RicardaHuchSchule Gieen THE RICARDA HUCH SCHOOL IN GIESSEN

Ricarda-Huch-Schule Gießen THE RICARDA HUCH SCHOOL IN GIESSEN Germany … the school in the heart of Giessen

Ricarda-Huch-Schule Outline of the Presentation: 1. The location of the Ricarda-Huch-School in Giessen 2. The concept of the Ricarda-Huch-School 3. The students at the Ricarda-Huch-School 4. The „Trialogue-Concept“ 5. Ideas for projects and a potential school partnership

Ricarda-Huch-Schule 1. The location of the Ricarda-Huch-School in Giessen

Ricarda-Huch-Schule 1. The location of the Ricarda-Huch-School in Giessen

Ricarda-Huch-Schule 1. The location of the Ricarda-Huch-School in Giessen • Located in the heart of Giessen • Easy to arrive by public transportation • The biggest school library of the region is situated in our new building (with accessable computers and Internet) • New building finished in 2007 which has a Cafeteria

Ricarda-Huch-Schule the „Jugendstil“ is a special badge! l l The building A is constructed in the „Jugendstil“ Logo of the school: „Ricarda: school with Jugendstil“

Ricarda-Huch-Schule the „Jugendstil“ is a special badge! Hymn of the school • Refrain: „Ricarda, Im Herzen der Stadt und am Puls der Zeit, Ricarda, Dein Lernziel ist die Menschlichkeit, die gute alte Tante mit Jugendstil, Ricarda, die weiß was Sie will…“ • Chorus: „Ricarda, in the heart of the city and at the pulse of time, Ricarda, your learning target is humanity, the good old auntie with Jugendstil, Ricarda, she knows what she wants…“

Ricarda-Huch-Schule 2. General principles of the Ricarda-Huch-School „With each other – of each other – for each other" At the Ricarda we … … live and learn with each other at our school. … offer chances for advancements and mobility between our types of school … advance and challenge each other according to the individual ability. … communicate with respect with each other.

Ricarda-Huch-Schule 2. General principles of the Ricarda-Huch-School … are living a liable, democratic behavior. … are helping each other, on our personal way to become a critical, independant and tolerant human being. … are learning from each other, to use our abilities for our way of life as best as possible. . we want to accompany each other mutually to reach our goals just as well as we show the willingness to reconsider them

Ricarda-Huch-Schule 3. The students at the Ricarda-Huch-School

Ricarda-Huch-Schule 3. The students at the Ricarda-Huch-School Demographics – Analysis: 1480 students … from over 30 nations … with over five different religious denominations and over 20 different confessions … We can estimate that at least one third of our students has a migrational background.

Ricarda-Huch-Schule 3. The students at the Ricarda-Huch-School Migration and tolerance in our hymn: 1. Strophe: „Kinder aller Länder fühlen sich wohl bei Dir, bei Dir ist jeden Tag, Tag der offenen Tür, Du verstehst viele Sprachen dieser Welt, …“ 1 st verse: „Children of all countries like to be at your side, at yours every day is open house, you understand many languages of the world, …“

Ricarda-Huch-Schule 4. The „Trialogue-Concept“ § Definition: The dialogue between the three monotheistic religions. § At our school: – since 2005/2006 „The Reichsprogromnacht from trialogic perspective“ – Students developed in a project work and presentation an exhibition with the topic „Disfranchisement and annihilation of the European Jews“

Ricarda-Huch-Schule 4. The „Trialogue-Concept“ At our school: – The „Trialogue of the cultures“ is organisational and with regards to contents anchored in our whole school life – Vivid contact between the school and the society for Christian-Jewish cooperation – Classes visit the synagogue, a mosque and a church in Giessen

Ricarda-Huch-Schule 5. Ideas for projects and a potential schoolpartnership – The starting point as regards to contents should be the remembrance of the Shoah. – But we should also have a vision for the present and future topics. – Tolerance, cooperation and appreciation between Israeli and German teenagers should be the main aims. – Music: A perfomance of a composition of Israeli and German students together – History: „Jerusalem: city of three religions“ – Politics: „Israel and Germany: Two immigrant states. Advantages and challenges for the societies“. – Sports: A Basketball tournament – Religious Education. Workshop to develop understanding for the conception of own’s „own“ and the „other“ religion from an Israeli and a German point of view. – Field trip to Auschwitz. – The „Stolperstein“ project.

Ricarda-Huch-Schule 5. Ideas for projects and a potential schoolpartnership How can we start? – Exchange of teachers delegations – Exchange of students – Build up teaching tandems of one Israeli and one German teacher in order to develop projects – Build up a homepage to start communication and discussions

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