The document summarizes educational activities for students about the Old Believers of Estonia. It describes lessons on handicrafts, outdoor games, and English that taught students about Old Believer culture and traditions. The handicraft lesson had students make rag dolls as important symbols. The English lesson involved watching documentaries, reading about Old Believer history and culture, and continuing research online. The outdoor games reinforced connections to the sea and sailing lifestyles. Additional activities included attending a play about Old Believer folktales and visiting an Onion Route harvest festival to experience local community and culture.

1. The Old Believers of Estonia
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LESSONS, VISITS, MEETINGS
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2. Lessons
 Handicraft – by Viktoria
Eurich
 Outdoor games – Oleg
Zahharov
 English – Irina Laidinen

3. Handicraft
 Students made a rag
talisman doll of old
believers of Estonia
Handmade rag talisman
doll is an important symbol
of home. The doll protects
home of bad vibes and
dark souls.

4. English lesson
Students had to:
Watch
• watch the documentary about
Agafya (old believer from
Taiga)
Read
• read aboud Old Believers
living in Estonia
Choose
• choose 5 the most interesting
facts about their culture
Continue
• continue the research using
Padlet
Find out
• find out 3 facts about pagan
traditions of old believers
Read
• read each others’ researches,
comment on it

5. Outdoor games
Students learned different outdoor games of old
believers children. Important element of all those
games is that game story is usually connected with
the sea, fishing, ships and sailors lifestyle.

6. Theatre.
The Old Believers Fairytales
EVIL GOAT
Folk fairytale of Old Believers for children 7-10 y.o.
ILMARINE theatre (Narva)
Story about everyday life of old believers (agricultural
lifestyle)
Discussion with the head of ILMARINE, who is
representative of the old believers community in Narva
and Ida-Virumaa region

7. Visiting Onion
Route
Onion Route is a festival of harvest on the
western side of lake Peipsi (5 villages Kolkja,
Varnja, Alatskivi, Käsepä and Mustvee town).
A lot of farmers open their courtyards for
visitors, offer traditional food, drinks and
entertainment as traditional music, dances,
stories, talks.
This day a lot of Estonians and people from
neighbouring countries are coming to this
place to feel the vibe of local community, to
learn something new and to enjoy last warm
days of autumn.