Building up one's knowledge of fellow European teenagers starting with stereotypes, (portraits mailed to partners, discovering how we are perceived abroad) before going on to a closer-to-reality portraits based on exchanges of questionnaires. Iconographic & textual portrait exhibition common to all partners.

• Subjects: Art, Citizenship, Cross Curricular, Foreign Languages, History of Culture
• Languages: ES - DE - EN
• Pupil's age: 15 - 17
• Tools to be used: e-mail, Forum, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes, ...), Web publishing
• Aims: To develop knowledge of other European cultures and peoples, to promote tolerance
• Work process: 1) - A - STEREOTYPES : defining a stereotype - what is your idea of a teenage X (nationality) (variety... read more1) - A - STEREOTYPES : defining a stereotype - what is your idea of a teenage X (nationality) (variety of domains) - in pairs writing up a portrait - mailing them to partners B - Discovering how we are perceived abroad. Misconceptions - reality - general discussion C - In pairs, brief answer to partner(s) 2) - IDENTITIES A - Preparing a questionnaire covering as many aspects as possible for our partners so as to establish facts. (pair work then class conception) B - Exchanging questionnaire with partner(s), answering theirs. mailing back C - Class work : Working on questionnaires, what's surprising ? different ? enviable ? classifying, statistics D - in pairs, writing up a portrait of foreign partner based on information collected in questionnaire - mailing it. 3) UNIVERSALITY Setting up an exhibition presenting textual and /or iconographic portraits (opposing stereotypes to reality ?) - the ilustrations could be in the form of collage (symbolism) &/or could illustrate various aspects of young European citizens' lives. hide
• Expected results: By developing their own knowledge of fellow European teenagers, our students would in fact also promote knowledge and acceptance of... read moreBy developing their own knowledge of fellow European teenagers, our students would in fact also promote knowledge and acceptance of what is different among the other students in their school (exhibition) hide

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