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eTwinning Project 2015 The People’s Museum Gimnazija ‘Stevan Jakovljevic’ Vlasotince, Serbia

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eTwinning Project

2015

The People’s MuseumGimnazija ‘Stevan

Jakovljevic’ Vlasotince, Serbia

A lot of people view

museums as grey and

gloomy places of the past,

full of objects that no one

has any real interest in any

more.

The project The

People's Museum intended to

change that attitude. The

plan was to give museums

new and everlasting life in

the virtual world that is the

Internet.

Imagine a museum to

celebrate your country's

heritage, a museum that

stands for everything your

nation is most proud of,

everything that makes you

who you are, everything that

shapes your identity. What

would that be? Let's find out

together!

The People’s Museum

The essence of the project was to make

students aware of the importance of diversity

because diversity provides our society and

culture with unique and inspirational

perspectives; to promote friendships,

multiculturalism (like a tool for instilling

students with pride and confidence in their

unique and special backgrounds), empathy,

respect and equality; to enable young people

to build their confidence, gain new skills and

take on responsibilities; to develop a positive

perception of students’ personalities by

demonstrating knowledge about the culture,

history, and contributions of diverse groups.

Apart from the above mentioned the

project aims were to: make students

interested in their national heritage,

encourage them to find out more about it and

celebrate it by presenting their findings to

other people in a creative, interesting, but

above all educational way; make students

appreciate their own background as the basis

for understanding and accepting other

people’s; enhance students’ interest in other

countries, their cultures and national

heritage; make students’ aware of diversity in

culture, tradition and lifestyles of people

around them; broaden students’ horizons by

educating others while at the same time

being educated; develop communicative skills

using English as the means of global

communication.

AIMS

Class IV2

English in Mind 5 (CUP)

Unit 15 Days Gone By

Introducing the topic:

Imagine a People’s Musuem to

celebrate your country’s heritage.

Choose one object you would put

in for each of these categories: an

object with undeniable historical

importance, a TV character, a film

or a book, an object of

unqeustionable quality , an object

connected to a famous person, a

famous person, any other

remarkable, but less known fact

about your country.

Discussing the possible elements

and making lists.

Voting on top ten the most

representative exhibits.

Oral and PowerPoint

presentations

Making videos and uploading

them on YouTube

Starting the eTwinning project

Project Activities

Introduction

Writing a poem –

Where I’m from

Instruction: Make

the poem as specific

and personal as

possible. Use

nicknames or words

that only you or your

family use. Don't

worry about readers

not knowing what

you're talking about.

That’s perfectly

okay, because this

poem is personal

and particular to the

poet, not the

audience. This poem

is about YOU!

eTwinning

Where I’m from

Where I’m from

The Use of Technology

By the end of this project, the students

developed different skills: determination,

self-confidence, decision-making, problem

solving, independence, group working and

creativity.

The students introduced themselves in

many different creative ways (writing

poems, using Voki to create their own

talking characters, making videos).

The students investigated the idea of

national heritage trough history of their

nation. They investigated their culture,

religion, tradition and lifestyle through

language, verbal and non-verbal

communication and they were able to

share the facts about life in their country

related to history, art, culture, literature,

religion (subjects: art, ICT, citizenship,

English). The students produced nine

videos to present their findings: Kondir -

part of Serbian national heritage; He is

Golden; Slava; Monasteries in Serbia;

Serbian Alphabet; Serbian Flag; The

Song "Djurdjevdan“; Zona Zamfirova

and Vampire.

In order to complete the tasks assigned,

the students took part in group work,

research projects and interviews with

teachers both during lessons and in their

free time.

 

OUTCOMESThe People's Museum Serbia

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