing a city

10. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa Subjects: Cross curricular, Foreign Languages, History, History of Culture, Language and Literature, Arts, Social Studies Language: English, Spanish Tools: e-Mail, Chat, Other software (Power point, video, pictures, drawings), Video conference, Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes), Web publishing Age of pupils: 12 – 18 Duration: November 2011 – August 2012

11. Let‘sget toknow eachother Practice The conceptofdemocracy Evaluation oftheprojectexperience Signsofdemocraticlife in ourenvironment Modules Meeting April 2012 Meeting February 2012 Utopianand Dystopiansocieties Utopian, ideal andeducatingcities

12. Dynamic project Module I Project in process – Team decisionmaking Debating Lab Passion forSwedish Module II EMSC II logos andtrailers Passion for Italian Module VI Passion forSpanish Module V Passion for French Module IV Young European Artists‘ corner Technical mentoring Press review Volunteering Module III

13. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa Debatingabout Democracy

14. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa

15. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa eTwinningprojects on European Citizenship - empower pupils by developing their civic competence - enrich the school curriculum 1. Pedagogical innovation and creativity Increase in knowledge about citizenship and democracy Integration of the principles of democratic learning Pupils as project planners Encouragement of critical reflection

16. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa 2. Integration into the curriculum Cross-curricular approach Intercultural competence Practise of the 8 key European competences for life-long learning 3. Co-operation between partner schools Careful collaboration with partners High degree of pupil participation Fostering learner mobility

17. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa 4. Creative Use of ICT technology Application and deepening of media literacy by means of an extensive use of all the categories of the Twinspace Research on the internet Production of own texts (videos, songs, texts) 5. Sustainability and Transferability Critical reflection on European citizenship Development of social responsibility Deepening of pupils’ communicative Competence (debating) Training social competences Learning to concentrate on a serious issue

18. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa Project kits: European Citizenship

19. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa Project kits: European Citizenship

20. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa Project kits: European Citizenship

21. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa • Our ideal European citizen (10 – 13) • Potential interactive tasks: the joint production of a poster or a web page, that includes the profile of the ‘ideal European citizen’ and takes into account the categories mentioned below. • 1) Possibilities for political participation • 2) Values • 3) Social involvement • 4) Use of public institutions (libraries) • 5) Foreign language knowledge (language proficiency) • 6) Media use

22. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa Our political party 14 – 16 Potential interactive task: the creation of a party proposal that takes into consideration the categories below. The product should include: 1) The name of the party 2) Political Programme 3) Slogan that has market impact 4) Marketing poster 5) Video

23. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa Europia – Europe tomorrow 17 – 21 Potential interactive task: the creation of a social utopia which takes into consideration statements about the following institutions: 1) Government form 2) Justice 3) Labour and Employment 4) Transportation 5) Economics 6) Education and science 7) Healthcare 8) Integration and equality 9) Cross-cultural contact 10) Environment

24. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm2CDswMLaU&feature=youtu.be Other common interests: Waste and rubbish • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle A lot of bins all over the city Waste seperation waste-to-energy incineration plant every inhabitant cleans a part of the city every monthEnvironmentally aware inhabitants: Every inhabitant grows his own vegetable help to plant trees, flowers School excursion to the agricultural district Architecture: Less inhabitants Small individual houses with garden no blocks of flats Health care: Everybody has got a health insurance Sport Centre  Gives the possibility to practice varied sport disciplines Social spaces: Association, sport, cultural Centre • meetings points for all generations Places for youth • cinemas, swimming pools, youth clubs where they do not disturb anybody • Playgrounds for younger children • free green spaces which also help the environment Cultural places • theatres, libraries, museums etc. • free for pupils and students Governing and laws: Democracy with many plebiscites Project “take care for your part of town “  the city council apportions every district a certain sum of money which its inhabitants can use to organize their neighborhood by themselves  Citizens also have duties: e.g. to tend the parks and green spaces Integration and equality: Parenting classes Immigrants learn the language teached by volunteers Handicapped accessible  disabled children have the right to go to school Sport teams Energy: Renewable energy  wind energy plants production of energy by fitness equipment Solar and photovoltaik cells on the roofs good heat insulation solar heat to warm the water water and energy saving appliances Education: good and relaxed atmosphere  Abolish the stiff relationship between pupils and teacher, are on first name with each other classrooms are planned and painted by the pupils each class only has 15 pupils  Optimal support for every child cooperation with different countries Exchanges, Comenius, eTwinning pupils get healthy food for free Infrastructure: No cars in the residential district Electronically underground railway system (solar and wind energy) Bicycles at every station Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies – police, fire truck, garbage truck Contact/relations to other cities/countries International cooperation School  Exchanges and projects like Comenius, eTwinning Vision Valley

25. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa Benefits of teaching European Citizenship • Reinforcing pupils’ autonomy by developing • Social Literacy

26. eTwinning - Das Netzwerk für Schulen in Europa Thankyouforyourattention.