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Stand up! – Europe’s youth unites against discrimination!
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017 PROJECT  FINISHED 

Unfortunately many people are discriminated in all countries. With this project we would like to raise the awareness for and the readiness to fight against discrimination in various areas and in various levels in a general view and also especially at our schools in IT, NL, ES and GER. All schools are secondary schools, the participating students from 15-19 years old. While comparing the different situations of groups being discriminated in the different countries it will be also very interesting to see that discrimination is partly linked to culture and history of a country but also that discrimination is part of human existence. The students will get aware of the reasons of discrimination, how it works and what can be done against it. If possible, they will also write a drama play about discrimination and perform it. Lots of students in all countries (at least 100 at each school) will deal with the topic within 4 project periods. The research methods are interviews with people (audio, video, text) as well as online researches. The students will document their results with posters, presentations, audio and video files and text files (booklets, ...), with role plays, group discussions and self-learning material. Besides some of the students (10 of each country for 1 meeting) involved in the project will meet each other on 4 transnational learning activities (TLA) at the 4 partner schools during the 2 years. At these meetings students will present their results, compare it and discuss especially the differences linked to history and culture and universal aspects. Additionally in each country specific workshops and visits linked to specific organisations and topics related to the host region/country. 2 teachers of each country will accompany the students for the TLA. In the project period I they will deal with the topics "foreigners/minorities/religion and discrimination", "sexual orientation and discrimination" and “discrimination at schools”. The first TLA will be in the NL in December 2015. After comparing and discussing the results and workshops the students deal with Dutch slave history, linked to a visit to the Scheepvaartmuseum/Tropenmuseum and visit the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam. In the project period II the students will deal with the topics "Low income and discrimination" and "Disability/old age and discrimination". Students of all countries will also volunteer in organisations dealing with these topics. The TLA will be in GER in spring 2016. After comparing and discussing the results there will be workshops and they will visit the Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nürnberg. Within the project period III they will deal with "Gender and discrimination" and “Discrimination and literature”. The TLA will be in ES in October 2016. Besides presentations and group discussions there will be a workshops and a lecture from the Spanish Institute For Women. Also a visit of a welfare institution dealing with people with disabilities is planned and a CINEMA FORUM and a guided visit in Madrid by professional blind guides and a competition about the best paintings and photos about discrimination. Within the project period IV the students will deal with the following topics: “Roots of discrimination” and “disability at school”. The TLA is in IT in April 2017. Besides presenting and comparing the results we will visit of a volunteer association who deals with migrants and do a workshop about the integration of students with different disabilities in schools. Out of all material collected during the project the students will create together on the last TLA a calendar against discrimination 2018 which will be spread in all schools. At the end there will be a big festival and press conference to which parents, local media, other interested persons are invited with a presentation of all products. After every TLA the meeting will be evaluated and students of each school write articles for local newspapers and the school websites as well as reports for the eTwinning site. The material produced will be available at schools but also published on eTwinning. The students also plan and implement a big project against racism at every school. From the beginning of the project the students will write a blog on eTwinning about their personal experiences regarding discrimination and they will counsel each other between the countries. As all the schools have already experiences and concepts on different aspects regarding the topic (NL: Anti-bullying/cybermobbing concept; GER: "Schule ohne Rassismus"; IT: integration of pupils with disablities in regular classes; ES: Students Amnesty group and cooperation with SOS childrens’ village) it will be very interesting also for the teachers to get information about these concepts during TLA, to exchange and in this way to get ideas how to foster the fight against any type of discrimination at the own school.
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