Slovenian Inter- Cool-Tural toybox

In Slovenian "toybox" there were dolls and teddy bears made by the pupils of the third triad of Druga osnovna Å¡ola Slovenj Gradec. In thebox there was also a button on a string, which can magically turn into an elastic rope if you twist it long enough. Younger children made aboard for a game called "Sheep and Two Wolves", and added a little bagwith beans needed for the game. Children of the first triad also added some bookmarks they made themselves. The wooden thing you can see inthe pictures is the so called "raglja" - it can be used to invite people to attend a mass in the days before Easter, as an instrument for cheerleading and of course as a toy for children. On the DVD there are traditional games played by the pupils of the first triad. We hope everybody will enjoy playing with the toys from Slovenia!

Project meeting in Bambini Montjuic- Girona- Spain- March 2010

In this video one of the traditional dances that the children of the Bambini Montjuic school danced for the European guests on the 8th of march 2010, before the "grand nevada"!!

Scrapbooks inside the Inter- cool- tural boxes- from Vratsa- Bulgaria

The scrapbook, write on a Cd and part of the works inside the box, was made by the pupils of 3b and 4v class and their English teacher Mrs. Kalina Nikolova.

The CD about traditional costumes in Bulgaria are presented by: Ekaterina Ivova and Katerina TihomirovaClass 3 vSt. Sofronii Vrachanski Primary School – Vratsa, Bulgaria

Inter- cool- tural boxes from Gazi school- Istanbul- Turkey

Azur and Asmar: didactic courses- Classes III A, III C Secondary school of San Lorenzo in Campo- Italy

Grade level: III year of a Middle School (13 year aged students)
Subject: Italian
Lesson objectives:
-to write a story following strictly the clues;
-to write a story respecting accuracy and coherence
Activities:
vision of the film;
group work on the possible sequels of the story;
shared choice of the best suggestion;
composition of the story
Subject: Geography
Lesson objectives:
-to describe and understand a territory;
-to be aware that to study different countries can promote the respect of one’s identity and the cooperation and integration;
Activities:
Study of the physical, economic characteristics of Maghreb
Subject: Citizenship
Lesson objectives:
-To form a responsible and liable citizen capable of understating other cultures, of appreciating the value of freedom, respectful of the human dignity and of the differences
Activities:
To reflect upon the spontaneous comments expressed by the students during the vision of the film and recorded by the teacher;
Debate on the messages of the author;
Analysis of the articles of the Italian Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights related to freedom and equality among people without making any distinction of race, colour, sex, language, religion.


“Brotherhood has no colour”

Grade level: III year of a Middle School (13 year aged students)
Subjects: Italian; Citizenship
Lesson Objectives:
-to reflect upon respect, acceptance and discovery of the others as a personal enrichment
-to promote the awareness of the new ethic and multicultural European background and the acceptance of other nationalities
-to reflect upon the similarities between the contents of the 3rd article of the Italian Constitution, the 1st, the 2nd and the 3rd article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the main topics of the film “Azur and Asmar”.
Activities:
vision of the film “Azur and Asmar”;
guided discussion;
analysis of the articles: 3 (Italian Constitution); 1,2,3 (Universal Declaration of Human Rights);
production of a poster with some pictures from the film and the articles above-mentioned


MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR
This lesson activity is the result of some lessons held with a class of third year middle school students (13 years old). We started by looking at the film “Azur and Asmar”. We discussed the main topics on which the film is based: the idea of tolerance, equality and peace among people from different countries, religions and cultures. After that, the role of Martin Luther King as one of the most important men of the 20th century in the fight against racism was introduced. We did some research into his life and work using books, the internet and videos. Then we revised all the information, added pictures, sounds and a video and produced a multimedia product in order to reflect on the historical context of King's life and work. Moreover, this work is a springboard for further research and reflection.
Lesson objectives:
1) To become familiar with the historical context of King’s work and life;
2) To discuss and reflect upon a quote from his speech ”I have a dream”;
3) To watch a recording of King’s “I have a dream” speech;
4) To reflect on the importance of respect and tolerance towards other cultures
Subject: Cross-curricular, English as a second language, History, Social Studies, Citizenship.
Grade level: III year of a Middle School (13 year aged students)

Project activities we intend to carry out in the second part of school year 2009/2010

§ Final layout of the protocol: - handbook to be spread among the school and local community - upload it on the school and project websites (each country has to write down a paper in which it should list ten main ideas or knowledges, based on its own experience, about how to welcome a foreign student at school, and send it to the coordinator. The coordinating school collects all the ideas and write the final document.);
§ Production of a CD with all the activities carried during the two years;
§ Final layout of the shared language course published on each school website;
§ Final questionnaire for students to evaluate its impact and the level of satisfaction of the people involved, processes and feelings (the coordinating school send it to the other schools, each school gives to the children involved and collect the results starting from the first week of May; the coordinating school receives all the data the week before Slovenia);
§ Project meeting in Slovenia from 24th to 27th of May: final evaluation of the activities carried out, exchange of all the materials produced to record on a CD to be given all students and communities (the students will be shared into groups, each group will cook a traditional dish, build a toy, etc under the guide of a foreign teacher);
§ Final exhibition about the project - Comenius Inter-cool-ture Day : meeting of all the students involved in the project inside their own school to celebrate the importance of the topic. It will be held in cooperation with people belonging to different foreign communities of the area. Local press will be involved (Bulgaria will celebrate it on the 9th of May- European Day);
§ Project hymn: the two italian schools will write down the text and the music of an Inter-Cool-Ture song to learn and sing during the final meeting;
§ Project group on FaceBook: the Portuguese school subscribes a group on Facebook;
§ Project Blog at the following address: http://inter-cool-ture.blogspot.com.

Project activities we carried out in the first part of school year 2009/2010

§ Projects meeting in Turkey to monitor the project evaluating the activities carried out, to plan activities and share practices for the first part of this school year, to compare school systems;
§ Prosecution of the school correspondence: exchange of Christmas cards and of lots of information about Christmas traditions in each partner country;
§ First layout of a shared multimedia language course (drawings/photos, dialogues and audio recordings of lexicon and basic linguistic structures of each partner country) useful to reach two important aims: improve the knowledge of our cultures/languages and lay the foundations of an instrument to be used with our foreign students;
§ Plan “listening time activities”: parents/grandparents and/or people coming from other countries tell stories belonging to their own culture; compare, without discriminating, the different values found in the texts/stories read and listened;
§ Plan some teaching units about cinema: significant movies can let our children know each country’s way of living in a more real way and can let them better understand the relationships with others;
§ Activities/products about: traditional stories/ lullabies/ songs… traditional toys / games..;
§ Collect and exchange “materials” for the “inter-cool-tural boxes” (to exchange in Girona);
§ Projects meeting in Spain to compare / evaluate the activities developed and their impact, to plan activities and share practices for the second part of school year 2009/2010, to compare school systems.