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LESSON
PLANS
Political
Culture in Germany and the European Union
Objectives
- Raise
European Awareness,
- Create
interest in European unification,
- Familiarize
students with field work.
Connection
to the Curriculum
This activity has been undertaken within the framework of the social studies
curriculum.
Procedure
Teachers'
preparation
Press articles have been collected by the teacher and then given to pupils
as reflection papers.
Students'
preparation
Pupils have been asked to read in advance the relevant chapters from their
books, as well as the press articles distributed by the teacher. They
should choose something that is intriguing and then search in the Internet
to collect relevant data.
Description
of activities in the classroom
The teacher asked the pupils to express their thoughts (questions, comments)
as regards the material they had received, as well as to announce the
topic that chose to investigate and explain the reasons for their choice.
The pupils were then grouped in teams according to the topics selected.
They were asked to prepare short presentations on the following topics:
acceptance of the process of European integration, Germany's position
towards countries in Eastern Europe, immigration, attitudes towards foreigners,
the right wing extremism in Germany and other European countries.
Duration
The duration of these activities was four hours.
Tools
& Resources
- The textbook
"Politics in Germany"
- Internet
resources
- Shell
Studie 2000
- Press
articles
How
to present facts in an article,
to
write a commentary, and to edit texts.
Objectives
Express themselves in different writing styles, and more specifically
familiarize the students with the journalistic way of writing.
Connection
to the Curriculum
This activity has been undertaken within the framework of the German class.
The pupils have been asked to collect data about their school activities
and present these activities in an article that will be published in a
newspaper.
Procedure
Teachers'
preparation
The teacher discussed with the journalist the guidelines that she should
give to the pupils on how to write an article as well as how she could
assist them in their work.
Students'
preparation
Pupils have been asked to work in teams and collect data on the activities
of their school and prepare a presentation. They have been also asked
to read the guidelines "on how to write an article" provided
by the journalist. The students had also the possibility to ask questions
to the journalist via e-mail.
Description
of activities in the classroom
Pupils presented the results of their work in the classroom. Then, the
teacher underlined some issues of interest to all the students as regards
"article writing in a professional way", and also helped them
to see the differences between the various styles of writing. Then , students
had to work further with their articles in order to present them in a
newspaper.
Duration
The duration of these activities was two hours.
Tools &
Resources
- Interviews
with teachers and pupils within the school
- Internet
resources
- Press
articles on the school activities
What
is "Europe"?
Objectives
- Study
of the various aspects of "building" the European Union,
- Raising
European awareness.
Connection
to the Curriculum
This activity has been undertaken within the framework of several subjects,
such as History, Geography, German.
Procedure
Teachers'
preparation
Close study of the data, and collaboration with the other teachers in
order to see the interconnections.
Students'
preparation
Students have been asked to study carefully the results from the survey
as well as their notes from the first discussions. Their task then was
to work in groups and write an article on issues raised by the results
of the survey that they think that should be further discussed. These
issues should have been related to the History and Geography of Europe.
They have been asked also to pay attention to the conflicting data.
Description
of activities in the classroom
Students presented their work in History and Geography class, and discussed
with their classmates why they though it was of importance the topic they
chose to discuss further. Connections to their previous knowledge have
been made and effort has been placed to assist them more carefully into
the conflicting data.
Duration
The duration of these activities was in total six hours.
Tools
& Resources
- EUROSPIN
database
- Schoolbooks
- Newspaper
articles
"Do
I know my neighbours"?
Objectives
- Get acquainted
with other teenagers' views,
- Study
attitudes in relation to history.
Connection
to the Curriculum
This activity has been undertaken within the framework of German language
class and Informatics.
Procedure
Teachers'
preparation
Find material relevant to the topics of the questionnaire in order to
give them to the students to reflect upon.
Students'
preparation
The students had to study the material distributed by the teacher.
Description
of activities in the classroom
Students have been asked to work in small groups and discuss the topics
that were of interest to them. They had also to look in the EUROSPIN results
in order to find also there some answers or topics that merit their attention.
Discussions in classroom followed, and then the teacher asked from each
group to write an article in a particular topic. This article should reflect
the discussions that took place in the classroom.
Duration
The duration of these activities was in total five hours.
Tools
& Resources
- Schoolbooks
- Newspaper
articles
- EUROSPIN
database
- Web sites
Interpretation
of statistical analysis
Objectives
- Learn
to "read" the results of a research,
- Realize
the problems and limitations of statistical analysis.
Connection to the Curriculum
This activity has been undertaken within the framework of Modern Greek
class, Informatics, and Economics.
Procedure
Teachers'
preparation
The teachers collaborated in order to study the results of EUROSPIN research,
and select interesting issues that merit to be further discussed and fit
to their curriculum.
Students'
preparation
Students had to look also in the results of the interviews, study the
data provided and think how they should interpret the results taking into
consideration the limitations of statistical analysis.
Description
of activities in the classroom
During the various classes, students discussed the results from different
perspectives. More specifically, the students during Economics and Informatics
were asked to compare the results having always in mind the rules of statistics
and the difficulties of every statistical analysis. During Modern Greek
class, they have been asked to compile the results of their discussions
and present them in form of newspaper articles.
Duration
The duration of these activities was in total five hours.
Tools
& Resources
- EUROSPIN
site
- Schoolbooks
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