ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO DI OZZANO DELL’EMILIA

(BOLOGNA) ITALY

VIROM - COMENIUS

2004-2005

THE WORKING GROUP

History

I would like to make some preliminary remarks:

According to the new school reform by the Minster Moratti, The Roman history is not a school subject on the national syllabus in the junior secondary schoolSo this project cannot be compulsory and the involved pupils are from class 1 but they are helped by some pupils from class 3

TargetsThis project let pupils:

learn the main stages of an excavationknow some basis on the modern museologylearn the most important operations of restoration, signing, drawing, cataloguingknow the history of a people through documents and findsrealize that to reconstruct a historical period is the result of complex operations as time progressed

Methodology

The working process is divided

into

three steps

1st step – theorical

Skilled Archeologists from Ozzano are

teaching pupils the basis to know the

ancient history of people who lived at

Claterna from 500 BC to 500 AD

Pupils will also find out the possible links

with the archeological sites in Uppakra

and Jomsborg

FROM THEORY

TO PRACTICE

2nd step – practical

Pupils, divided into small operating groups and referring to their notes, will produce reports on the subjects brought up by the Archeologists

Their writings focusing on particular aspects of Roman living habits will be delivered to the web - editor in Italian and English and will be on the school web site as well.

3rd step – practical

Pupils will produce drawings, paintings, handmade, models, leaflets, recipes to

show in a personal exhibition

Why English?

VIROM and COMENIUS Projects

have much in common

Lots of important aspects relating to

the research

the study

the possible connections among different cultures

so we have connected these projects

Children of class 1 are working on the past and some Pupils of class 3 are their tutors

They have the responsibility of small groups

They have to help the younger Pupils and collaborate with them

They must set up a e-mail link with your Students.

We can fix day, time and procedure they will use to keep in touch regularly about the project.

They will translate every notes in English

 

 The objectives for all that are:

To let the Students Revise some aspects of the ancient history in a different wayLearn much more about ancient cultures in Europe Learn a specific language

Practice EnglishDevelop cooperationCreate motivation to communicateMake them aware of being citizen of the world

  

VIROM –COMENIUS PROJECTSARCHEOLOGY-HISTORY-ENGLISH

STUDENTS’ SEARCHING INFORMATION

SEND THE INFORMATION IN THE NET

COMMUNICATE TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION

TO WIDEN THEIR CULTURAL HORIZONS

Istituto Comprensivo di Ozzano dell’Emilia

Viale 2 Giugno, 49 - 40064 Ozzano dell'EmiliaBologna (Italy)

tel. +39-51799271 - fax +39-514695202

e-mail: didattica@icozzano.scuole.bo.it

http://icozzano.scuole.bo.it

Web site Virom project

http://icozzano.scuole.bo.it/virom