City Walls

it has been 30 years since the Berlin Wall has fallen, thus, in 2019, we would like to... • Connect the European fortified cities; • Get to know the cultural and architectural environments of each other's cities (Roman walls, medieval ramparts, modern fortifications...); • Question the identity of the fortified cities, in terms of history, architecture, urban life ; question the evolution(s) making them open or destroy their walls; • Question the symbolical aspect of the notion of fortress - or rampart, which supports the citizens' values, those of the human beings all over Europe; • Establish a network to share the European values of freedom, the spirit of openness, the idea of integration. The different partners - their profiles: • 120 pupils, 20 accompanying adults (cf. attached file); • 5 European high schools - Ferrare (Italy), Tabor (Czech Republic), Velo (Greece), Tolede (Spain), Metz (France); • 5 trips. The different activities: • Creating and voting for the project's logo - multinational contest; • Pupils' collaborative effort on Twinspace (and in English) to fill in questionnaires, to exchange pictures...; • Guided tours of city walls, in English; • Online conferences held by historians / sociologists / authors chosen by the host schools; • Writing workshops, supervised by Stanislas Cotton, a playwright; • Reporting on the four final productions (that will serve as the bases of the final performance); • During the last trip : rehearsing and preparing the live show (drama play, video, body performance...) - the pupils from the different countries wil work in groups. How we are going to complete the project successfully: • Setting up a steering group; • Working together or online with the help of Twinspace; • Assessing the project; • Circulating information about the project; • Making it durable; Expected results and impacts: For the pupils • Improving their English language skills; • International links, building up a European citizenship and identity; • Improving their digital skills; • Improving collaborative work, be it together or online; • Developing a sense of creativity. For the schools • Reinforcing the European identity; • Integrating the project into the schools' development plans; • Spreading the project so the schools can benefit its repercussions; For the teachers • Discovering other educational systems; • Exchanging views on the way we work; • Multidisciplinary work on a European scale; • Forward thinking; • Creating a group dynamic; • Recognition of skills; • Professional training.