Project "History round the corner - in English" will be implemented as part of the exchange of good practices between three primary schools: Polish, Czech and Finnish. The partnership has set itself the following objectives: 1) increasing the degree of cooperation in teaching between teachers of English and teachers of other subjects in each school, 2) increasing the effectiveness of English teaching in our schools by enriching teaching tools and methods, 3) increasing the students' ability to communicate in English, increasing their historical and cultural awareness and sensitivity. Project activities include local activities (similar activities in each school separately, tasks to be carried out jointly on the eTwinning platform) and 3 exchanges of student groups with English teachers. Local activities of students serve to learn their own "history round the corner", and activities conducted with eTwinning are focused on learning about the history, culture and traditions of partner countries, while developing language competences in English. Local activities of all of the abovementioned teachers are focused on increasing the degree of cooperation between teachers of English and of other subjects, to increase the effectiveness of English teaching. Local activities of English teachers include organizing lectures, workshops, etc. in the eTwinning project group. Activities during mobility serve to complement the exchange of good practices between teachers and: - to allow students to learn about "history round the corner" of the meeting hosts - through cooperation in international teams, learning through experience, self-reflection and drawing conclusions, - to develop the ability to communicate in English, - to increase social and personal competences, - to deepen the skills of using ICT in the learning process. In total, min. 160 students and min. 20 teachers will take part in local activities, and 36 students from each school and min. 3 English teachers from each school will take part in mobilities. We assume the achievement of the following results: 1) in each school, the degree of cooperation in teaching between teachers of English and of other subjects will increase, which will lead to: a) development of individual conversation programs in English based on "history round the corner" - of a given region and town - for students aged 12-14; these programs will include at least 25% of the conversation lessons in English for the abovementioned students, b) preparing a list of project topics related to "history round the corner" for the abovementioned students, the preparation and presentation of which (in native language) in a given subject class will be an obligatory task to be performed in teams 2) English teachers from 3 schools will exchange good practices in methods and tools (including ICT) used in English teaching, based on topics related to "history round the corner", and then disseminate and implement them in each school participating in the project, which will also translate into long-term effects - increasing the effectiveness of English language teaching; 3) at least 80% of students participating in educational mobility will gain: a) an increase in competence in the field of communication in English, b) a deepened knowledge of "history round the corner" of schools participating in the project, increasing cultural awareness and sensitivity to history, tradition and culture while maintaining /deepening respect and openness to other nations and ethnic groups that make up the European community, c) growth of numerous social competences, such as the ability to work in a group, planning team work, exchanging views, d) developed skills in using ICT in the learning process, preparing and presenting educational projects, e) positive assessment of learning mobility, which may influence their choices in the future regarding education outside their country, within the EU. In addition to the above, there will also be material results: conversation lesson programs in a foreign language for 2 years of elementary school with the use of the content from other subjects, related to the region in which individual schools are located; a publication with a description of the methods and tools used in curriculum and non-curriculum teaching of English; "e-diaries" of students from each mobility, maps, games, presentations etc. developed by participants of mobilities/local activities - all in English, and some also in native languages. In the long term, we expect an increase in the effectiveness of English teaching, indicated, among others, in improvement in the results in national exams and internal surveys, as well as an increase of students' awareness of "history round the corner" - the history of their region.
The "Local History - in English" project was implemented in the framework of an exchange of good practices between three elementary schools: Polish, Czech and Finnish. The partnership set the following goals: 1) to increase the degree of cooperation in teaching between English language teachers and native language/history/art etc. teachers at each school, 2) to increase the effectiveness of English teaching in our schools by enriching teaching tools and methods, 3) to increase students' ability to communicate in English, increase their historical and cultural awareness and sensitivity. Project activities included local activities (similar activities in each school separately; tasks to be performed together online), 1 online mobility (due to the pandemic, a physical mobility could not take place), followed by 2 mobilities of groups of students together with English teachers. The students' local activities were used to learn about their own "local history", and the online activities were focused on learning about the history, culture, traditions of the partner countries while developing language competences in English. Teachers' local activities focused on increasing the degree of cooperation between teachers of English and other subjects to increase the effectiveness of English teaching. Activities during the mobility complemented the exchange of good practices among teachers. In addition, they served the purpose of: - getting to know the "Local History" of the hosts of the meeting by the students - through cooperation in international teams, learning through experience, inducing self-reflection and drawing conclusions - development of communication skills in English, social and personal competencies - deepening the ability to use ICT in the learning process. Through the implementation of the project, we achieved the following results: 1) the degree of cooperation in teaching between teachers of English and teachers of other subjects has increased in each school, thanks to which English conversation programs have been developed based on the topic of "local history" - history of the region - for students aged 12-14; 2) students created projects on "close history" - They are one of the material results of the project; 3) English teachers exchanged good practices in terms of methods and tools (including ICT) used in teaching English, based on topics related to Local History"; 4) The students participating in the learning mobilities have shown: a) increased competences in communicating in English, b) deepened knowledge of the local history of the participating schools, increased cultural awareness and sensitivity to history, tradition, culture while maintaining/deepening respect and openness to other nations and ethnic groups co-creating the European community c) growth of numerous social competencies, such as teamwork skills, the ability to plan the work of the team, exchange views d) development of skills in using ICT in the learning process, preparing educational projects and presenting them e) positive assessment of the educational mobility, which may in the future influence educational choices outside the country, within the EU. In addition to the above, other material results were produced: programs of conversational lessons in a foreign language for 2 years of elementary school using content from other subjects, relating to the region where each school is located - a publication with a description of the methods and tools used in curricular and extra-curricular teaching of English; games, presentations, etc. developed by the participants of the mobility/local activities.