Core features of the practice
Organisation:
Institution name: War Heritage Institute
Institution type: non-formal educational center
Institution URL: www.warheritage.beFormat:
Guided tour, Extra-mural site visit, Instructional material, OtherTarget population:
Students, Young people, Educators in formal settingsCost (per practice):
201-500 eurosSetting:
Designated extra-mural memorial or historical site, Outdoor urban location, Other extra-mural siteThemes:
Remembrance education and/or history education, Citizenship/democracy education, Antisemitism, Human rights/discrimination, The Holocaust and/or other genocidesCore activities:
Group work, Group discussion, Creative activity, Lecture, Testimonial
Additional information about the practice
Number of participants:
More than 100Age of target population:
16-18Additional specifics:
Other:, Open to all students from all over EuropeTopics and objectives:
Each 3 to 5 years, we organise a Train of 1000 in collaboration with the Fondation Auschwitz and the Fédération International des Résistants (FIR) for a 1.000 secondary school students coming from all over Europe. The Train of 1000 ends with a train ride from Brussels to Krakau and visits to the extermination and concentration camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau (visits to Krakau and different cultural activities included).Materials used:
Material culture, i.e., physical object or setting, Audiovisual material, Online materialMaterial produced:
an temporary monument made by the pupilsSequence of activities - methodology:
1. Schools can apply 1,5 years in advance 2. At the end of the school year that will follow the year the Train of 1000 will take place, the selected schools are known 3. The schools that are selected begin their indivudual trajectory which they wrote themselves, around the date of liberation of the Auschwitz-camp, we ask the schools to make a pop-up monument. During the preparatory trajectory, we suggest tools teachers can use, we also suggest films, books, music, theatrical plays,... pupils use to prepare their Train of 1000 4. In the month of may, the actual Train of 1000 takes place, a train ride that lasts around 24 hours, visits to Auschwitz and Birkenau, cultural activities, debates, testimonies of survivors, and so on 5. Schools use the impressions they had after the Train of 1000, making an exhibition for instance,...Length of activity:
More than 15 hoursIs the activity digital?:
NoLanguage(s) in which activity can be delivered:
Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, OtherIs specialist knowledge or professional training required?:
No
Target population
Components of the practice
Accessibility and replicability
Qualitative Details
Has this practice been evaluated?
YesBy whom?:
Participants, Informal non-participant observer, Instructor delivering the practice, Internal evaluatorBy what means?:
Informal verbal feedback, Formal verbal feedback, Qualitative written feedback, Quantitative surveyCore content knowledge and transferable skills:
Pupils need to know to what can lead intolerance and exclusion. We also want to learn them to always think critically. We want them to understand how an ideology can manipulate people.Indicators of success:
A lot of different factors: when pupils are impressed by what they see, when they feel they've learned something, they've had empathy with what they've experiencedEducational coordinator contact details:
Name: Hannes Vanwymelbeke
Email address: hannes.vanwymelbeke@warheritage.be
How many times?:
10
Scalability
The RETHINK project is concerned with bridging formal and informal education. This section explores the factors that make a practice adaptable.
Key factors for successful implementation:
Other factor – please specify, /Main challenges to teachers adapting this practice for their students:
Teachers need to be highly motivated to invest quite a lot of time in preparing the projectAvailability of guidance/training/replication materials (and in what language/format currently):
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