This document summarizes a Comenius project undertaken by a school in the Czech Republic to familiarize students with the life and work of Jan Amos Komensky, also known as Comenius. The project involved creating a giant picture book about Comenius's life and enacting scenes from his life and teaching methods through theatrical performances. Students learned about 17th century schooling and the reforms Comenius introduced. They performed a play about Comenius both at their school and in historic buildings to bring the subject to life. The project aimed to show Comenius's legacy and innovative teaching style that made learning fun and relevant to students.

1. Základní škola Karviná-Mizerov Česká republika Projekt COMENIUS HERITAGE COM-MP-2007-296 Eva Bauerová, Kateřina Čakurdová, Aleš Homan

2. KARVINÁ SILESIAN REGION

3. BASIC SCHOOL KARVINÁ - MIZEROV

4. IN FEBRUARY 2007 OUR SCHOOL BEGAN TO COOPERATE IN THE PROJECT HISTORICAL RECREATION AS A PEDAGOGICAL PROJECT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC THE PROJECT IS COORDINATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA

5. AIMS OF THE PROJECT THE AIM OF THE PROJECT IS TO INTRODUCE A BIG NAME IN EUROPEAN CONTEXT: THE HUMANIST AND THINKER, THE FOUNDER OF EUROPEAN PEDAGOGY…

6. FOR OUR PROJECT WE CHOOSE THE PERSONALITY OF THE TEACHERS OF NATIONS JOHANNES AMOS COMENIUS

7. 28. 3. 1592 BORN IN MORAVIA (NIVNICE) EARLY ORPHANED (1604 ) E ducation 1608 – 11 Academy of Unity of the Brethren PŘEROV 1611 – 14 Academy at Herborn and the University of Heidelberg 161 4 P astor and school principal in towns Přerov, Fulnek (Moravia)

8. 1620 P ersecuted under the Counter Reformation, was a fugitive in his own country (in 1618 the Thirty Years war began ). 1628 F led Moravia to Poland , in Leszno led gymnasium . 16 41 L ived and worked in many different countries in Europe: Sweden , the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , Transylvania , the Holy Roman Empire , England , the Netherlands , Royal Hungary , again in Leszno . 1648–50 and 1650–56 In 1656 his manuscripts and the school’s printing press were burned down .

9. 1656–70 in Amstedam Died 15 th November 1670 in Amstedam , buried in Naarden , his grave can be visited in the mausoleum devoted to him .

10. PREPARATORY WORK HOW TO WORK UP THE TOPICS OF COMENIUS´ LIFE, WORK, HERITAGE? HOW TO INVOLVE TEACHERS? HOW TO BRING THE STUDENTS? HOW TO WORK OUT A PROJECT FOR 490 PUPILS?

11. NOVEMBER 2007 TEACHER TRAINING TO THE PROJECT HISTORICAL RECREATION IN OUR SCHOOL

12. THE PROJECT INTENDS TO FAMILIARIZE CHILDREN WITH SCHOOL LIFE IN 17th CENTURY AND THOSE PEDAGOGICAL METHODS, AND THEN COMPARE THEM WITH THE NEW CONCEPTION OF EDUCATION CREATED BY COMENIUS DURING HIS LIFE. INSPIRED BY HIS IDEAS, WE RECONSTRUCTED HIS PROJECT SCHOLA LUDUS, i. e. TEACHING VIA DRAMA, THE WAY HE DID IT ALONG WITH HIS PUPILS IN THE COURT OF PRINCES OF RÁKOCZI.

13. FUTHERMORE, WE MAKED A BIG PICTURE BOOK ORBIS PICTUS, WHICH WAS THE VERY FIRST PICTURE BOOK FOT TEACHING CHILDREN .

14. THEMATIC IN THE FIRST PLACE, WE HAD TO DEAL WITH HOW TO LINK THE LIFE STORY OF COMENIUS WITH HIS PEDAGOGICAL LEGACY. WE DECIDED TO MAKE A GIANT BOOK ORBIS PICTUS AND THEN DEPICT LIFE STAGES OF JAN AMOS COMENIUS EMPHASIZING SCHOOL LIFE IN 17th CENTURY AND CHANGES INTRODUCED INTO TEACHING PROCESS BY COMENIUS. WE WANTED TO SHOW THE TEACHING PROJECT IN THE FORM OF THEATRE PERFORMANCES EXACTLY THE WAY HE, DISTINGUISHED TEACHER, DID IT WITH HIS PUPILS WHEN HE STAYED IN ROYAL HUNGARY.

15. EACH CLASS WORKED UP MOTTOS ABOUT COMENIUS, GREECE, TURKEY, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, ITALY AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC…

16. PREPARATORY A GIANT BOOK

23. THE BIGGEST BOOK HAND-MADE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

24. 2. THE NEXT PART OF THE PROJECT REFERS TO THE DRAMA RENDERING OF COMENIUS´ LIFE EVENTS WITH EMPHASIS ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND HIS REFORM ATTEMPTS. WE STUDIED THE LIFE OF PUPILS AND TEACHERS IN 17th CENTURY AS WELL AS COMENIUS´ WORK IN HUNGARY, WHERE, IN THE PRINCE COURT OF RAKOCZI, HE CREATED A UNIQUE PROJECT OF PUPILS´ THEATRE PERFORMANCES CALLED SCHOLA LUDUS.

25. COMENIUS OPEN AIR FIRST WE PLAYED THE PLAY ABOUT COMENIUS IN OUR SCHOOL SQUARE.

29. FOR SETTING THE DRAMA PRODUCTION INTO HISTORIC BUILDINGS, WE USED INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS OF THE CASTLE OF FRYŠTÁT, OSTRAVA, THE MUSEUM OF COMENIUS IN PŘEROV, FULNEK AND WALLACHIAN OPEN-AIR MUSEUM IN ROŽNOV IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 50 SELECTED CHILDREN WHO TOOK PART IN IMPLEMENTING THIS PART OF PROJECT.

30. COMENIUS HERITAGE

32. THE SCHOOL FOR EVERYBODY THE VISUAL LESSONS THE SUBJECT-MATTER HAS TO BE ADEQUATE TO THE PUPILS´ AGE THE THEORY HAS TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE PRACTICE THE PROCESS FROM SIMPLE TO MORE DIFFICULT THE LESSON HAVE TO BE FUNNY AND INTERESTING THE PUPILS HAVE TO REVISE THE SUBJECT-MATTER

35. CHILDREN ARE PLAYING IN THEIR FREE TIME…

41. Thank you very much for your attention! OBRIGADU !