This activity aims to teach students ages 10-14 about European cultures through collaborative online projects. Students from different countries will work in teams to develop webquests on topics related to European history, art, and institutions. They will first introduce themselves online and then work in their classrooms to research topics and create webquest content, which they will share and provide feedback on during an online meeting. The goal is to build cultural understanding while developing research, collaboration, and digital skills.

1. |Europa| *
Europe
University of Macedonia
Digital-culture pedagogy

2. A cultural journey from the myth of Europa to current Europe
|Europa|*Europe

3. This activity aims at
• Understanding the cultural
journey from Europa to
Europe
• Learning about different
European cultures
• Raising cultural awareness
• Building collaboration skills

4. Students will develop the following skills

5. Students’ Profile
Age:10-14 years old
From all the countries
of the world
With a vivid interest in:
Exploring, imagining,
understanding the other,
learning, relearning and
unlearning, thinking and
rethinking, imagining,
creating, hoping and
building a better world
Audience

6. Main goal
Goal: building a community of trust, encouraging sharing of ideas, fostering
interactions between young people from different countries, disseminating
knowledge about European cultures, debating, empowering argumentation
skills .
Cognitive
Acquiring
knowledge about
different cultures
Affective
Understanding
different cultures,
understanding
oneself and the
other, building
empathy skills,
learning to live
together
Competencies
Exploring different
cultures,
understanding the
myths of Europa,
understanding the
formation of Europe,
learning about
different cultures,
understanding the
importance of
cultural diplomacy

7. Participatory and
constructivist
approaches
Physical and tele
working presence with
another class in
another country
Working in
mixed ability
teams
Methodology
ICT:
tele-working skills,
tele presentation
through video
conferencing
Learner-
centered
perspective

8. Warming-up (15-30’)
Equipment:
-Blackboard
-Brainstorming
activity
● The teacher discusses with the whole
classroom about Europe.
● The teacher asks the students:
- Where does the name come from?
- Do you know a myth about Europe?
- How many countries exist in EU?
- How would people living in Europe 100
years ago feel about the idea of EU?
- What are the principles underneath the
EU?

9. 1st Step: tele-working stage (60’)
Equipment:
-Laptops or
PCs, one per
classroom.
-pen and paper
-An online
platform
(Zoom, Skype,
teams etc)
● The teacher finds at least two other teachers
in other countries who teach children of the
same age
● All classrooms has access to a PC, pen and
pencils, paper
● The teachers introduce themselves and the
students via an online platform
● One teacher creates a social media account
page for the activity (twitter, facebook or
Instagram)
● Every student shares a feeling on the wall of
the selected social media account about the
activity that they are going to be involved

10. 2nd Step (30-45’)
Equipment:
-Laptops or
PC.
-pen and paper
- “Identifying
feelings”
document
● Each teacher divides the class in pairs
● The teacher plays on youtube the short
video “The Ninth - A short animation film
about the European Union”.
● Each pair writes down the feelings
Beethoven might have if he knew that the
united Europe would be a reality
● Each pair shares its notes
● This step could take place in tele-working
mode or by each classroom
● A discussion follows

11. 3rd Step (30-45’)
Equipment:
-Laptops or
PC.
-pen and paper
- The teacher
creates a free
account to
www.zunal.co
m
● The teacher explains to the students the
rationale of a webquest (next two slides).
● The teacher introduces the theme of the
webquest “from Europa to Europe” and
proposes some topics (slide: Indicative
topics)
● This step can take place both in tele-
working mode or separately by each
classroom
● Www.zunal.com can be used to create the
webquest

12. 3rd Step (30-45’)
Equipment:
-Laptops or
PC.
-pen and paper
- “Identifying
feelings”
document
● Each teacher divides the class in pairs
● The teacher plays on youtube the short
video “The Ninth - A short animation film
about the European Union”.
● Each pair writes down the feelings
Beethoven might have if he knew that the
united Europe would be a reality
● Each pair shares its notes
● This step could take place in tele-working
mode or by each classroom
● A discussion follows

13. 1. Introduction
2. Task
3. Resources
4. Process
5. Evaluation
6. Conclusion

14. ● Culture
• Customs
• EU: Institutions and bodies
• Tastes and recipes around Europe
• Religion
• History
• Art
• Museums
• Important personalities
• The Ancient myth of Europa
• The medieval Europe
• Important moments towards the European Integration
• European Cartoons
• European films
• The 27 European countries
• The European values
• Politics in EU
• And every other topic related to Europe can form the basis for a
webquest
Indicative topics for the Webquest
Equipment: Blackboard,
brainstorming activity
Some examples of webquests:
- A Tour of Europe's Gothic Cathedrals
http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=65517
- Medieval Europe, A Case of Class
- http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=17218
- World Geography - EUROPE
- http://zunal.com/conclusion.php?w=112944

15. ● The different classrooms will discuss and
decide on the themes to be introduced in the
webquest. Each classroom will design a
different webquest
● The timeframe of the webquest can vary from
3 class periods to 10.
● Each teacher has to create small teams of
students to work towards the creation of the
webquest
● Indicative areas and topics for the webquest
are depicted on the appendix. But anything
concerning Europe could be a possible topic of
the webquest
4th step: Discovering Europe and its cultures
Equipment: Laptops/PCs/tablets,
access to the web

16. 5th Step: Meeting with their tele-classmates (60’)
Equipment:
-Laptops or PCs
-www.zunal.com
● Once each classroom has prepared a
content on the topic selected, they
upload it on www.zunal.com
● The different classrooms decide on a
date and time and they meet via an
online platform
● Each classroom presents its work to the
rest of tele-classmates
● They all decide on possible
improvements of their webquest

17. 6th Step (60’)
Equipment:
-Laptops or
PCs, one per
team.
-pen and paper
-An online
platform
● Each classroom evaluates the
webquest developed by the other
classrooms
● Every student posts a comment on
the social media account about this
learning experience
● The classrooms meet via an online
web platform and they discuss on
ways they could disseminate their
work to other students