Mirror Mirror on the wall
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Project Description
a project with European countries about ethnic minorities, refugees and women, to celebrate their differences instead of stigmatizing them and to initiate a peaceful communication and accpetance within the communities of each country. It was a universal message of love, humanity and solidarity
Geographical Scope
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Urban or rural issues
Physical or other transformations
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Description of the project
Summary
this project aims to raise awareness and empower pupils to be better citizens and more open-minded adults later in life. Bias and prejudice against ethnic minorities, women, refugees and immigrants is a real-life problem. Pupils all along this project will grow a sense of civic reponsibilty and willingness to make a difference. The name of the project evokes the mirror in fairy tales which tells the truth and reflects reality of people. Our mirror will be a reflection of different ethnicities to celebrate them instead of stigmatizing them December: to introduce partners, teachers and pupils alike .With emphasis on their countries ( different ethnicities).Raising awareness of e-safety should be of utmost importance. Parents petitions are collected.
January: to introduce families of pupils if they want to, to share their differences, Christmas is an opportunities to share love, tolerance and peace
At the same time organize pupils in mixed-nationalities teams .
February + March : a role-play activity in which teams choose one of different roles:
+ the politician: conducting votes and reports at home and school
+the historian: searching for cases of ethnic conflicts
+the novelist: searching for success stories of women, colored people and refugees throughout history
+the reporter: conducting interviews with real immigrants
+the artist: creating a collage of different ethnic music, tastes, mythology and cuisine.
April: dissemination of work in workshops online exhibitions e-magazine RESULTS: a common public twinspace of different ethnicities
-a virtual gallery of people of ethnic minorities and immigrants who made it to the top
- audio recordings of different interviews with immigrants
-an e-magazine which celebrates ethnic differences
Key objectives for sustainability
teach youngsters how to coexist in a peaceful environment and how to be open-minded and respectful to differences, no matter what language, colour, religions, or beliefs you embrace
Key objectives for aesthetics and quality
partners from diferent countries have learned and produced many creative products all along the project which enhance and strengthen the topic of unity and harmonious living in nations
Key objectives for inclusion
the project raises awareness of the impact of benevolence in creating more sustainable communities and the hazardous effects of violence, chauvinism, terrorism and racism in breaking apart communities and causing destruction at all levels
all along the project a militant African -American writer was invited online to inspire students from different countires and share his poerty with them
Results in relation to category
the results of the prject were: a common twinspace of different ethnicities, a tape recorder of interview with immigrants to raise awareness about their plight and impact compassion and empathy towards them, creating ebook in which we celebrated ethnic groups cuisine, traditions, culture, history and folklore
How Citizens benefit
partners from different countries broadcast the content and the common products of the project to a wider audience such as on the radio, parents meetings, , neighborhood, local committies to encourage students work and make them feel appreciated and to raise awarness of the importnace of intercultural openness to build a better community
Physical or other transformations
Innovative character
use of web 2.0 tools to create an informative content, work in collaboration with online collaborative spaces ( zoom, teams, meet) , create a common and collaborative content online, though in different countries
Learning transferred to other parties
to share and care, to demonstrate an example of intercultural perspective and wider environment which strenthens civic responsibilites in the future generations