The project is based on covering a map of the world with postcards sent from different countries.

• Subjects: Foreign Languages, Geography, History of Culture, Language and Literature, Social Studies / Sociology
• Languages: EN
• Pupil's age: 10 - 15
• Tools to be used: e-mail, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Project Diary, Twinspace, Web publishing
• Aims: 1) to create a "living" map of the world, covering a map with postcards from schools in different countries 2)... read more1) to create a "living" map of the world, covering a map with postcards from schools in different countries 2) to let the students see that the world is not an empty word but a place where real people live 3) to establish contact with other schools 4) to use ICT in communication between schools 5) to make the students learn the names of the countries and their most important cities 6) to teach the students how to write and address a postcard hide
• Work process: All the schools part in this project will send postcards to one another. On the postcards students will write simple... read moreAll the schools part in this project will send postcards to one another. On the postcards students will write simple greetings in English and they will also have to address the postcards in the proper way. Each school can create their own map of the world, where they will attach the received postcards. At the end of the school year, when the map is ready, every school will take a photo of it to be added to the project album. 1.Contact partners : till the end of November 2011 2.Send your school address to the coordinators: december 2011 3. Start to send postcards : January - April 2012 4. Take photos of the map: May 2012 5. Close the project: June 2012 hide
• Expected results: Students will learn how to address a postcard in english. They will also learn the names of the countries and... read moreStudents will learn how to address a postcard in english. They will also learn the names of the countries and their important cities in english and establish contact with other students from other schools. hide

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