Activities 2010-2011

Itinerant exhibition - The European Time Capsules (in their final versions resulting from the project meeting of the previous year) will circulate from partner school to partner school in an itinerant exhibition as a warm up and motivation for this year’s activities. In the end, the different time capsules will be kept safe by the institutions involved.

Project Meeting - (staff) hosted by the Greek partner in October, 2010. In this meeting the year activities will be planned in detail.

Questionnaire to gather information on young Europeans of today - Each partner proposes questions on different topics (e.g. music, fashion, sports, technology…) to build a questionnaire. Once a common version of this questionnaire is agreed upon, it will be applied to a sample of each school community. Each school will gather its results and the Polish partner will treat them statistically. The conclusions will then be posted on the webpage depicting what might be called “A Young European of Today”.

Definition of the “European Time Capsule of Today’s Youngsters” - The Time Capsule this year will focus specifically on today’s teenagers in Europe as part of a globalized world. The methodology used will be similar to the one of the previous year. Each partner will build a proposal of a time capsule which can reflect what young Europeans consider relevant and representative of the time they are living in Europe. Again this proposal should address the following aspects:

1. Physical form of the capsule (e.g. a box, a CD, a collage…)

2. Topics to be included, not necessarily connected to any specific culture (e.g. books, music, free time occupations, technology/gadgets, environment…)

3. Number of topics/items to be included

Following this, a discussion amongst all partners will take place and an agreement will be reached regarding the common time capsule.

Building a “European Time Capsule of Today’s Youngsters” - Each partner will propose items for each topic, agreed previously, to be included in the time capsule. The items will be listed and posted on the webpage. A poll will be carried out amongst the students of all schools to select one item per topic. The final results will once again be posted on the webpage.

Explaining the relevance of their choices - Each partner will be responsible for providing information on one (or more) of the items voted to be included in the time capsule. This means that students will have to look for information that can justify the relevance of those items and explain why they think the items, in the future, will be considered representative of their generation.

Debate - Each school invites some adults (from inside and outside the school) to present what might be, in their view, the stereotyped version of today’s youngsters. In the end, students will present their own findings resulting from the questionnaire and compare them with the views of all participants. A debate about the similarities/differences will follow.

Project Meeting - (staff and students) hosted by the Italian partner in April/May, 2011. In this meeting each partner will share the information gathered on the items which will be included in their time capsule. Students will again work collaboratively in mixed groups in the building of a single common time capsule. Each group will be responsible for illustrating/representing one or more items. In the end the groups will assemble a common time capsule. Other activities of cultural and historical interest will also take place, for example visits and sessions to promote the local language. Other members of the school community, such as parents, will also be involved in the hosting/welcoming of students.

Itinerant exhibition - The “European Time Capsule of Today’s Youngsters” (in its final version resulting from the project meeting) will then circulate from partner school to partner school in an itinerant exhibition. In the end one of the schools will be named the guardian of the capsule to be opened in the future.