Together we write the history of the future! Erasmus Project

Project Title

Together we write the history of the future!

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: Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Environment and climate change

Project Summary

Concern for nature, our environment, the planet’s natural resources, Earth’s population, and society in general makes commitment to sustainable development essential. It is the duty of each of us to recognize our responsibilities in social, environmental, and economic issues to ensure optimal quality of life for current and future generations. In response, the United Nations developed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 that include ending extreme poverty, giving people better healthcare, and achieving equality for women. Nearly every country in the world has promised to improve the planet and the lives of its citizens by 2030. If this is to happen, everyone needs to become familiar with the SDGs, particularly young people. The main goal of this project is to increase knowledge and awareness of 96 students in Europe (including at least 16 students with special educational needs) in the field of sustainable development through the implementation of actions supporting key competencies.

Specific objectives:
O.1. By the end of 2022 raising the level of knowledge and awareness on the subject of sustainable development in 96 project participants (students 11-14 y.o.) through direct participation in activities.
O.2. By the end of 2022 developing 96 students’ key competences: communication in foreign languages, learning to learn, social and civic competences through direct participation in project’s activities.
O.3. By the end of 2022 increasing the motivation to learn and self-esteem in 16 students with learning difficulties and economic problems through direct participation in activities related to project.

Ninety-six students from partner schools aged 11 – 14 will directly participate (24 local and 72 students participating in mobilities). Some participating students will be appointed to perform specific duties (e.g. manage cooperative ICT tools, update social networking). A minimum of 16 students will have special educational needs or economic obstacles. Because outside community organizations (e.g. kindergartens, senior centers, etc.) will have been involved in the project, the benefits will be shared by the wider community and its citizens.

We will organize four short-term exchanges of groups of pupils:
C1 Sustainability now! Let’s meet 17 SD goals! We’ll mainly focus on introduction to the subject of sustainable development and 17 SD goals that balance the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development. Participants will take part in educational workshops and vision-building exercises e.g future workshops, scenario analysis, utopian / dystopian story-telling, science-fiction thinking. General knowledge will not be given, but rather experienced and co-created by students and then forwarded in the process of peer teaching in the local environment (the fixation function and implementation of the action)
C2 Future is ours, part 1! Let’s start from environmental side. Again, students will participate in workshops, this time in places/institutions/organisations directly related to the topic. They will be using their creativity, critical thinking and problem solving to work collaboratively and transform ideas on the planet’s protection into action. They will write and present short stories about their vision of the future.
C3 Future is ours part 2! Social issues. Students will present their song lyrics and create a series of Public Service Announcements (60 sec.) regarding SDG. And again, they will participate in workshops (working collaboratively in mixed groups).
C4 Future is ours part 3! Economic issues. Students will have the opportunity to live interview with entrepreneurs and innovators in the Science and Technology Park. They will also create the final screenplays based on the winning stories , rehearse them, and, finally, record them ( two short films).

After short-term exchanges, the resulting tangible products will be assessed:
C1: scenario of the workshop “Team-building games and introducing activities”(1) drawing/printed posters, photo collages, short movies, scenario of the workshop “Visioning Excercises” (1) scenario of the workshop ” 17 SDG”(1) workshop scenarios prepared by students for disseminating the SD idea at school and in external organizations (8)
C2: futuristic short stories (8), scenario of the workshop “Environmental SDG”(1) utopian screenplay (1), dystopian screenplay (1)
C3: scenario of the workshop “Social SDG”(1), song lyrics (4) short movies – PSA (16)
C4: scenario of the workshop “Economic SDG”(1) utopian movie (1) dystopian movie (1).
There will be also many long-term benefits for those who participate in this project, like: the life-long learning approach (the development of the students’ key competencies is an investment in each participant’s futures), teachers”networking, cross-cultural communication, durability of goals and results (further teaching in the field of SD, use of developed educational materials).

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 104800 Eur

Project Coordinator

Amerykanska Szkola Podstawowa z Wykladowym Jezykiem Angielskim & Country: PL

Project Partners

• IES SINEU
• istituto comprensivo leonardo sciascia
• 5o GYMNASIO KAVALAS