Erasmus+-project
BUILDING UP HUMAN VALUES THROUGH ART
Report
on the international Erasmus+-meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, February 5th – 11th
Sunday, February 5th
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Arrival of International groups at Frankfurt International Airport, small
tour at the airport, e.g. clerical refugee service of Caritas
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Host students were welcomed by host families and
teachers and received their welcome packages (city maps, public transportation
tickets, schedule)
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Welcome lunch and first getting to know game
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Small city tour: first impressions of the city of
Frankfurt,
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Students spent the evening with their host families
Monday, February 6th
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Welcome ceremony at school by principal and school
band
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Information about the week
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Meeting of international students teams in different
prepared rooms (individual material was provided by German team, snacks and
drinks), getting together, getting to know games, sharing thoughts and feelings
about the human right paragraph the students are working on
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School tour and view of the exhibition rooms and work
places
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Brainstorming about projects, planning and new input
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Lunch with all members of the project at nearby
university cafeteria, interim evaluation and further planning of the project
week
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Planning of dissemination of the project, e.g. invitation
of press to the exhibition (Frankfurter
Rundschau), invitation of school community
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Project work in groups, e.g. cutting of stencils,
looking for graphical material and pictures, measurements of the exhibition
space, study of lighting conditions, discussions about the project set ups,
planning of the exhibition Building Up
Human Values Through Art
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Providing each group with further material
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Teachers evaluation of the first work day
Tuesday, February 7th
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Guided tour in English language at the Museum of Modern Art (Museum für Moderne Kunst), Frankfurt,
human rights issues presented in contemporary art, collection and special
exhibition, focus on photography
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Workshop at Museum
of Modern Art: Creation of photographic picture series focused on human
rights issues
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Lunch at city center: teachers interim evaluation and
further planning of the project week, host students guided by German students
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Group activity: bowling in international teams, team
building
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Teachers evaluation of the first work day
Wednesday, February 8th
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Project work in groups, further progress of group
work, discussions about emerging challenges during the work process, finding
creative solutions, out-of-the-box-thinking, sharing different points of view
about human rights in and out of the European Union and e.g. change of
political situation in UK due to Brexit,
refugee topic
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Cooperation with an A-level-class (intensive course
English): project “You must be free to
think”)
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Lunch with all members of the project at nearby
university cafeteria, interim evaluation
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Creating a deeper understanding of human rights
through the workshop by Monika Wittkowsky, Amnesty
International Frankfurt: students learned about the history of the creation
of human rights, learning about the human rights catalog through games,
reflection about human rights at each students country, study of human rights
cases and presentation of those
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Intensive work meeting of teachers: further planning
of the meeting and the next project meeting in San Javier, Spain; planning of
the exhibitions in Frankfurt and San Javier, budget planning, approval of
minutes of meeting in Iasi, Romania, reflecting on Twinspace and dissemination, planning of dissemination of exhibition
in Frankfurt
Thursday, February 9th
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Project work in groups: preparation of the exhibition,
composition and installation of the exhibition Building Up Human Values Through Art, providing of technical
equipment (lights, sound, projectors, screens, laptops and so on)
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Lunch with members of the project in the city center,
teachers: interim evaluation, last discussions about the exhibition set up and
students work
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Big Frankfurt city tour: German students guided the
international students and teachers (Alte
Oper, Willy-Brandt-Platz, Hauptwache, Thurn-und-Taxis-Palais, Bahnhofsviertel,
Eschenheimer Turm, Maintower, Konstablerwache, Römer, … )
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Presentation of research results of the historical,
economical and social aspects of the city by German students (e.g. wage gap,
immigrants vs. refugees, gender inequality in financial sector, “the other side
of the financial capital of the European
Union”)
Friday, February 10th
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final preparation of the exhibition Building Up Human Values Through Art,
final adjustments
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opening of the exhibition: welcome speech,
participating students guided students from the school through the exhibition
rooms and explanation of thoughts
about human rights and values
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interviews by Frankfurter
Rundschau (The state of Hesses most read newspaper) about the project and
human rights and their meaning for the European
Union
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dissemination work: taking photographs and making
videos of the exhibition
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Lunch at university cafeteria, teachers evaluation of
the exhibition, results for final exhibition in San Javier
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Evaluation of project in project groups through mind
maps, individual feedback
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Goodbye ceremony and handing out of certificates of
attendance by school principal
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Group picture taken
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Teachers meeting and dinner at an typical German
restaurant, planning of final meeting in San Javier
Saturday, February 11th
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Commemoration tour through Frankfurt: walk to Stolpersteine (German art project by Gunter
Demnig that commemorates the victims of national socialism) and memorial site Großmarkthalle (deportation of Frankfurt
Jews during 1941-1945)
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Visiting of the ECB-district,
reflection of the European Union
between history then and society now (How far have we come in the EU concerning human rights?)
