Project Summary In the course of this project pupils from 3 European schools ( Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom) will research and present the historical development of the relevant industries which have formed and shaped the area or regions where the schools are . We want to raise awareness among our pupils - who will carry out the work - for the industrial history of the countries involved, for the impact of this revolution on the population, the society and the country, also including environmental aspects. Contrasting these developments with today's digital revolution may help to see those changes in a larger horizon and thus enhance the pupils' understanding of risks and chances of such processes. We intend to collect data, documents and other material relevant to the subject in order to enhance the students' understanding of the institutions. Research teams will be composed by an equal number of pupils from each country so as to ensure cross-cultural learning, the use of the foreign languages and to enhance European contacts and thus transversal learning skills among the pupils and the staff. The project work will help to give new inspiration and motivation also to pupils who show signs of school fatigue and risk to leave school at too early a stage. This work will be pursued and documented both during the planned plenary meetings via personal contacts as well as in the intermediate periods via ICT, specifically via the use of eTwinning. This ensures that the material the pupils are working on is constantly accessible for all participants. By performing this work, the pupils will gain more self-confidence and independence in their learning as they experience their teachers rather as coordinators, as a living and competent helpdesk than as the "boss in the classroom". They will take on responsibility in their teams and learn the efficiency of group work. The following products are planned: - A slide show/ film showing places visited ( before and after IR, on the basis of old photographs/illustrations) - A collection of literary texts dealing with the IR , analysed by the participating students. - A collection of words describing phenomena that only existed from Industrial Revolution onwards, some of them having disappeared in the meantime, some of them surviving to the present day. - A collection of reproductions of works of art depicting phenomena of the period in view, again with analysis/descriptions made by the participating students. - A photobook showing industrial sites /constructions enabled by the technical possibilities developed during the I R. - Establishing a survey showing the migration from rural areas towards the cities /statistic – survey of loss of population – growth of the cities in the areas concerned. - Political changes brought about by I R will be documented to show how this revolution affected political life and raised political consciousness and the wish and the need to adapt the world of work (formation of trade unions, political parties, worker participation etc.) In this project the following schools with groups of about 10-15 members each will take part: - Glenstal Abbey School, a boys only boarding school. For this school, it is only the second time that they are in touch with partners from different European countries and cooperate in an ERASMUS+ project and thus the pupils and their school will experience the enlargement of horizons. - Ampleforth College, one of the leading Benedictine schools in Britain has up to now not been in an ERASMUS-project and so has the chance - despite the imminent threat of BREXIT - to work towards a European cooperation in this project and hopefully beyond. Like Glenstal it is a boarding school. Its situation in North Yorkshire allows to have a close look at former textile production, development of new transport facilities as well as the forming of new industries. - Egbert-Gymnasium, a Benedictine School in Muensterschwarzach, is situated in the heart of Europe in a rural area which has been and still is the home of important industries. The good infrastructure of the Benedictine abbey (printing press) will be of use when it comes to producing the end results. Collaborative work in the course of the whole project as well as during the pupils' meetings will enable students to learn from each other and share their experiences of learning through different learning styles and approaches and enable creative and innovative approaches to be developed and shared. This will also support teachers in the delivery of project work that will lead to improved pedagogy and practice and and facilitate more creative approaches that will support learning for all students. Through focussed project activities with identified staff and students we will be able to monitor and evaluate project progress and impact and ensure that outcomes are met and sustainability for beyond the initial timescales. 21 March 2018, St Benedict's Day
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