Primary School of Kampos “Panagiotis

Hiotis”

The earthquake in 1953 destroyed most of the monuments of the cultural development of the island, and the few still remaining give only a slight glimpse of its glorious past.

•Introduction•Task•Process•Resources•Evaluation•Conclusion

Introduction

A lot of Zakynthians refer to the island as “Fioro di Levante” (“flower of the East”). Due to the earthquake of 1953 the students don’t have the actual icon of the island’s glimpse that can justify this compellation. They have to study culture, history, art, museums, music, monuments and even the local vocabulary, in order to understandthis characterization initially given to the island by the Venetians.

Task

The aim of the project is to create a history dossier, refering to Zakynthos before the earthquake of 1953, consisted of: a power point presenting the islands history from

the prehistoric period up to the 20th century (1953) a photo album with photos, sketches and paintings

of old Zakynthos a brochure of the students’ visit to old Zakynthos

titled: “If I had a time machine I would like to visit Zakynthos in …(historical period)

Process• Each student will start the research by surfing in the following sites,

in order to have a general view of Zakynthos’ history http://www.bookdirectzakynthos.com/direct_history.htmhttp://www.zakynthos4s.gr/content/view/67/135/lang,el/The students are now aware about the subject of the project and can continue

• The next step is to divide the students into 6 groups of four members.Each group has a particular task:

- 1st group: The history of Zakynthos- 2nd group: Zakynthian art and artists- 3rd group: Monuments of the past that don’t exist nowadays- 4th group: Music and musians- 5th group: Local Zakynthian Vocalbury - 6th group: Natural beauties of the island

• Each group has a coordinator that distributes and supervises the workand each member is equally responsible for the final result of the task

Resources

• Historyhttp://www.greeka.com/ionian/zakynthos/zakynthos-history.htm http://www.greek-tourism.gr/zakynthos/historyuk.htm http://www.zakynthos.gr/english/history/history_en.htm http://www.zanteisland.com/html/english/storia.htmhttp://www.e-zakynthos.com/zante.zakynthos.history.php http://www.bookdirectzakynthos.com/direct_history.htm • Arthttp://www.greeka.com/ionian/zakynthos/zakynthos-architecture.htm http://www.e-zakynthos.com/museums/zakynthos.zante.museums.byzantine.php

http://www.e-zakynthos.com/arts-culture/zante.zakynthos.literature.peotry.php

http://www.e-zakynthos.com/arts-culture/zante.zakynthos.theater.php

• Monumentshttp://www.zanteisland.com/html/english/luoghi.htm http://www.zakynthos-net.gr/pag_eng/engl.htm http://www.e-zakynthos.com/zakynthos-churches.php • Musichttp://www.e-zakynthos.com/arts-culture/zante.zakynthos.traditional.music.php

• Natural Beauties http://www.e-zakynthos.com/zante.zakynthos.ecology.php http://www.acci.gr/trade/No24/72-79.pdf http://www.zanteisland.com/html/english/index.htm • Zakynthian idiomshttp://humanitas.filg.uj.edu.pl/files/terminus/artykuly/d9b23762d6da8f325e2b215ff5338d2b.pdf

Resources

Evaluation

Objective 1st group

2nd group

3rd group

Creativity

Group Work

Individual Work

Sourse Development

Content

Total degree

Evaluation (explanation of objectives)

Objective Explanation

Creativity Their ability to produce new and original ideas

Group Work In what degree they managed to work together and the quality of the final material the group produced

Individual Work In what degree can they process the work they have been assigned

Sourse Development Their capacity to exploit the given web sources

Content How successful can they demonstrate the information they gather from the suggested websites

Conclusion

The students have managed to travel mentally to ancient and old Zakynthos and can share the enthusiasm of those that

called the island “Fioro di Levante”

Final discussion • Did they enjoy the whole process?• Did they all equally participate and work? • Would they change something? • How do they intend to use the producted material?