My School, Your School
What is this project about?
Students create illustrated stories and collect images of their school traditions, daily routines, and special spaces, then share these with partner classrooms internationally through a collaborative digital gallery. They explore and compare peer contributions, celebrating similarities and differences in how students experience school around the world.
- Age group
- 6-8,9-12
- Project Duration
- 4 weeks
Learning Outcomes
- Explore different ways of learning around the world.
- Develop empathy and curiosity for other cultures.
- Practice intercultural communication skills.
- Recognize the importance of education.
Skills to develop
Project Activities
Welcome to Our Classroom: Project Introduction
Teacher presents the 'My School, Your School' project goals and explains how students will connect with classrooms worldwide to share their school experiences through games, stories, and art. Students learn about intercultural communication, discuss what they're excited to discover about schools in other countries, and understand their role as cultural ambassadors. The teacher guides students through the project timeline and introduces the Class2Class platform where collaboration will happen.
Project Timeline
Presentation
1. Greetings
2. Clues: Guessing the partner country.
3. Introducing teachers and students briefly.
Cultural Exchange Kickoff, Greetings, and Country Introduction
1. Introducing each country with flags and posters.
2. students' self introducing (name, age, hobby)
3. materials can be self-intro video clip or pictures.
Symbols of Pride, National Anthems, and Cultural Traditions
1. National Anthems of both countries
2. Share each country traditions
Contemporary Life and Global Issues, Exploring Modern Cultures and World Challenges
1. Contemporary cultures of both countries
2. Their hot culture news to the world.
Story of our school and your school
1. The location of school in each country
2. The school traits, symbols, size and so on.
Exploring School Places and Learning Spaces
1. Guessing the school places
2. Compare the similarities and differences of each places such as classrooms, library, playground, cafeteria, and special activity rooms
School Special Activities and Celebrations of Spring
1. Research and document special events happening in your school during April and May, such as sports days, art exhibitions, cultural celebrations, or outdoor learning activities
Project Celebration, Reflection, and Feedback for Future Learning
1. Host a virtual or in-class celebration event where students showcase their illustrated stories and images from the digital gallery to peers and families
2. Guide students through a reflective discussion about what they learned regarding school traditions, daily routines, and cultural similarities and differences around the world
What participants say
Christin Kim
South KoreaIt was great experience to explore diverse schools around the world with the view of students.
Jenna Matic
TaiwanGreat
Jhansi Ravikumar
IndiaExcellent!
Serap MERMER
TürkiyeWonderful!