About the Project

 

Children must be taught to value democracy as a way of life; the necessary skills for building  democracy  do  not  develop  automatically  so  teaching  democracy  means  preparing  children  to  become  citizens  who  will  preserve  and  shape  democracy  in  the future. Therefore, democracy should be a key aspect in every form of education from the earliest age possible. Democratic education is about promoting curiosity, discussion,  critical  thinking  and  learning  to  take  responsibility  for  your  actions.  Such educational outcomes are best achieved through action. While key concepts of democracy should be understood by children, living and acting in a democratic environment is the best exercise. Schools, institutions, children’s clubs, organisations and families that respect democratic principles and have real democratic structures, function as the best role models to help children learn what democracy is.Human rights and democracy are reciprocal concepts. Human rights form the basis of any democratic system, but they need this system to defend and guarantee them. The following are activities that can be integrated into eTwinning projects to develop students’ understanding of democratic participation

About the project

This is a #eTw4Democracy project based on Democracy and Human Rights, including simple but collaborative tasks on different school subjects. Create a sense of democracy from an early age for a more equal and more respectful world order in order to create a consciousness of democracy with fun activities that children can use in their daily lives. We will explore the term Democracy, Democratic values and Democracy and Human Rights. The age of the participating students is 4 to 11 years old and they come from different European countries.

Aims

To bring the consciousness of democracy to students.To learn Human Rights.To be aware of democratic rights.To train conscious individuals for an equal and fair world order.To prepare students for their future role as citizens.Developing creative thinking.Using WEB2.0 tools.

Work processThe outline of the project activities will appear in the pages of the Twinspace so that everyone can follow.

November:Introduction to the project’s Twinspace, students edit their profiles and start communicating (chat)Map of the project.Create logo and VOTE

December – Mars: Democracy and Human Rights 

December:Demonstration of informative videos about Democracy and Human rights.Creation of a collaborative poster about Democracy.January – February: Creation of ebooks – articles – games.

What is democracy?

What are Human Rights?

Heroes of Our Democracy

Students the future citizens

Election in class ect.

Mars: Make a videos about democracy OR Make a game on scratch

April - May: Evaluation

The publication of a democracy magazine with photographs of the activities

Evaluation: An online questionnaire Expected resultsTo create a new and happy world order for everyone together with individuals who are respectful of human rights and are conscious of democracy. At the end of the project and after its presentation in every school, there will be an evaluation of the project with the use of an online questionnaire to be filled by all participants as well as parents (Evaluation). The publication of a democracy magazine with photographs of the activities.All activities will be embedded in twinspace (collaborative ebooks, posters, presentations or video).