English educational project «United for Ukraine: together we will make a change»

Project coordinator: Natalia Bratko, English teacher of Bobrinets secondary

school No. 5 Subject: English

Created for ages 16-17 Time required for the project: 6

weeks Interdisciplinary connections: English, History, Computer Science,

Sociology

A Brief Description of the Project and Expected Results Educational project «United for Ukraine: together we

will make a change» is for 11 form students. They will start with the investigation of the historical steps on the

way to the independent and united Ukraine, explore about Ukrainian natural beauty, wonders and famous

people. Student are going to find out if it is important to be united to change the situation in the country. They will

learn about the role of Ukraine in the world, search the information in the Internet and conduct surveys. Also students will create timeline, advertising scrap-album,

report and video-slogans. They are going to present their results on the blog. Students will be able to evaluate

each other and themselves.

State Educational Standards and Curriculum

Common European recommendations on Language Education: learning, teaching, assessment, 2003

http://oblosvita.com

State Standard of basic and secondary education

(Education sector Language and

Literature), 2004http://zakon5.rada.gov.ua

Guidelines for the study of foreign languages in 2015-2016 academic

year.http://mon.gov.ua

The program for secondary schools. 10-11. Foreign Language. Level

standard. Kyiv 2010.http://ru.osvita.ua

6 weeks

Learning Objectives: to develop basic lexical, grammar, stylistic, speaking and writing

skills to deepen the knowledge and understanding of the Ukrainian

place in the world, to develop 21 century skills: collaboration, critical thinking,

problem solving, creating a situation of success for every student, creativity and ability to modify, developing and analyzing problems, establishing cross-cultural connections with students from other countries.

to search the information in the Internet to present the results in the form of timeline, advertising scrap-

album, report, video-slogans and blog to evaluate ideas to promote tolerance between people

Procedure:

Preparatory stage

Motivative

Stage

Constructive

Stage

Reflexive and

Presentation

Stage

Preparatory stageTeacher`s activity- gives the topic of the project and the main objectives,- proves that this theme is very important- prepares the booklet for parents «Project

methods»- gives Key, Thematic and Content

questions,- plans the stages of the project- shares the list of useful references

Key Question :Is it worth to solve

Ukrainian problems by uniting?

Thematic Questions : What things can Ukrainians proud of? Should we support our ancestors` desire

to have an independent and united country?

What valuable experience of other countries can Ukraine borrow?

Content Questions : Where is Ukraine situated? What do you know about its famous

places? Is Ukraine a rich country? What are the typical Ukrainian features

of character?

MotivativeStage

Teacher`s Activity demonstrates the video «United

Ukraine Southeastward» to motivate students,

conducts online survey ``How much of Ukraine do you know?``and finds out the level of knowledge on the topic,

makes her own presentation of project with Key, Thematic and Content Questions,

posts all the materials on the website http://natasha.in.ua/

Students` Activity discuss the topic of the

project, work with teacher`s

presentation, make 5 groups.

Group «Historians» investigates ``A LONG ROAD TO

INDEPENDENT AND UNITED UKRAINE``

Expected result: timeline on a project blog ``10 key events in UKrainian History``

Group «Advertisers» explores the things that Ukraine can

present to other countries

Expected result:hand-made advertising scrap-albumPages:1. Natural beauty2. Wonders of Ukraine3. Famous Ukrainian people

Group «Sociologists» conducts an online interview : 1. ``What is better: to be united or not?2. ``Is our world united?`` analyzes and presents the results

Expected result:a graph on a page of a project blog

Group «International observers»

explores the international experience of other countries in the sphere of politics, economy and education that Ukraine can borrow

Expected result:an infographics map on a page of a project blog

Group «Activists» finds out what Ukrainians have done

and what Ukrainians are going to do for a bright future of the Motherland

creates video-slogans ``Join our country citizens` initiative of the unity``

Expected results:-a report on a project blog-video-slogans

ConstructiveStage

Teacher`s Activity

controls, corrects, coordinates

groups` work, helps students to

solve problems and make a blog.

Students` Activity select additional

sources of information

make the plan of the group work

collect and process information

make conclusions

Evaluation criteria

design

importance of the problem

activity

relations between group

members

completeness

how the project is informative

ability to work in groups

the activity of each participant;

usage of knowledge from other subjects;

creativity 1-12

ReflexiveStage

Teacher`s Activity

controls corrects helps explains evaluation

criteria

Students` Activity self-assessment evaluate each other design work decide what the

didn`t do

Presentation

Teacher`s Activity

takes part in the collective discussion

evaluates the project

analyzes each member`s activity

Students` Activity

present the project answer the

teacher`s questions create their own

blog and post all the results of the project

conclusin

The resources we used: http://uk.mfa.gov.ua http://ukr.segodnya.ua http://en.europeinsight.net

Thank you for your attention!