Activities 2009-2010

Project Meeting - (staff) hosted by the Portuguese partner in October, 2009.

Logo competition - Each school contributes with a suggestion, from the students, for a logo to the project. The proposals will then be voted by all schools and the winner becomes the “official” logo of our project. With this activity we intend to create a sense of identification of the students with the project.

Letter to our friends - Students/Classes involved will write a letter to present themselves to the rest of the partners. This will be posted on the webpage and on the bulletin board of the project in each school.

Presentation of the school+local community+country - Each school prepares a brief description to be posted on the webpage.

Definition of our “European Cross-time Capsule” - Our Time Capsule this year will be a cross-time one, since it will look at the whole experience of culture throughout time. Each partner will build a proposal of a time capsule which can reflect what young Europeans consider relevant and representative of their national contributions to European culture and the development of the world. This proposal should address the following aspects:

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

2. Topics to be included (e.g. Literature, History, Science, Sport, Philosophy, patrimony…)

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 national proposal for the “European Cross-time Capsule” - Each partner will find a process, depending on its school characteristics, to develop the following aspects:

1. Research in each of the topics agreed before, guided by teachers of different subjects;

2. Selection of a representative for each of the topics agreed before;

3. Preparation of the items to be included in the time capsule;

4. Posting the results on the webpage.

Conference - Each partner will invite a guest of cultural relevance to talk with the students about their choices for the cross-time capsule.

Project Meeting - (staff and students) hosted by the Romanian partner in April/May, 2010. In this meeting students will work collaboratively in the building of thematic time capsules. Using the material from their national time capsules, students will work in mixed groups. Each group will be responsible for a common presentation/time capsule dedicated to a topic. For example, one group will deal with Literature and decide on how they are going to organize the presentation of each partner’s contribution. They will then present it to the school/local community. 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.

Local exhibition - Each school organizes an exhibition to present its time capsule to the school/local community and the results of the meeting.