Design properties
- Name
- Travelling with mythology
- Topic
- classical mythology
- Learning time
- Designed time
- 10 hours
- Size of class
- about 100
- Description
- Classical mythology (Greek and Roman) has always had a profound influence on the evolution of European culture. Poets, writers, artists of all time have found inspiration in the ancient Greeks and Romans myths and poems. In addition to their invaluable historical or cultural importance, as the tales, classical myths can be used to stimulate in children “ the love for reading”, make them dream and guide them to discover a whole world of values, ideals, still valid today. This project aims to guide students on a journey, an odyssey and an adventure in the world of classical mythology to discover the pleasure of reading, introduce them to the great wisdom of the past and grasp the character of actuality. Will be offered a range of activities aimed at the achievement of the European key competences and to develop pupils' creativity, critical thinking and thoughtful, the ability to solve problems collaboratively.
- Aims
- Promote in the students the taste and the pleasure of reading. Strengthen in the students: ability to search language skills organizational skills ICT skills interpersonal skills emotional skills ability to solve problems metacognition motivation creativeness learn to learn active citizenship
- Outcomes
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- Knowledge
- Comprehension
- Application
- Analysis
- Synthesis
- Evaluation
- Affective learning outcomes
- Psychomotor skills
- Editor
- mariateresa
Timeline controls
Timeline
Preparatory phase
170 minutes)
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Collaborate65Getting to know each others: Students of different schools arise through videoconferencing and realize presentations (video, etc ...) to make known to their peers their class, school and country
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Discuss45100Introduction to the myth: in the classroom teachers present their students the literary genre of myth: what is myth? What are the characteristic features of a mythological tale? What is its function? After have been documented pupils and teachers realize a concept map on the myth
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Investigate306The students of different schools, divided into international groups recherche on the web some Greek and Roman myths
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Read Watch Listen306Each group read and select a greek and roman myth to be investigated and presented to other pupils
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Operating phase
380 minutes)
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Collaborate606Pupils represent graphically some scenes of the myth chosen, find the images on the Internet, using Google PPT realize a presentation and share it in eTwinning TwinSpace.
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Produce50100The students realize some games on mythological tales reads, deepening their knowledge of the characters, the places and the situations
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Investigate45100Pupils identify the values emerging from mythological stories and using Tagul realize a word cloud
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Discuss35100Using Padlet pupils reflect on the actuality of classical values and associate some values to existing characters.
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Read Watch Listen30Using Padlet pupils reflect on the actuality of classical values and associate some values to existing characters, answering to the following questions : among the famous people of today society that you know there are people who for their quality may embody some Greek and Roman ideals and values? What? Why? Presents some of the people that you think are the most significant.
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Collaborate20What are some values, ideas, skills, trades (occupations), or aspects of nature that people value today? Using Answergarden students brainstorm values, ideas, skills, trades, which are important to our society today.
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Produce40From the list of modern day values students choose one idea to expand upon and use that word to create a modern day god or superheros.
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Produce65Pandora's Box: students find a container (box, jar, etc.) and decorate it so that it generates much curiosity. They are to construct ten evils of today's society and place them in the box. All evils must be personified and have "eyes" and "wings". Also, one item representing Hope for our present-day society must also be placed in the box.
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Investigate35The places of mythology - What were the main scenarios of many Greeks and Romans myths ? There are traces of them today? Where are they? After documented the students realize a map using Mapwing.
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CollaborateUsing some characters created so far and some values proposed the students, divided in international groups, create some modern mythsplay setting them in today's society.
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Restructuring phase
50 minutes)
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Discuss15100Students answer to a questionnaire on the activities undertaken and realize a videoconference.
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Collaborate35100Using a SWOT analysys students reflect and discuss the experience made highlighting the strengths and weaknesses.
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Learning Experience
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