Atlas of European Atlas of European Values in schoolValues in school

Atlas of European Atlas of European Values in schoolValues in school

A lesson by Judith & KatharinaA lesson by Judith & Katharina

The class & the classroom

• Gymnasium, 10. grade, 26 pupils (11 boys and 15 girls in the age of 15-16)

• Classteacher: Mrs. Heyland (chemistry, biology, geography, history, politics)

• Thursday, 09. november 2006, 1./2. h

seating order

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teacher

A picture of the class

The lesson – first step• Welcome, check presence und

present the program on board• Traffic game regarding 4 sentences:

– Ich bin stolz auf Deutschland.– Frauen mit Kindern sollten lieber

zuhause bleiben.– Ich akzeptiere Homosexualität.– Ich entscheide selbst über mein Leben.

• Results:

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5

10

15

20

25

national pridemothershomosexualitycontrol

agree

don't know

disagree

The lesson – step 2• Group puzzle: short explanation of the

course • First round: ‚Stammgruppen‘ (15 min)

– All pupils with the same theme (1-4) are working together in one group with the working sheets

• Every pupil gets the missing working sheets

• Second round: ‚Expertengruppen‘ (15 min)– Pupils with different themes (A-F) explain

their results of the first round to the others and discuss them

The lesson – step 3• Discussion of the results for the

four themes • Comparison with the maps of the

Atlas of European Values• Discussion

• Feedback (class & teacher)

Feedback• Class:

– Everything was good (teaching, speaking,…)

– The puzzle was funny and the themes were interesting

• Teacher:– Very interesting atlas– Good tasks and good teaching– Critics:

• too many subjects, perhaps better: only one or two subjects & more explanation/ discussion about the ‚why‘

• Atlas is statistical, where are the question tags? What was asked especially? Which people were asked?

• Perhaps: internet/ literature links to get more information about the different European countries compared to the values

Conclusion• It was a nice experience for us and the

class also.• There were some surprising results, for

example: the class has a very traditional view concerning the question of housemother or working mother, most of the girls and nearly all boys think it is better to be a ‚housemother‘. The boys said, that they wanted their wives to care about the children at home. The girls wanted to get their abitur and a good qualification by studying, but in the age of kids, they said it‘s better for them to stay at home (only 4 mothers are working in fulltime jobs).

Bye Bye