1st meeting of Comenius program, Istanbul, Turkey 25-30 /10/ 2009.
Lifelong Learning Programme Comenius
“From difference to integration: cultural paths searching for a new European identity,,
1. The basic idea and activities
2. Communication
3. Evaluation
4. Meetings
The basic idea and activities
Project aims: Focus on the cultural heritage.
Walls we keep to protect historical heritage

1. cultural heritage, tradition, mythology
2. historical aspect, (monument castles, fortress, walls, mosques, churches)
3. social aspect, (peoples migration – integration)
Discussion on the basic idea and the activities:
What do we do when students do not want to participate?
How to get connected?
What is common?
Communication between students and partners.
Ideas for the activities and the ways of presentations.

Connect the students then they can start to work together
Each partner works on his own activity, concentrate to some of the issues, separate the activities until the next meetings
Presentation of the jewellery, wedding ceremonies, cuisine, important persons. Work not only for students and teachers. With this project students should do something together for disabled people. e.g. a disabled can read in a presentation or see through an exhibition a cultural tradition, monument etc.
Each school put emphasis to the countries they come from, through photographic exhibition, internet
Study tradition, Presentation of traditional customs, prepare songs, essays.
Communication channels, sites, blogs, chat. Give tasks to the students – the students should be guided. Common cultural issues through globalization, films, sports, music, fashion. Create an English language reader, (text and pictures) from 5 countries. Create a common internet site.
Central idea – activity
• Presentation of traditions, customs
• Acting at the tradition of other countries (performance)
• Photographic exhibition
• Singing songs( brass band, choir)
Presentation of
• Traditional jewellery handmade
• Old houses
• Cuisine
• Wedding ceremonies
• Important persons


This means – for the first year the activities are worked by the students, and they get prepared during this period, and at the end they present their work.
Based on these activities each school prepares report, in order to present, as the final report to the coordinator of the program.

Agreement
Each partner will work on the following activities.
Common activities:
1. Tradition – old houses, monuments, clothes, jewellery
2. Cuisine, nutrition culture
3. Social aspects ( family, wedding, woman and man position in family society)

Each school chooses what they want to work on, but must be at least one of the elements.
The means of the presentation could vary. (, writing, exhibition, video, internet)

Project for a Logo – students can form opinion, to work on giving an,
Identity, a logo under which they work

Partners agree on:
• 3 themes on what we work
• Each school works on preferred theme but must be at least one
• Each school decides they way, methodology of project – what, when, how, purpose.

Summary

The discussion about the central idea ended after the first meeting with the partners’ agreement, and the next meeting scheduled for the next day.