Think Literacy: Cross-Curricular Approaches
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THINK LITERACY: CROSS-CURRICULAR APPROACHES LITERACY LESSONS 1 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. 2 ERASMUS+ STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP “SKILLS FOR LIFE: LITERACY” ORGANIZER OF THE PROJECT: . High School ―Stefan Procopiu‖ (Romania, Vaslui) e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.lspvs.ro START OF THE PROJECT: 01.09.2014 PARTNERS . Foreign Language Secondary School (Bulgaria, Pleven) – partner Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.gpche-pl.com . 5th General Senior High School of Aigaleo (Greece, Aigaleo) – partner Website: 5lyk-aigal.att.sch.gr . Yildirim Beyazit Anadolu Lisesi (Bursa, Turkey) – partner . Website: [email protected] . ISISS Cicognini Rodari (Prato, Italy) – partner Website: www.cicogninirodari.prato.it 3 KA2 - Cooperation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices Strategic Partnerships for school education Target Groups The target groups for the implementation of project activities are the teachers and students aged 14 to 19. Project Motivation According to the EU high level group of experts on literacy, today, the European Union is in a literacy crisis. Poor reading and writing skills can have a detrimental impact with 75% of school dropouts reporting reading problems and 50% of adults with criminal records identified as having reading difficulties. Employees in the 21st century need to have greater literacy skills than in other time periods. Many students from Europe have a hard time at reading, writing, oral communication. The fact that one in five students of 15 years do not have enough reading skills is highlighted by the results from PISA. Across the EU, one child in five struggles to reach the level of reading that enables them to, to learn by the time they are adolescents. Figures range from a low of 8% struggling readers in Finland to more than 40% in Bulgaria and Romania. LITERACY Reading texts Writing skills Undestanding texts Listening and Communication skills Formulating opinions Argumentation Critical and creative thinking skills Project Objectives The specific objectives of the partnership are: develop pupils skills in literacy (reading, writing, speaking and listening) and of the transversal key competences (critical thinking, attitude networking, communication and collaboration with others, communication and English language, learning to learn, spirit initiative); reading capitalization strategies for developing literacy skills in students and encourage reading for pleasure among students; developing teachers’ knowledge and skills in the design and organization of activities and lessons that help develop among students transversal key competences and skills in literacy; promoting the exchange of innovative practices and experiences between European schools through the development of teaching materials based on strategies for reading, writing, speaking. Project Activities five transnational project meetings; activities with students in order to develop literacy skills; activities for developing the intellectual products established: “The teaching of Life Skills with Literacy” (A Training Manual) and ”Think Literacy: Cross-Curricular Approaches” (“Literacy lessons”); dissemination and exploitation (newsletters, articles, presentation, project website, flyers, posters, logo, social media, exhibitions) monitoring and evaluation (SWOT analysis, questionnaires, observation, group discussions, analysis of results). 4 CONTENT Lessons about EU - Romanian team 1.Europe 10 1.1. The Story of Europe 10 1.2. The Geography of Europe 14 2. Europe and the evolution of the idea of European unification 16 2.1. The Foundation of European Civilization 16 2.2. Plans for the Unification of Europe 19 2.3. The first initiative o European collaboration 23 3. The brith of the European Community 30 3.1. The Schuman‘s declaration 30 3.2. The European Coal and Steel Community 34 3.3. From ECSC to EECC 37 4. Enlargements 40 4.1. From ECSC to EECC 40 4.2. Extension to the South 43 4.3. Europe of the 15 46 4.4. Europe of the 25 (The great expansion towards East) 49 4. 5. Europe of the 27 54 5. EU Treaties 57 5.1. From the Single European act to the treaty of Maastricht 57 5.2. From Amsterdam to Nice 63 5. 3. The Treaty of Lisbon 70 6. EU Institutions 74 6.1. Eu institutions 74 6.2. The democratic deficit of the European Union: myth or reality? 83 7. Economic Integration 86 7.1. The unique market and commerce 86 7.2. Euro and the economy 90 8. Unity in Diversity 95 8.1. European citizenship 95 8.2. Diversity-resource in European construction? 100 9. Areas of Interest within the European Union 102 9.1. Domains of interest in the European union 102 10. Dilemmas and challenges of Europe 106 10.1 Euro scepticism – a challenge for the European Union 106 10.2. European Union, where to? 113 10.3. European Union and Turkey 116 Lessons about Non-material Cultural Heritage - Bulgarian team 121 European Cultural Heritage 122 European culture – ―Le chanteur‖- Daniel Balavoine 126 Ермитаж /World Culture Heritage/ 130 KUKERI Non-material Cultural Heritage 132 Lesson of perception of literary work 136 Medieval dance in Europe 139 Perspectives on Supernatural – Macbeth 144 5 Second lesson 146 The road and the journey in the world of fairy tales 147 Traditions and symbols in cultural context 149 Lesson Plans - Greek team 154 Refugees and Migrants 155 Pages from Modern Greek history 167 Modern Greek Literature. Migration and Life as a refugee: two forms of uprooting 173 English lesson on the topic of Refugees 181 The protection of human rights in the case of refugees 192 The results of the A‘ World War and Surrealism 200 English lesson: Art in Education The life and work of great Italian painters of Renaissance 207 Maths and poetry- two ancient spiritual activities 223 Аncient greek history and modern greek poetry 233 Unemployment 243 Lesson Plans - Turkish team 252 What I look Like 253 All about me 255 Places I have been to 257 On Holiday 259 An Imaginary World 261 Let‘s Celebrate 262 Films I have seen 264 My Everyday Experiences 266 Our Green World 268 Let‘s Decide 270 Lesson Plans - Italian team 272 1.The Industrial Revolution In England 273 1.1. The causes of industrial revolution 273 1.2. The transport revolution 276 1.3. The social effects of the industrial revolution 279 2. Psychology Congress "THE WELL DONE HEAD" 287 3. John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Addresses 289 4. Is it the same story? Comparing novels to films 292 5. Plautus and Terence in comparison 297 6. Аncient Latin theatre by images: who, what, where, when, why, how 313 7. DNA structure and replication 316 8. Plants: form, function, reproduction and development 327 9. The Gettysburg address 333 10.Guess the...historic figure 335 11.Ancient latin theatre by images: who, what, where, when, why, how.? 339 6 The methodology guide "Think Literacy: Cross-Curricular Approaches" ("Literacy lessons") “ is an intellectual product, a product of a project : „Skills for Life: Literacy‟ within the frame of key activity „Partnership for innovation and exchange of good practices‟, strategic partnership among schools. Coordinator of the project is High School “Stefan Procopiu” (Romania, Vaslui), partners are Foreign Language Secondary School (Bulgaria, Pleven), 5th General Senior High School of Aigaleo (Aigaleo, near Athens, Greece), Yildirim Beyazit Anadolu Lisesi (Bursa, Turkey), ISISS Cicognini Rodari (Prato, Italy). A target group for project fulfillment and completion of activities are both teachers and students of the five countries, partners of the project. Strategic partnership in the field of school education is aimed at developing innovative pedagogical practices and tools in the field of school education, promoting the development, transfer and application of best practices in support of the ongoing implementation of methods for training teachers, promoting intercultural understanding and learning foreign languages, promoting the development of joint studies and research in the field of school education in the context of educational programs and support of policy development, implementation, recognition and certification of skills and competences at national level through European and National qualification frameworks and tools for validation. The methodology guide is a product of the team work of teachers from the partner countries involved in the project. The guide is the result of successful implementation of the objectives of the project - developed literacy skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) and transversal key skills (critical thinking, communication and partnership, communication in a foreign language, etc.)., mastered strategies for developing literacy and encouragement of reading for pleasure, developed teachers‟ knowledge and skills in the design and organization of activities and lessons that help students deploy their key competencies and skills in literacy, encouragement of exchange of innovative practices and experience between European schools by developing teaching materials based on strategies for reading, listening, writing and speaking. The innovative developments of these lesson units are grouped around a theme and skills. The methodology guide "Think Literacy: Cross-Curricular Approaches" ("Literacy lessons") “ presents interdisciplinary didactic as a condition and educational environment for increasing