The project

The OHS as coordinating institution has carried out an international, tri-lingual foreign languages project together with the Howard School in Gillingham (UK) and the IES (Slain).Content of the project was to write and produce a multi-lingual musical. This took place in lessons as well as in working groups The thus created musical has primarily a historical and political focus: the resistance of the youth against the regime of the National Socialists in the 1930s. The planning and realization of the project was in the hands of the participating pupils with the teachers taking on a supportive role.The regular exchange between the participating schools and works groups in between the project meetings was very innovative. With the help of modern media, the participants were able to communicate constantly in virtual classrooms and exchanged data and documents. In this process E-twinning and Twin space were as useful as smartphones and digital text messages via SMS, WhatsApp or email. On a meta level the participating teachers have compiled a guideline, which lists the most important points, so that it can serve as an inspiration and basis for similar projects. A continual evaluation regarding the content-related learning objectives (historical facts and language improvement) as well as the methodological competences (use of digital media) and also - last but not least - the motivation of the pupils has shown, that an increase in all the areas mentioned above can be seen.