The project starts from a historical reflection on the theme of peoples' movements in the past, starting from ancient Greece and from the policy of conquest of ancient Rome. It intends to compare the different models of integration and organization of multicultural societies, mainly in the Mediterranean area that has always been a crossroads of different civilizations and still it is one of the favorite routes of migrants in Europe.After this historical consideration, it should be defined the present meaning of the state borders, both from a political and a cultural point of view, to better understand if they have to be considered as barriers or points of contact with other different cultures. Moreover, taking into account the current migratory emergency, now more than ever it is necessary to analyze the past, present and future answers by the European States to the flow of migrants coming from depressed or war areas and their applied integration policies. Among them those of the countries whose schools take part to the project are particularly interesting. It is important to start thinking about all those who are around us, our classmates or our neighbors, to better understand what difficulties the immigrants have to face in integrating themselves with the host (sheltering) country. Just to solve these issues all the involved schools will establish contacts with a neighbouring community deeply rooted in the territory. So it will start a process of knowledge of other people’s traditions, customs and ways of living. Then schools will become both training workshops and meeting places by means of games and recreational events related to sport and wellbeing.The results of these meetings about different civilizations will be documented by interviews, reports and e-books such as collections of personal stories, short films and performances.During this process the meetings among the partner schools’ teachers to plan the different steps of and to debate about the working methods will be essential. The project leader school will use the social media such as facebook, twitter, instagram and the e-twinning network to be linked with the other partners. In the middle and at the end of the process cultural exchanges among the students of the partner schools will be essential to share the different experiences.Finally, to make public and to spread the achieved results, the partner schools will organize a set of local seminars to propagate and to share these experiences, involving the protagonists of these events above all. Moreover a dedicated website will be available for a wider sharing.It is expected that the project’s stakeholders will improve their linguistic and digital (ICT) skills and their social and civic competences, will acquire a greater awareness of their status as European citizens and will overcome the psychological distress by a greater and stronger motivation.
The Erasmus plus KA219 project, entitled "Non Limits, but borders: Migratory Movements from the Past to Today", was realized by the Liceo J.Sannazaro of Naples in Italy (coordinating school) in partnership with the Liceo "M, Eminescu "of Cluj Napoca in Romania and the" A.Camus "Lyceum of Nimes in France (beneficiary schools). The project started from a historical reflection on the theme of the movements of peoples in the past, starting from archaic Greece and from the policy of conquering ancient Rome, up to more recent times. In particular, taking into account the current migratory emergency, the students have analyzed the answers they gave and are giving the European States, and in particular the countries on which the schools participating in the project insist, to the problem of the arrival of migrants. from depressed or war areas and which integration policies have activated. Thus, in the first year of the project, the students compared the different models of integration and construction of multicultural societies, especially in the Mediterranean area, which has always been a crossroads of different civilizations and is still among the privileged routes of immigrants. in Europe. After this historical reflection, it has been defined the meaning that the boundaries still have, not only from a political but also cultural point of view, and students have perceived the value of borders not as a limitation or a barrier, but as a point of contact with other cultures. In the second year of the project, in particular, a direct path of knowledge of the other, of the other traditions, customs and ways of life began. The schools opened up to the territory and made contact with communities deeply rooted in their own cities, with cultural and voluntary associations working with migrants, with cultural mediators, doctors and photojournalists who transferred their experiences on the topic to the students. At this point, schools became training laboratories and meeting places to reflect and discuss together, confront and share. The results of these civilization meetings were documented through interviews, reportages, collections of personal stories that converged into an e-book, entitled "Cling to life: Stories of travel and hopes", in a short film produced by the French school and in a theatrical performance, realized by the Romanian school. The priorities identified at the project level were thus achieved and referred in particular to inclusive education and open and innovative teaching supported by ICT, but the objective of promoting active and informed citizenship was also achieved. All activities were planned and monitored, not only with ricurrent meetings of the project staff in the schools, but also during the transnational meetings, a useful meeting opportunity between the teachers of the different schools in partnership to plan the various activities and discuss work methods. During the two years cultural exchanges took place, the first in Italy in February 2017, the second in Romania in October 2017, the third in France in May 2018. In these occasions the pupils of the partner schools socialized the experience made in different countries on the theme of the project and presented the results of their research. For teachers too, exchanges were an important opportunity for training both on the use of new technologies in teaching and for reflecting on teaching methods to be activated to enhance civic, social and intercultural skills in students. To make public and disseminate the results achieved, the partner schools organized conferences, seminars, round tables at local and national level to publicize the experience made, first of all involving the protagonists of the events. For a wider sharing of the product, a dedicated website was also created, www.nolimitsbutborders.eu. The impact of the project on the users of the activities concerned the improvement of skills in the linguistic field, through in-situ learning, computer literacy, the development of social and civic competences and a greater awareness of the European dimension of their condition as citizens. . The sharing between teachers, bearers of the experiences of different European school systems, led to an improvement in teaching practices, experimented in classroom laboratories and field trips, which strengthened teaching / learning process in particular for those students who lived in a situation of psychological and motivational distress.