European Citizenship (History and Architecture in European cities) Erasmus Project

Project Title

European Citizenship (History and Architecture in European cities)

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship

Project Summary

European Citizenship (History and Architecture in European cities)
In this project we aim to learn students more about European Citizenship (History and Architecture in European cities). We do this on different scales: Present their own city and their own neighbourhood, and from cultural legacy to desired future. (Gouda/Saarbrücken).
We have set the following concrete horizontal project goals throughout the project:
Students are able to present their own city, and can make differences between the neighbourhoods in their cities. Students can present their city, by video, mapping, prezi-presentations and drawings and sketches and creating logo’s or t-shirts to promote their city(presentations)
We aim to improve: Critical thinking for our students and to stimulate other participant to learn from the experiences of our students. Empowering students by improving their linguistic skills, digital skills, verbal/presentation skills, intercultural skills, interpersonal skills. We will encourage them to reflect on their own situation in the perspective of place and space in historical context. The purpose is to bring students to understand how their town has developed in a European perspective.
We aim to strengthen the feeling of ‘(European) citizenship through working together in an international setting. The focus in this project lies in Urban development through time and Architecture (Urban planning).
With the aim to share our knowledge and to enlarge the learning effect and impact, we focus in this project not only inside the school but we try to bring our message as a group together outside the school in society, possibly by organising a play or meeting together with students, families and people from the local society to debate and share about interesting things in the topic of European Citizenship. We can find interesting stories in history to learn about and hope to open students mind with 21 century skills as presenting, debating and interviewing people in a respectful way. With this intercultural interaction this project contributes to enlarge the knowledge, but another aim is to enlarge the motivation to communicate with students from another European society. This makes the topic of European Citizenship (History and Architecture in European cities) very useful to speak and learn about in this Erasmus+ project.
Practical goals:
– Students and teachers develop their linguistic skills (English, German, French).
– Students improve their practical (presentation, digital) skills
– ICT skills for both students and teachers.
– Encourage reflection on intercultural competences.

Activities to be organized to realize the goals for students and teachers are:
Gouda:
-Workshop: We aim to have a photography workshop from FOAM international museum specific on Architecture. (FOAM museum can cooperate with us)
– Visit of Rotterdam to learn about industrial transformation (Van Nelle factory, Hotel New York), and visiting the architectural highlights as from before 1940 and the modern specific architecture after that time (cubical houses, industrial Architecture from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’ and 00’s)
– In Gouda the development of the city and renewing of the functions from industry to facilities and housing will be visited and people involved with the transformation of buildings. Students make a city map and create interactive stories that with QR-codes can be used during an interactive city walk, the tourist information can be an excellent partner in this part.
Saarbrücken:
– Urban sketching: Educative stroll through Saarbrücken and its various neighbourhoods to discover their sociological, historical and functional characteristics. Students will be required to sketch architectural details and consider their significance.
– Digging up the past : Visit of the Roman site in Gräfinthal, the baroque buildings of Saarbrücken and/or the industrial/ cultural heritage site Volklingen, to learn about a historical city (local history) and record their observations while drawing and making notes in their sketchbooks. The focus of this activity is to consider and make pupils aware of the underlying past of their urban environment.
– Welcome to my village: The activity is a hands-on simulation workshop with clay about assimilation, intercultural competences in general. In international teams, pupils will be asked to build their clay houses in a village.
Students need to present their products in English

With the organization of the meetings, the sharing of information on social media and eTwinning, the ‘masterclasses given by experts and visits of places of importance.

Regarding the activities we want to design around the theme « Urban development », they will certainly be used again in the future with other classes. Cartography in geography, the emphasis we will put on architecture in arts, and the theme of the city in literature are easily integrated in our curricula.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 32530 Eur

Project Coordinator

Antoniuscollege Gouda & Country: NL

Project Partners

• Deutsch Französiche Gymnasium – Lycée Franco-Allemand