We'll work on childrens' and human rights starting from the gender diversity (male-female). We should find out stereotypes and learn to know and cope with the "difference". We'll learn more about our rights and our duties at school and in our town.

• Subjects: Citizenship, Foreign Languages, Informatics / ICT, Primary School Subjects
• Languages: EN - FR - IT
• Pupil's age: 7 - 9
• Tools to be used: e-mail, MP3, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes, ...), Web publishing
• Aims: - to reflect upon the conceit of "stereotype", in order to start to cope with difference -to reach the idea that... read more- to reflect upon the conceit of "stereotype", in order to start to cope with difference -to reach the idea that girls and boys are different but have got the same rights -to enrich and improve the atmosphere in the classroom -to give the pupils the idea to be important for every local community, because children have rights and duties linked to citizenship -to improve the sense of citizienship and acceptance of cultural differences through the contacts with other european classes -to use the foreign language and ICT as tools of real communication and active study in cooperative e-learning -to increase pupils' motivation -to increase teachers' professionality through the contact with european collegues hide
• Work process: In our activities, based on "Compasito"- the COE's manual for the teaching of human rights to children-we plan to read... read moreIn our activities, based on "Compasito"- the COE's manual for the teaching of human rights to children-we plan to read the most famous fairy tales (Cinderella and so on) with the opposite characters (What if Cinderella or the Fairy is a male What if The Prince is a Princess?) and should invite the children to make up their own fairy tales in this way. We should compare our ideas/stories with our european partners, in order to reflect on differences. A second phase is to reflect on children's rights, starting from the acceptance of the differences and cultures, but recognizing that every child have got the same rights. hide
• Expected results: The activities are aimed to bring kids to accept different attitudes, tastes, habits, cultures, to know children's rights and duties... read moreThe activities are aimed to bring kids to accept different attitudes, tastes, habits, cultures, to know children's rights and duties and, within the classroom, to establish the first precious rules to live together in harmony. hide

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