In the English classroom, in the framework of the project “On War & Peace”, we watched Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General, stating his remarks on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question – Security Council, 9451st on 24th October, 2023. Our senior class students were asked to turn the transcript into Greek. The one published below is of the most accurate ones, both in content, level of formality and language:
In the same framework of the project “On War & Peace”, our senior class students have chosen several Nobel Peace Prize laureates and present them in an article. Some of their characteristic works are presented below:
Some more Nobel Peace Prize laureates are presented below:
An allegedly Greek nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize is presented here:
In the framework of “Nobel Prizes”, some students wished to widen the area of Nobel prizes, by writing articles on laureates of other categories of Nobel prizes.
Below there is an article on a Nobel Prize in Economics:
Marie Curie was chosen to represent two categories of Nobel prizes, both Physics and Chemistry:
Erwin Schrödinger, the Nobel Laureate of 1933, was chosen for his contribution to Quantum Physics:
Albert Einstein was not only a Nobel Laureate but also a refugee, fleeing Germany to escape Nazist persecution of the Jews. An article on him is presented below by a group of sophomore students:
References: https://www.ethnos.gr/opinions/article/111614/ainstainopiodiashmosprosfygas
Within the same framework, “On War & Peace”, our sophomore students worked on the Greek version of the book ‘Monologues across the Aegean Sea’ which is published by the Greek National Network for Theatre in Education, under the auspices of UNHCR, and re-created some of these refugee stories of unaccompanied minors, as were narrated by them, in English.
https://theatroedu.gr/en/What-we-do/Projects/Aegean-Monologues/The-book
Some students did some extended online research on refugees and their life after fleeing their country and depict these characters in an article, as presented below:
A common repercussion of a war is poor education, if any, for school aged minors. Some students of the sophomore year did some research on the countries where the right to education is restricted as a direct aftermath of war or as a result of political decisions, religious ideologies or geographical restrictions. The related articles are presented below:
Ιn the English classroom, in the framework of the project “On War and Peace” and in relation to Unit 2 of their school book “A refugee’s dreamland”, our freshman year students wrote some interesting articles and made some projects about refugees. Some of their characteristic works are presented below:
In the same framework, students responded with an Action Plan, as a group project work, on how to best integrate a group of refugees in our town or neighbourhood, referring to the number of people that can be successfully integrated, the kind of entrepreneurship that can be developed, the ways our school can help and the potential benefits for local community, following the model of Tilos island, as illustrated in the specific unit “A refugee’s dreamland”.
Within the same framework, in a simulation digital task, aiming at cultivating empathy, students were asked to imagine they are fleeing Syria for Europe as refugees, using the BBC interactive application Syrian Journey: Choose your own escape route – BBC News and describe their escape route.
