D.3. PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY

D.3. PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY
- What are the concrete objectives of the partnership?
- Explain what subjects or problems you intend to address.
- What approach will you take to achieve your objectives?

What are the concrete objectives of the partnership?


As for the project:

1. To know how much the different European countries have in common
2. To identify how many of these common characteristics have their roots in the classical world
3. To discover/value the Roman and Greek tradition as the origin of the European way of life
4. To go deeply into the knowledge of the European culture
5. To study how the different countries have developed the classical tradition
6. To increase the European feeling among young people by identifying everything Europeans share.
7. To remove feelings of repulsion towards foreigners or immigrants
8. To contribute to the building of Europe.

As for students:

1. To develop among our students the sense of tolerance and solidarity towards the others by knowing each other
2. To develop the ability to work together (in a group) so as to fulfil an objective
3. To improve communication and socialization through the use of the new technologies and a common language

As for teachers:

1. To learn from each other by exchanging different methodologies
2. To learn and improve how to work in a group
3. To elaborate new teaching material by using ITC
4. To improve foreign language speaking


As for the schools:

1. To improve mobility among students and teachers
2. To promote intercultural exchange
3. To become a meeting point among civilizations
4. To improve the use of ITC


Explain what subjects or problems you intend to address.


We would like to make those who are sceptic about the building of Europe aware of its reality as well as fight against xenophobia by working on the influence of Greek and Roman heritage on the following aspects of our lives:

• Democracy and the comfort of urban life
• Physics and Maths
• Greek Art and the Olympic Games
• Mythology and Roman roads
• Roman Art and the presence of Latin in different European languages
• The city planning and the waterway system.

We will try to demonstrate how the most characteristic features of our lives are common to all of us, from Turkey to Spain, because they were born in an ancient world we have all inherited.


What approach will you take to achieve your objectives?


Each school must choose two aspects of our lives that are common to all the European countries and have their origin in the classical world. Our project aims at looking for what we share, not what makes us different. Besides, the topics each school chooses must be different in order to get a global view.
The way of approaching each topic will depend on its nature but, in general, we will go from the past to the present and then analyze our present. If we talk about democracy, for example, we could follow these steps:
• To look for the origin of democracy.
• To study what Greek democracy was like
• To compare the democratic systems of the European countries with the Greek one.
• To value the importance of democracy in their own lives.
• To value the importance of democracy in the building of Europe.