Do good fences really make good neighbors?
What is the criteria for judging a wall's purpose and outcome?
Answers
Explanation:
The students researched thoroughly on topic of invisible borders. They were so excited upon discovering so many new theories and warfare that without my prompting they came up with this beautiful Sway.
Santhi's class
The students' view on conflicts: watch this video.
Amita Sharma's class
In this present era of intolerance, people have isolated themselves both physically and emotionally by building barriers like mental blocks or the fences. This is the time we all need to get rid of these walls of gender, race and religion, traditional & economical differences and be united to create a peaceful and progressive global community. Watch their videos:
Video 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27
Students asked to define a wall- a boundary that 'bounds us' – safe limits but we must ask ourselves for whom? As Robert Frost asks in his poem “Mending walls” are we walling in or walling out? Who are we keeping in or trying to keep out. History, tradition has shown that 'literal' walls here always come down. – ref. to ‘Berlin Wall’ and now a united Germany. Was the wall only is literal wall or is the wall a barrier that exists in the heart and the mind- bias for gender, ethnic differences, religious intolerance, economic differences and differences lead to conflicts that lead to wars as frost says “something there is that doesn’t love a wall “that wants it down. When Frost wrote this America was going through the civil war – breaking the wall of color discrimination. The time is to build bridges that cross all walls – realization that we all have the same bodies, souls, dreams desires. 'Good fences make good neighbours' - respect the rights of others and don’t expect from others what you yourself cannot tolerate.
Ireland
On Friday 19th May Clontuskert participated in a Skype Call between ourselves in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland & Belgium. Questions for the call were created by students in Canada.
Thank you to Barry Corrigan of Millennium Integrated Primary and his students in Belfast, Northern Ireland & Olivier Diijkmans of Stedelijke Basisschool, Omnimundo and his students in Antwerp, Belgium and finally to Jim Pedrech and his students in the London District Catholic School Board in Ontario, Canada.
Here you can see our feedback and reflection on this joint learning experience.
Kenya
They Kenayn students about Conflicts: watch video.
The Kenyan students had a skype call with the Belgian students. Due to a bad internet connection they proceeded by putting their opinions on this page.
Lithuania
The Lithuanian students focus on Gender Equality and Conflicts.
Macedonia
The Macedonian students focus gender equality.
New Zealand
Taieri College
The students reflected about Conflicts and shared their findings in a presentation.
Nigeria
Ayo Odeogbola's class
Pakistan
Students of grade 8 Lgs Pakistan, did research about conflicts. Students collaborated and shared their views in groups.
Watch these videos: first - second
Philippines
In week 3 my students came up with various reports on invisible walls that keep the people in our country apart, like Labels, graft and corruption, poverty, religion. One group even took the courage presenting the SAF44 massacre, where 44 police men died in encounter with the terrorist in the country. This week, students shows different ways of presenting their report. They've shown great improvement in their outputs as compared in the first week. It is good and amazing to see how much they've improved.
They made these reports:
Report 1
Report 2
Report 3
Report 4
Report 5
Report 6 (ppt)
Report 7
Poland
The Polish students focus on conflicts.
Portugal
The Portuguese students reflected about Gender Equality in Portugal.
Spain
Juan's class
The Spanish students reflect about Gender Equality.
Angeles' class
The students had Skype calls with
Tunisia
These students from Tunisia focus on how people are different in the classroom and the country.
why are we different? what are our differences? What makes us apart?
Vietnam
This week the students focussed on gender equality.
Project by Tammy and Koen | April 2017
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