Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future FRAT Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future

Project Partners (8): The Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lietuva; Vilniaus Karoliniškių gimnazija, Vilnius, Lietuva; Vilniaus Aleksandro Puškino vidurinė mokykla, Vilnius, Lietuva; Vytauto Didžiojo pagrindinė mokykla, Jurbarkas, Lietuva; Tallinna Läänemere Gümnaasium, Talinas, Estija; Viljandi Gümnaasium, Viljandi, Estija; 25 Riga Secondary School, Ryga, Latvija; Rigas 89 vidusskola, Ryga, Latvija. Project Organizer: The Studio For Self- Awareness and Self- Realization. Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future

Project invites young generation of different nationalities of Baltic countries to reflect common history of communist regime in Baltic States by exploring EU values, opening 10 years perspective from the painful past in USSR towards harmonious EU future. The main project activities are designed to provide EU values by exploring Baltic States history in national languages raising deeper motivation of necessity to reach common integrity and identity as a part of the EU country. Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future

Project Activities: Initial Playback Theatre Workshop; Art-installation exhibition 'Time Machine: Restricted Past vs Sustainable Future' in 7 Partners' Schools; Pupils' Creative Writing Competition 'Story my Mom/Dad has never told yet' in 7 Partners' Schools; 'Book of Baltic Story never told yet‘; Online 'Class Hour' lessons - Educational Manual 'Recent History teaches Future History' in 14 Schools; Flash Mob in 7 Partners’ Schools. Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future

Project Activities: Art-installation exhibition 'Time Machine: Restricted Past vs Sustainable Future' in 7 Partners' Schools (March, April, 2015): Vilniaus Karoliniskiu Gymnasium Vilniaus A. Puskino Secondary School Jurbarkas Vytauto Didziojo Secondary School th Riga Secondary School Rigas 89 vidusskola Tallinn Laanemere Gymnasium Viljandi Gymnasium Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future

Project Activities: Art–installation in the school’ hall: the video, audio, photo, etc., involving pupils into active participation in the exhibition, included quiz-crossword, interactive tasks. We will bring 2 days’ exhibition about the recent history of the ‘communist’ regime in Baltic States – everyday life, values. Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future

Project Activities: Art–installation will make information emotionally powerful remembering facts and developing clearer issue understanding. Very recent history of communist regime in Baltic States will provide young people with information and understanding about that time, when people were imprisoned in their countries, when they couldn’t share their living with other nations; when people lived under moral and political pressure; when they couldn’t choose not only shoes to buy (due to only choice) but also religion to believe, feast to celebrate or town to live in. After visiting installation, debates will be held in classrooms with the purpose to reflect gained information. Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future

Project Activities: Pupils' Creative Writing Competition 'Story my Mom/Dad has never told yet' in 7 Partners' Schools. Pupils will be invited to ask their parents to tell stories of ‘communism’ times-serious or painful, peculiar or fun, from the ideological area or daily life events. These memories are historical material important to think over today, but not written down yet. 2 winners from the every school get prize and will be published in a 'Book of Stories never told yet'. Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future

Project Activities: 'Book of Baltic Story never told yet‘: 10 best and awarded stories will be published in the Book. Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future

Project Activities: Online 'Class Hour' lessons - Educational Manual 'Recent History teaches Future History' in 14 Schools. Material for the Course of “Class hours” 9 online; topic – EU values and recent Baltic State history; Educational Manual will be produced by experts with help of partners for the organizing 12 lessons for 7-9th grades pupils. It will provide toolbox for “Class Hour” learning process of EU values/citizenship through history: will address a broad range of key questions, objectives and basic principles of EU values through history education for teachers; useful creative tools for teachers and students: history facts, interactive tasks, simulation exercises, creative workshops, techniques, etc. Manual will be accessible to class-teachers online and as printed version with methodological toolbox for work in ‘Class Hour’; online networking and multiplier effect among schools will be created. PT workshop participants-teachers will coordinate long lasting exchange activities with the 1 neighbour school. Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future

Project Activities: Flash Mob in 7 Partners’ Schools. Flash Mob will unite 7 schools for rethinking what we gained during 10 years as members of EU. It will be performed on11th of May, 2015 to commemorate 9th as Europe Day. Organizing Flash Mob pupils will spread messages discussed in the PT workshop. PT workshop participants-pupils will be introduced by the ideas and inspired to organize Flash Mob as a dissemination activity in their schools. 30 volunteers will be going at the same moment of the day in the corridor to meet others and to share the idea in surprising way. More than 2000 pupils will be connected at same time in 3 Baltic countries reflecting the 'Baltic Way' where 25 years ago people of 3 repressed States joined together in the line for freedom. Deadline – FOR IDEA Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future

Project Activities: Project's information and results will be openly accessible through the project website from beginning of the project. It will be linked to the partners websites where project information will be placed as well. Facebook will be developed. Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future

Project participants Are pupils from 7 schools in EE, LT, LV. Art installation will be demonstrated in 7 schools and 200 pupils in every school will be attending. Pupils' Creative Writing Competition will be organized in 7 schools and 38 pupils from each school will be participating. Flash Mob performances in 7 schools will be organized – about 200 pupils in each school will be sharing the same behaviour in 7 schools sharing the common idea: 'EU is our home, we need to care about it' with less active and not involved friends. Online 'Class Hour' lessons' Complex - Educational Manual - partners and their neighbour school will be provided with Educational Manual and Network of teachers established via on-line activity sharing. Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future

Initial meeting- Playback Theatre Workshop creates the place to explore an issue by sharing personal attitudes, feelings and stories, by reflecting, discussing and learning. Pupils and teachers after sharing recent Baltic history in the light of today’s EU values will be inspired to extend their discoveries to their communities: youth will organize Flash Mob in their schools, teachers will coordinate network activities using project’s on-line Educational Manual with the neighbour schools. Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future

The core values of the EU which are set out at the beginning of the Treaty of Lisbon. Human dignity Freedom Democracy Equality The rule of law The respect for human rights Our traditional basic human values: Family, Love, Work, Freedom, Language, Religion, Tolerance. Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future

Thank you Fragile Thread: Baltic Story for Peaceful Future „The organisers created a great film about mass deportations – the emotions of the people are more important than the facts.” „The best idea of the exhibition is to let the students compare the dreams of deported people with the dreams of nowadays.” Participants shared in our last project “MEETING IN COMMEMORATION: BALTIC STATES – REPRESSED SISTERS”