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"The school partnership ""Who am I? Who are you? Who are we?"" addresses the topic ""European identity"". Processes like globalisation and digitalisation are currently triggering far-reaching social changes, which are often unsettling because apparently nothing seems to be the way it was before. We are also meeting these challenges in our schools because students are looking for identity and self-esteem due to their lack of orientation. In this school partnership, we set out in search of our identity: Who am I? Who are you? Who are we?We will take the approach of linking four various thematic areas of identity in such a way that all participants experience and learn what common values exist and how these values connect to the lives of pupils and their families; and how we can imagine a common ""European Biography"".For each of the thematic areas, we pursue specific goals:Family & origin: Dealing with our family history, role models and traditionsUrban & rural life: Exploring our living environment; differences and similarities between city and countryLanguage & discourse: Understanding the use of our mother tongue and foreign languages and how it shapes our understanding of the worldLiving in a digital world: Dealing with self-expression in the digital world and differences to pupils' ""real self.""By taking a step-by-step approach and dealing with these four thematic areas, the pupils will explore and question their identity; they will get to know and deal with the identities of their peers. And together they will search for a common identity. They will find out which formative elements influence them in their lives and their identity and develop a clearer understanding of what shapes their and their peers' identities. They will also recognise and acknowledge the similarities and differences in the images of self and others, learn that beyond their own identity, there is a common set of values (""European values"") connected to their lives.For this school partnership four grammar schools from Berlin (Germany), Pons (France, Espergaerde (Denmark) and Jonava (Lithuania) have teamed up. The participating schools and their pupils represent a broad range of urban, rural, migration, economic, cultural and social diversity. In each of the four schools project groups are formed, each involving 25-30 pupils (aged 15-17 years) and five teachers.A total of 5 transnational learning activities are planned during the project period. They are integrated into the ongoing project work. There are concrete work and learning assignments for each learning activity. For the kick-off, there will be short term training for the participating teachers. In a joint workshop, they will learn to develop a common methodology for teaching identity. In the four short-term exchanges of pupil groups, we will focus on the thematic areas FAMILY & ORIGIN, URBAN & RURAL LIFE, LANGUAGE & DISCOURSE and LIVING IN A DIGITAL WORLD.The pupils will work together in project groups in the participating schools and mixed nationality working groups at the meetings. Through specific impulses like work assignments, workshops, fieldwork and excursions, they will focus on the respective thematic areas and, step by step, open the connections with their own identity. All activities are built on existing skills and experience. In this way, we ensure the connection with knowledge already acquired in the classroom.At the end of the project, the pupils will present different imaginary ""European Biographies"" that considers the four topics we worked on during the project. By using creative possibilities like music, rap, poetry, video or games, the result will work as a blueprint for a common European identity. During the project family trees, interviews, newspaper article, video reports, language games, poster, maps of digital footprints, social media videos and teaching methods are created. All these results will be added to a digital pinboard which will be accessible on TwinSpace. All results will also be presented at open days at the participating schools.The networking of the four schools and the linkage of different thematic areas of identity with a set of values will provide impulses for teaching development, input for the further development of school-internal curricula and innovations in subject didactics (e.g. foreign language teaching, digital learning, European education, method diversity, eTwinning). These are essential aspects that go beyond the project work. Finally, the pupils will also benefit from a creative approach to a ""European Biography"". They will develop a clearer understanding of what shapes their and their peers’ identities and get a deeper understanding of European values. Their answers – the main result of the project – might also have an impact beyond the participating schools."
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