Освітній проект вчителя англійської мови Дрогобицької гімназії імені Богдана Лепкого, лауреата конкурсу "Учитель року - 2015" у номінації англійська мова Олесі Сушко Educational Project“Charity and voluntarism: actions speak louder than words” Project coordinator: Olesia Sushko English Teacher, Drohobych Gymnasium Project team: Students of the 8th forms

1. Project coordinator:
Olesia Sushko
English Teacher, Drohobych Gymnasium
Project team: Students of the 8th forms

2. We ourselves feel that what we
are doing is just a drop in the
ocean. But the ocean would be
less because of that missing
drop.
Mother Teresa

3. Annotation
In the course of this project students learn
the peculiarities of voluntary work and gain
experience in this area. They choose the
activities on their own, according to their
preferences.
The project aims at increasing motivation for
learning English, developing
communication and writing skills, positive
character traits.

4. Project Passport/Concept
Type of the
project
Practical, collaborative
Importance
Our country encounters great political and
economic difficulties, including the war in the
east. The soldiers need financial and
psychological support. Participation in voluntary
work teaches the students to be merciful, kind,
understanding to others; interested in current
affairs of their motherland.
Aim of the
project
Involve students into voluntary work through
the use of the English language; raise money
holding a charity fair and make guardian
talismans for ATO soldiers.

5. Project Passport/Concept
Goals of the
project
Students:
- learn the history of voluntary movement;
- find out about prominent Ukrainian
volunteers;
- shape/broaden their views on important civil
issues.
Other subjects
involved
History, Art and Design, Handicrafts, ICT, Maths
Age group
8th formers
Project duration One month

6. Summary:
Charity fair/
project presentation,
results analysis,
evaluation.
•
Planning:
Subject presentation,
ways to implement the
project, division into
groups, evaluation
criteria.
Realization:
Duties division, work
schedule, information
gathering, preparing items for
the charity fair.
Project
stages
Project strategy:
Subject choosing, aim,
goals, expected results,
duration.

7. Expected results
Students:
• know the history of the voluntarism;
• participate in voluntary work;
• have better understanding of current affairs;
• can write letters of requests;
• can make guardian talismans;
• can analyse their success and mistakes.

8. Teacher and students’ work
at stage 1
Students:
1 Choose the subject.
2 Set the aim.
3 Define the goals.
Teacher:
1 Explains the concept of the project.
2 Motivates the subject and the aim of the
project.
3 Helps to define the goals.

9. Stage 2 – planning
1 Explaining the main goal of the
project.
2 Information gathering and sharing
3 Division the students into 6 groups,
setting tasks for each group.
4 Choosing evaluation criteria.

10. Groups
Group 6
Financiers
Group 1
Researches
Group 2
Cooks
Group 3
Craftsmen
Group 4
Artists
Group 5
International
cooperation

11. Students:
1 Suggest ideas.
2 Define the number
of groups.
3 Define tasks for each
group.
Teacher:
1 Defines the deadline.
2 Coordinates duties
sharing.
Teacher and students’ work
at stage 2

12. Stage 3 – realization
Group 1
Volunteerism? What is it?
The volunteer movement emerged in 1859 when Jean
Henri Dunant, a renowned French writer-journalist,
witnessed the aftermath of the bloody Battle of Solferino.
This inspired him to create the Red Cross—an
organization that functioned largely on a volunteer basis
and provided first aid to captives and the wounded. The
principles created by Mr. Dunant still guide volunteer
organizations around the world.

13. Group 2
Tasty Pastries
Stage 3 – realization

14. Stage 3 – realization
Group 3
We won’t sew this guardian, neither use scissors. All we need is
just a piece of white fabric, cotton wool/or other filling to make
a head, and a thread.
a Put a ball of the filling into the center of the square; tie it tightly
with the thread.
b Spread the angel’s wings and tie the thread diagonally.
c Your guardian talisman is ready.

15. Group 4
Lottery
Stage 3 – realization

16. Group 5
A LETTER TO SPONSORS FROM ABROAD
Dear Mr. Tomasik,
Drohobych gymnasium voluntary group invites you to become a
sponsor for our first charity event to benefit a soldier from our town
wounded in the ATO.
Your sponsorship will help assure the success of our fund raising
charity event. Enclosed please find more information on this exciting
event and its sponsorship levels. Please do not hesitate to contact me
with any questions or concerns. I look forward to hearing you at your
earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
Khrystyna Liakhovych
Enclosures: Sponsorship Information
Event Fact Sheet
Stage 3 – realization

17. Group 6
Counting the expenses and
raised money
Stage 3 – realization

18. CHARITY FAIR

19. We sum up the results at the last lesson. Students
discuss their (and each other’s work), analyse the
positive moments and drawbacks.
They evaluate their work.

20. Evaluation
• 1-3 - student’s participation was passive,
he/she didn’t share his own ideas;
• 4-6 – partial participation, set tasks were
completed to some extent;
• 7-9 – student completed his/her tasks, but
didn’t participate in the last stage of the
project;
• 10-12 – student not only achieved the set
goals, but was creative and self-motivated.

21. Conclusions
Project work on the given topic has had impact
on students’ worldview and motivation. They’ve
learned more about successful people who do
great voluntary work in our region and in
Ukraine in general.
They’ve had a chance to use their knowledge of
English to contact sponsors and raise some
money. What is more, they saw that the ocean is
made up of little drops.

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23. Thank you for attention