ASPnet Projects for Schools

Read some fantastic ASPnet projects hosted around the world that schools can participate in.

	BREAKING THE SILENCE, The Transatlantic Slave Trade Education Project (TST) The ASPnet Transatlantic Slave Trade (TST) Project was launched in 1998 to break the silence surrounding the Transatlantic Slave Trade and to enable young people to fully comprehend the past, understand the present and prepare a better future together in a world free of all types of stereotypes, enslavement, injustice, discrimination and prejudice. (more)
	World Heritage in Young Hands UNESCO's Young People's World Heritage Education Project was launched in 1994 to raise awareness among students and teachers around the globe about World Heritage conservation. The project is co-ordinated by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) Co-ordination Unit and funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD) with previous support from the Rhône Poulenc Foundation, France. (more) UK ACTIVITIES: World Heritage at the Jurassic Coast   Jurassic Coast Education Service
	Mondialogo The "Mondialogo School Contest", part of the initiative “Mondialogo - Intercultural Dialogue and Exchange”, was launched in October 2003 by DaimlerChrysler and UNESCO in order to promote understanding, respect and tolerance between civilizations and to encourage young people of differing cultural backgrounds to communicate with each other. The key task for the 15- to 18-year-old participants was to engage in an intercultural dialogue by developing a creative project with students from a partner school on another continent. In all, more than 24,000 students from 126 countries took part in the "Mondialogo School Contest", greatly exceeding expectations and making it the largest ever worldwide school contest with 1,470 participating teams. (more)
	'This is our Time' Project ‘This is our Time’ is an annual global telecommunications project for secondary schools, organized in partnership with the Netherlands-based non-governmental organization, e-LinQ. It will celebrate its tenth birthday in 2005. The ‘Time’ project seeks effective and innovative ways to enable young people from many different cultures and countries to communicate and co-operate with each other on current world issues. A different overall theme is chosen every year. (more)
	Feeding Minds, Feeding Hunger: A world free from hunger Designed as an international classroom for exploring the problems of hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity designed to help equip and encourage teachers, students and young people all over the world to actively participate in creating a world free from hunger. (more)
	All different, all unique. Young people and the UNESCO universal declaration on cultural diversity. A project of UNESCO and the OXFAM international youth parliament. A brochure with the same name is published which deals, in its first Part, with the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity. Then, each article of the Declaration is written in youth-friendly version; the articles are linked with discussion and/or action points; for example the Article 5, focussing on the respect for cultural rights, proposes a survey to discover how many languages are existing today in local areas. The document gives some examples of initiatives proposed by young people.
	World concerns and the role of the United Nations system One can examine the history and current practice of democracy locally, nationally and internationally. Possible topics of study can include different theories of democracy, the right to vote, the tyranny of the minority, political parties and their structure, the role of Parliament, MPs and Prime Minister, the co-existence of constitutional monarchy and democratic government. The study theme can be used to compare cross-country political systems and examine the benefits of a democratic society. In practical terms, one can organise a practical session on how to vote or a visit of a local MP to school. (more)
	Education for Sustainable Development  Sustainable Development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The project aims to encourage recognition of the interdependence of environmental, social and economic systems and to promote equality and justice through a sense of global citizenship. International issues affecting the global environment as well as local environement issues can be discussed, while looking at developing strategies for solving the problems at local, national and international levels. Activities in this area include studies on pollution, energy, forest conservation, marine and atmospheric research, soil erosion and conservation of natural resources, desertification, the "greenhouse effect", sustainable development, recycling, contribution of science, environmental disasters of the past that had a profound effect on the environment. (more)
	Peace, Human Rights and Democracy Human Rights can be studied and discussed in the context of the main international Human Rights instruments as well as the students' own experiences. Possible topics of discussion can include the difference between the right to be free from something and social rights of entitlement; the effect that exercising a right can have on other citizens.
	Intercultural learning The study theme is around both understanding cultural diversity and preserving culture and history. Awareness of the World Heritage sites as well as local and national traditions, their history and importance is key. The study theme can encompass studying UN instruments that encourage cultural awareness; looking at how traditions and culture change over time, particularly with the globalising influence of TV and internet; excursions to heritage sites and projects associated with specific traditions. Cross-cultural dialogue with pupils from other countries and nations should be encouraged.