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The activity helps the students to strengthen their awareness of cultural diversity in their immediate environment and in their town/region.
The activity is divided into five sections.

1 The first section is concerned with the exploration of diversity in our immediate environment. It provides six worksheets. On the first worksheet, the pupils have to match the text with the languages (Russian, Czech, German, Italian, Slovak, Vietnamese, English, French, Spanish, Polish and Swedish). Afterwards, the pupils show on a map where these languages are spoken and add the phrases in other languages, if they know any. Worksheet 2 deals with the different continents. The pupils start this exercise by writing down the names of the continents on a map. If they know the names of the continents in other languages, they may add those. On Worksheet 3, the pupils ought to find their country on a map and mark the place where they live. They can work in pairs. The teacher shows a big map of Europe, asking the students to say the name of the neighbouring countries in the language of those countries. Worksheet 4 provides a diagram where the pupils can fill in the name of their country and the languages spoken there. The fifth worksheet requires group work. The groups are asked to discuss the difference between migration, immigration and emigration in English or in their native languages. If they are not sure, they can use an encyclopaedia. Lastly, the topic is supposed to be discussed in the whole class.

2 The second section is concerned with moving from the place where one lives. It provides four worksheets. Migration and family perspective is the issue of Worksheet 1. The students are asked, whether one of their family members ever lived abroad. Worksheet 2 elaborates on the Czech perspective of migration. Using worksheet 3 and 4, the pupils solve mathematical problems concerned with the topic of migration in Czech Republic and discuss the issue of immigrants in their town.

3 'Meeting new friends in our town' is the topic of the third sections. Worksheet 1 deals with new classmates and the students are asked to play a role play. Worksheet 2 is about the town/region one lives in. The pupils read a text about the area around Havlíčkův Brod in the Czech Republic. In groups, they discuss the text in another language and write down the text´s main ideas in English on a table. The third worksheet is concerned with the town and the world: The class prepares an excursion, they make an excursion and explore in groups their parts of the town/region and take evidences (photographs, recordings etc.). They then present their findings to the class and develop thematic maps of the town/region.

4. The fourth part is about the exploration of the multicultural aspects of one's town/region. Worksheet 1 presents an English translation of a part of a poem by Téra Fabiánová. The students listen to it. Afterwards, they can also listen to the poem in Czech. Worksheet 2 introduces an out-of-school exploration. The worksheet suggests some tasks for group work such as where there are museums in the town/region or how many villages there are in the region. The answers are related to the town of Havlíčkův Brod and the Highland region.

5.With the last section of this activity, the results of the exploration are presented.

Duration: 4x45
Card compiled by: Lavinia Knop, Elisa Tonello, Petra Daryai-Hansen