Welcome to Turkey
The abolition of Covid 19 restrictions in the world helped us to take a deep breath and go on our final Erasmus+ „ Utilizing the computers as a tool in studying – own knowledge acquiring“ project visit to Turkey.
The visit was full of planned out as well as cultural activities. This visit was under the title "Digital age for better Religion Studies", hence students performed CLIL lessons in connection with religion studies.
The mobility in Türkiye was held between 1st - 7th of May, 2022. Our studies were about religion lesson so it was a perfect period for Türkiye since the first 3 days were Ramadan Festival. We started our studies at the conference room of the hotel because the schools were closed because of the festival.
Kaunas John Paul II gymnasium presented the biography of John Paul II the patron of gymnasium and his pastoral path. The second lesson was dedicated to Christianity, monotheistic religion, the background of the religion, the main truths of faith and the most important places for Christians not only in Lithuania but also in the whole world.
Other project partners were also creative in the diversity and technologies too. The Bulgarian team performed two religion lessons, where they spoke about Islam and Buddhism, the following lesson was about other Bulgarian national religious holidays. Students from Greece presented different religions in the world while the second lesson contained the information about importance of praying and saints. The hosts of the visit held the lessons about the Islam and the month of Ramadan which was ending during our stay. The second lesson was tightly connected to the first one because the Prophet of Muhammad as the pioneer of Islam was presented.
The great staff and well planned agenda allowed the project participants not only to learn but also to see local culture, famous places, to cook and taste traditional dishes, visit the mosque and even go on karting. Even though the warm weather didn‘t please us but it didn‘t stop us from visiting the pearl of the Black sea located in the North of Turkey, Cape Sinope. It is home to famous philosopher Diogenes. At the end of the visit we became a strong, well-formed and friendly team.
1st day
On the first day, we began our studies with the ice breaking activities to make everybody know each other better.
In the afternoon, we had lunch together. Our guests had the chance of tasting our delicious local food and then we had a short city tour. They had some time to do shopping and buy some souveniers for their families.
2nd day
Second day started with the religion lesson presentation of the host country. The students gave information about Islam, its prophet and Qur'an-ı Kerim. They tried to use the digital tools as much as possible to make the lesson more interesting and enjoyable.
After lunch, the lessons continued with the team Lithuania. They also gave information about pope John Paul II, Christianity and its aspects.
After lessons we had lunch together in local cafe.
3rd day
On the third day, it was Bulgarian team's turn. They presentated Buddhism and Islam together. They gave information about these two religions. They talked about the similarities and differences between them.
After the lesson, we went to Samsun Yachting Club for lunch. We had a nice lunch with our guests and had a chance to visit the yachts. We had information about this sport from the coach of the racing team.
4th day
The fourth day of the mobility was the end of Ramadan Festival so the schools were open. After breakfast we went to our school, met our colleagues and did a short school tour. After that Greek team had their religion lesson presentation and they gave information about Christianity.
After their presentation we had the certification ceremony at school.
After the certification ceremony, we went to go-cart pist to have some fun and relax.
5th day
On the fifth day of our mobility, we had a tour to one of the most beautiful cities of the Black Sea Region, Sinop. Our trip started with the visiting of the old jail and Sinop Castle. Then our guests had the chance to taste the local food "manti". After lunch we had a visit to Sinop Archaeological Museum and learnt something new about the city. After some free time to buy some souveniers we turned back to Atakum.
