The starting point of this cross curricular project is Middle age.(as the curriculum of the 3rd liceo students includes this historical period.)in Europe and the common literary genre represented by romance. Students are going to investigate about the main romances in Europe,to point out the common features , characters and values then they are going to create their own modern romance, even producing an e-book for children.

• Subjects: Art, Classical Languages (Latin & Greek), Cross Curricular, Drama, Foreign Languages, History, History of Culture, Language and Literature, Religion
• Languages: EN - IT - RO
• Pupil's age: 14 - 18
• Tools to be used: Audio conference, Chat, e-mail, Forum, MP3, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Web publishing
• Aims: To allow students to learn about each others cultures and to investigate different ways of communicating. To introduce students to... read moreTo allow students to learn about each others cultures and to investigate different ways of communicating. To introduce students to Middle Age and the common roots of European heritage. To be creative in the production of e-books . To make them aware of the continuity of traditions : how the contemporary literary productions have their roots in a common system of values and literary convenctions belonging to the past. hide
• Work process: 1. Getting started: For teachers • Creation of a blog for students to interact with each other about the project • Exchange of email... read more1. Getting started: For teachers • Creation of a blog for students to interact with each other about the project • Exchange of email addresses for long term contact. • Provide a photo of students working on project from each school introduction: activities: • E mails • PPt presentation about their country and local reality • Chat session (after the first contacts) decide on how the pupils have can carry on the project 1. pupils work on the project within their own school and, once published on-line, they share and discuss it with partners abroad; 2. they work on it with their partners abroad since the beginning; 3. they work individually, in pairs or in groups; pairs or groups are either mono-lingual, formed within the same school, or multi-lingual, within the partnership. for pupils • get familiar with the ICT tools needed for the project; mails, instant messaging, forum, chat, etc. As collaboration tool they can use the TwinSpace to store their documents and files, start forums and publish web pages. • get organized for information collection and collaborative writing process. They work with their classmates. With the help of their teacher, they are required to work in groups. Inside the groups decide on who will be responsible for which task (information collection, writing the draft, taking pictures, handling ICT tools, etc.) 1. Students investigate the web quest and make a web quest about middle age – website review http://www.medieval-life.net/romance 2. Students investigate romances and describe/discuss what they are after having already investigated it with their Italian and history teachers. http://www.moraga.k12.ca.us/jm/resources/arthurweb/Quest.htm http://www.iwebquest.com/ 3. Students create their own modern day romance – exchange work between schools.(interaction) The written romance could be sent to www.kidsonthenet.net - a website for young people to submit their written work and get it published online. 4. they create a story for children or a video http://www.kerpoof.com/ http://www.tuxpaint.org/ hide
• Expected results: Exchange of student emails. Creation of video introducing students to partner school Powerpoint presentations about thei web quest Tales E book

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