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Cultural heritage viewed by young people

2018-1-SK01-KA229-0463402018School Exchange Partnershipsfinalized
Countries: SK|CZ · Grant: €32,698
ICT - new technologies - digital competencesCultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage

Project summary

Cultural heritage has an universal value for us as individuals,communities and the whole society. It is important to keep the traditions for the following generations. It plays an important role for the future of Europe. Protecting our cultural heritage we learn about the diversity and we join intercultural dialogues about what we have in common. We should keep our cultural heritage and protect it. The aim of the project is to get the chance to show the problems of our cultural heritage to young people,so that they realise the values surrounding them. The project is to motivate young people from Slovakia and the Czech Republic to discover the cultural heritage of these 2 countries and at the same time to strengthen their belonging to our common Europe. 32 students of secondary school will participate in the project. The activities will be concerned about the importance of protecting the cultural heritage of their country,promoting cultural monuments, traditions of their country. The activities in the country are to strenghten the interest of students in the history of their own country, the need to protect the cultural heritage of Europe and the whole world. The students will prepare presentations and videos about the cultural heritage of Slovakia and the Czech Republic, which will be also used next years in educational process.

Final report summary

Cultural heritage has universal value for us as individuals, communities and the whole society. It is important to keep the traditions for the next generations. It plays an important role for the future of Europe. Protecting our cultural heritage we learn about the diversity within our society and we join intercultural dialogue about what we have in common. We should keep our cultural heritage and protect it. The aim of the project was to get the chance to show the problems of cultural heritage to young people, to teach them to value the culture they live in, which surrounds them. The project motivated young people from Slovakia and the Czech Republic to discover the cultural heritage of these two countries. At the same time young people learned to strengthen their belonging to our common Europe. Thirty – two students of secondary school participated in the project. The project activities were concerned about the importance of protecting the cultural heritage of both Slovakia and the Czech Republic, promoting cultural monuments, traditions of both countries. The project activities strengthened the interest of students in the history of their own country, the need to protect the cultural heritage of Europe and the whole world. The students prepared presentations and videos about the cultural heritage of Slovakia and the Czech Republic, which will be used in the educational process next years.

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