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From a Common Past to a Common Future is a bilateral partnership between a Hungarian and a Turkish secondary school. It is rooted in our principal belief that our nations have more in common than one would think. Given the overlapping 150 years in our history when the Ottoman Empire ruled most of the Carpathian Basin, the core topic of our project is to learn about each other, but as we do this, we wish to focus on those features that connect us.
We plan to develop the FCPCF project in gradually widening circles. Students will first introduce their families, schools and hometowns to each other, then they explore our cultural heritage and common past in close collaboration. They will also explore geothermal energy and thermal water as a common point of interest in our towns. Finally, they compare their natural environments, their personal lives and sociocultural settings with an implication to the future - the Project aims to make participants aware that development and sustainability should go hand in hand, and that they have a role in this. The use of ICT tools is essential throughout the project. Students learn common expressions in Turkish, Hungarian and English and they create a digital sound dictionary in 3 languages with terms related to everyday communication, history, folk art, geothermal energy, and environmental protection.
The mission of the Project is to spark students’ curiosity and raise awareness in a range of different fields of study and interest, using English as a medium of communication. Hungarian and Turkish also planned to be used. We hope that this will lead to a better understanding of each other’s cultures, which will assist young minds in becoming true ambassadors of their own culture and help them achieve a sense of European citizenship.
- Subjects: Art, Biology, Drama, Foreign Languages, Geography, Geology, History, Language and Literature, Music, Natural Sciences, Politics, Religion, Social Studies / Sociology, Technology
- Languages: EN - HU - TR
- Pupil's age: 15 - 17
- Tools to be used: Chat, Project Diary, Twinspace, Video conference, Web publishing
- Aims: Objectives and areas to investigate:
- Search for information about life in the Ottoman Empire and Hungary in the 16th and... read moreObjectives and areas to investigate:
- Search for information about life in the Ottoman Empire and Hungary in the 16th and 17th centuries
- Investigate the main military actions, using maps
- Introduce the greatest military figures on both sides (Suleiman the Magnificent, Zrínyi Miklós, etc.)
- Describe the positive effects of the Ottoman era (music, literature, cuisine, baths, architecture etc.)
- Explore historic sites related to the Turkish era in Hungary (battle fields, baths, buildings, forts etc.)
- Locate historic sites related to famous figures who lived in the partner countries (e.g. Rákóczi Ferenc, Evliya Celebi etc.)
- Compare folk traditions in the partners’ regions and exchange audio and video recordings
- Describe and compare the formation and utilization of thermal water as a natural reserve in Pamukkale and Hévíz
- Introduce students’ families, schools, hometowns and broader regions to the partners
- Explore the Balaton-felvidék National Park and the Pamukkale National Park.
- Describe the protected and endangered species
- Discuss issues related to human disturbance, pollution, extreme weather and forest fires
- Compare ways of environmental protection and the role of setting up world heritage sites
- Review present-day relations between Turkey and Hungary
- Organize a study trip for the partner team with a program that is connected to the topics and objectives of the Project
- Develop skills in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTtools) to do research, to communicate with the partners, to organize and present information
- Give presentations to their school community about the joint products of the Project
- Improve students’ academic skills (research skills, organization and presentation skills),
- Improve the basic language skills learning the basic vocabulary of the partners’ mother tongue
- Improve English language skills (both oral and written, and both in formal and informal style)
- Improve social and cooperative skills, which may have an important role in the participants' future life.
Approach:
- Involve students and colleagues into each phase of the project
- Set up activities that improve cooperative and project based learning, group work and critical thinking
- Motivate students to use the TwinSpace, make a project blog/website, organise exhibitions and presentations
- promote the transnational dissemination of good practice and innovation in the staff and management of the partner.
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- Work process: 1-September 2011 The official launch of the Project
Embedded work plan into the schools’ work schedule for the 2011/2012... read more1-September 2011 The official launch of the Project
Embedded work plan into the schools’ work schedule for the 2011/2012 school year.
2-October 2011 Teams are formed in the partner schools
Time framework and detailed work plan for the FCPCF Project
TwinSpace working area launched on the eTwinning portal for the Project.
3-Nov 2011-June 2012 Voice files with individual introductions exchange
Ppt presentations, articles about the partner schools, towns, regions, folk art, Turkish times in Hungary, done by the teams separately as well as jointly
Project Board with photos and other.
4-February April 2012 Exhibition about the partner schools and regions
Presentations on the Day of Science in front of the school community about the Project and the material that has been created so far (history, national parks)
- Preparing for the Turkish mobility
5-April 2012- Project meeting in Hungary with various activities and products
- Blog, exhibition, field trip, videos, photos, articles, questionnaires
- The first part of the trilingual dictionary
6-May 2012 Collective articles involving students to produce an electronic and printed publication about the first project year and mobility.
Presentation (ppt, photo gallery, etc…) and reports by each partner school to be put on Twinspace.
7-September 2012 Detailed plan for the second project year
continued work according to the detailed work plan
Exhibition of the developed works produced in the first project year.
Prepare for the second mobility.
8-Oct/Nov 2012 Project meeting in Turkey with various activities and products
– Blog messages by the students, field trip, videos, photos, articles, questionnaires
- Completing the second part of the trilingual dictionary
Write and share reports on the mobility.
9-Nov 2012 – Feb 2013 Plenary presentations on the Day of Science in front of the school community about the Project and the material that has been created.
9-March - June 2013 FCPCF blog/website/Twinspace with project products
Joint electronic/printed booklet about the Project
Newspaper articles, TV interviews, web articles on local, regional websites
Questionnaires for evaluation
The final Project Report. hide
- Expected results: The teacher of the co-coordinating school has taken part in two successful eTwinning/Comenius partnerships in her former school, and the... read moreThe teacher of the co-coordinating school has taken part in two successful eTwinning/Comenius partnerships in her former school, and the benefits of those partnerships can still be felt in her former school community. The Turkish partner school has also participated in an international partnership, which explains why we both are committed to this new one.
We want to learn about each other because our basic belief is that we have more in common than we think: overlapping history, common words in our languages, similarities in traditions and folk art (crafts, dance and music), and because thermal water is equally important to our local economies.
With the geographical expansion of the Comenius partnership program across the continent, the opportunity has now opened for a Hungarian and a Turkish school to explore areas – both physical landscapes and less tangible themes – that were not possible to do until now, but which can add a new dimension to the European school partnership. The FCPCF project aims to explore themes that we feel are the reasons for the collaboration between our geographically distant schools.
The title of the project – From a Common Past to a Common Future – has two implications. It puts an emphasis on the fact that long periods in our history are interwoven, therefore it aims to explore our common historical roots. The title also implies that the students of our schools are hoped to share a common future in that they will be free from ignorance, prejudices, language barriers or any other kind of obstacles that would hinder them in achieving their goals in their common European existence. This in the long run can contribute to an active and conscious European citizenship.
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