Learning with eTwinning - European Commission - Europa

Theme 3: Foreign Languages3.1 Culture in a BoxLevel:BeginnerSubjectLanguages, Art, Citizenship, DramaAge Group 4-19DurationHalf a school yearProposed ICT Tools email, presentation tools, photos, chat, video conferencing,shared file archive, poll tool, galleryURL to full kit http://www.etwinning.net/kits/cultureSummaryIn this project, each class gathers information about the cultural aspects of theircountry, which they then send to their partner school. The partner school thenmakes a PowerPoint presentation about the culture of their partner. An alternateapproach is for each class to fill a box of objects specific to their culture, whichthey then send to their partner school. The other class must guess what thesignificance of each object is and communicate this by email, web conferencing orother means. With this project, pupils have a chance to look for, classify, talkabout, share, write, compare and present information on their culture and that oftheir partner’s. Foreign Language, Art, Drama and ICT teachers can be involved.ObjectivesPupils learn to: • consider the definition of culture, and reflect on what thismeans to them;• share relevant information about their culture with theirEuropean partners;• create "Culture in a Box” presentations;• reflect on what they have learned about the other countryand the differences and similarities between the twocultures;• write reflective essays on what they have learned.An example of a Greek ‘Culture in a Box’ presentation (zip file 544kb) is availableat www.netschoolbook.gr/culturecapsuelGR.zip18