GREEK TEAM

We have chosen to present some books and leaflets that have been produced by
students and teachers in cooperation in the frame of environmental and cultural educational
programs in Secondary Schools in the region of Trikala.

One can not find specific didactic guides on cultural heritage among the official
didactic books at schools. Only some general guidelines can be used as an advisory material
for organizing cultural events at schools. However, the greek educational system has
incorporated in its curriculum cultural and environmental projects, which are being realized
during the school year outside the curriculum and presented at the end of the school year in
public. The result is some books or brochures or even multimedia presentations of
monuments of culture or nature, important events of the local history and other aspects of the
cultural past and present of the local community (music, literature, industrial production,
customs, folk songs etc.).
The importance of those projects is the fact that students and teachers have learned and
thought about their heritage through personal research in libraries and on the internet, by
wandering around and observing their natural and human environment.

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TITLE: MONUMENTS OF WORLD

CULTURAL HERITAGE - METEORA.
Stimulating young people as regards the
monuments of World Cultural Heritage

PUBLISHED: Kalambaka 20082

CONSULTANT TEACHERS: Ioannis

Koutsombois & Nicolaos Ziogas

PRODUCED BY: Secondary students of the

1st Junior High School of Kalambaka

DESCRIPTION:
1) WHAT? It is a book produced in the frames of an environmental educational
program included in a pilot program of UNESCO, which has developed an
international network of 7000 schools from 171 countries. Through the pages
of this book, teachers and students are trying to sensitize readers of the local
community so that they familiarize themselves with their history and
contribute to the preservation of cultural heritage, as a moral obligation.
2) HOW? The book is the result of a bibliographical research of essays on
history and archaeology and also geology of the Meteora rocks and their
monasteries. The text is given in the form of questions that students have
searched for their answers in books and internet links. They have been
translated in English too, and are accompanied by plenty of beautiful pictures
taken by the involved team of students and teachers.

CONTENTS: text in form of answered questions, photographs, useful information

about visiting Meteora and extent bibliography.

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 DIDACTIC GUIDE ON HERITAGE

TITLE: MONUMENTS OF KALAMBAKA.

From ancient Aiginion and Byzantine
Stagoi to modern Kalambaka.

PUBLISHED: Kalambaka 2002

CONSULTANT TEACHERS: Theodoros

Nimas, Nicolaos Ziogas, Evaggelia
Kyritsopoulou, G. Delli, V. Gandi

PRODUCED BY: 26 2nd & 3rd grade

students of the 1st Junior High School of
Kalambaka

DESCRIPTION:
1) WHAT? It is a book produced in the frames of an environmental educational
program. Through the pages of this book, teachers and students aim to
produce a scientific historical guide for the monuments of the town, where
they live and work. The book was published and distributed to the local
community, in order to obtain an official and public character and make local
history an issue of common interest.
2) HOW? The book is the result of a bibliographical research of essays on
history and archaeology of the monuments of Kalambaka. The text is given in
well organised chapters about Geography, History and Monuments of the
town (Ancient, Byzantine, Recent and Modern times). Students have walked
around, came close to the nature and monuments of their hometown, took
pictures and undertook research on their history using school, municipal and
other local libraries.

CONTENTS: detailed text, photographs and extent bibliography.

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 DIDACTIC GUIDE ON HERITAGE

TITLE: SILK IN PRE-WAR KALAMBAKA.

PUBLISHED: Kalambaka 2002

CONSULTANT TEACHERS: Maria

Mesimeri, Photis Theodoroulas

PRODUCED BY: 13 secondary students of

the 2nd Junior High School of Kalambaka

DESCRIPTION:
1) WHAT? It is a book produced in the frames of an environmental educational
program. Through the pages of this book, teachers and students aim to give
detailed information about the production of silk in their hometown during the
20th century and before the World War II. Apart from the local activity, the
book offers information about silk production in general. So, the book was
published and distributed to the local community, in order to make the public
aware of the procedure of silk production, an occupation abandoned at
present by locals.
2) HOW? The book is the result of both bibliographical and oral investigation.
The text is given in well organised chapters about the history of silk in Greece
through ages, the silk production in Kalambaka in particular and, finally, the
Exact stages of silk production. The most important aspect of the students
work is that they contacted people who were themselves occupied with silk
production in Kalambaka (born in early 20th cent.) and collected useful and
direct information about the procedure.

CONTENTS: detailed text, photographs and bibliography.

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TITLE: OUR TOWN YESTERDAY, TODAY

AND TOMORROW.

PUBLISHED: Trikala 2005

CONSULTANT TEACHERS: Eufrosini

Ferfeli, Elisabeth Chassioti, Aliki
Liakopoulou, Demetrios Goumas

PRODUCED BY: 24 2nd grade students of

the 7th Junior High School of Trikala.

DESCRIPTION:
1) WHAT? It is a book produced in the frames of an environmental educational
program with the support of the Aegean University. Through the pages of this book,
teachers and students aim to give detailed and well organised information about the
history and the monuments of the town of Trikala, in which they live and work. The
book gives a historical diagram of the town of Trikala through ages (Myth, Ancient,
Byzantine, Recent and Modern times), refers to the river of the town, the centre of
the town and how it has changed through the centuries, the old town and the fortress
above it, the archaeological site of Asclepeiion, the mosque of Osman Sah, the
industrial, sports and cultural life of the recent years of Trikala history.
2) HOW? The book is the result of bibliographical and internet research as well as
actual visits in historical sites and parts of the town. The text is given in well
organised chapters and is accompanied by nice pictures taken by the working team
itself as well as old historical pictures. The students had the chance to wander
themselves in their town through history and finally wonder about the future of their
town and become sensitive of their responsibility about it.

CONTENTS: detailed text, photographs

and bibliography, a poster.

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TITLE: MUSIC COMPOSERS AND POETS

FROM TRIKALA.

PUBLISHED: Trikala 2005

CONSULTANT TEACHERS: Apostolos

Kostoulas, Eufrosini Ferfeli, Elisabeth
Chassioti, Aliki Liakopoulou

PRODUCED BY: 32 secondary students of

the 7th Junior High School of Trikala.

DESCRIPTION:
1) WHAT? It is a leaflet produced in the frames of a cultural educational project.
The book is the result of a research about famous composers from Trikala,
Basileios Tsitsanis, Apostolos Kaldaras, Kostas Virvos and Giorgos
Samoladas. The book contains the biographies and a work review of those
musicians, who are well known in the greek music of the 20th cent. There are
also some quotes from some of their songs or interviews as well as
comments of others about them.
2) HOW? The book is the result of a successful presentation of songs by the
school orchestra and choir as well as a dancing show by the dance team. The
students have been working during the school year on the work of those
composers and presented their program in the National School Art Contest in
Volos as well as before the Trikala audience, offering a beautiful summer
evening to parents and other locals.

CONTENTS: detailed text, photographs, bibliography, newspaper reviews of the

school activities.

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TITLE: YOUNG PEOPLE’S TRAVEL IN THE TRADITION. A TRADITIONAL WEDDING.

PUBLISHED: Trikala 2005

CONSULTANT TEACHERS: Zoi Peristeri, Giorgos Valoumas, Aris Mantzios, Christos

Konstantos.

PRODUCED BY: 26 1st and 2nd grade students of the 2nd Lyceum of Trikala.

DESCRIPTION:
1) WHAT? It is a leaflet produced in the frames of a cultural educational project.
The book is the result of a research about the traditional customs of wedding
in the villages of Trikala during previous centuries. The wedding customs are
presented in detail along with some of the songs sung during the weddings in
traditional communities.
2) HOW? The book is the result of a research and investigation of members of
the theatrical team of the school, who searched for books and old photos
depicting the wedding procedure in the past.

CONTENTS: detailed text, photographs, bibliography.

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TITLE: NOVELISTS FROM TRIKALA. Maroula Kliafa, Toula Tigga, Elias Kefalas.

PUBLISHED: Trikala 2008

CONSULTANT TEACHERS: Sofia Gerasopoulou, Ourania Papazeukou.

PRODUCED BY: 9 3rd grade students of the 8th High School of Trikala.

DESCRIPTION:
1) WHAT? It is a leaflet produced in the frames of a cultural educational project.
It is the result of a research about the life and work of three popular novelists,
who were born and live in Trikala. Students have created a team of book-
readers and they presented a full biography and work review of their favourite
writers. The book is structured in chapters for each one of the writers.
2) HOW? Students contacted Maroula Kliafa, Toula Tigga and Elias Kefalas in
person but also through their novels. They got to know the literature
production of the recent years and also managed to appreciate the work of
some members of their local community.

CONTENTS: detailed text, photographs, bibliography, book reviews.

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TITLE: BRIDGES OF ACHELOOS RIVER.

PUBLISHED: Mesochora 2004

CONSULTANT TEACHERS: Ioannis Brizas, Elpiniki Trelli, Aggeliki Vrachlioti.

PRODUCED BY: 4 students of the High School of Mesochora village.

DESCRIPTION:
1) WHAT? It is a leaflet produced in the frames of an environmental educational
project by a distant and small high school on the mountainous region of
Pindus. It is the result of an attempt to approach in person and understand
the natural and cultural environment of the region, where those students live.
The aim was to learn by using their senses, walking along the river and in the
forest and observing the wise co-existence of nature and human through the
ages on that mountainous region of Pindus. The leaflet is a presentation of
the stone arch-bridges constructed with absolute harmony during the 18th and
20th centuries across the river Acheloos, one of the largest greek rivers,
whose springs are found on the Pindus mountains. The students describe the
bridges but also the procedure of their construction in the past centuries.
2) HOW? The 4 students wandered along the river, observed and realized the
structure and the use of those impressive monuments of human labour.

CONTENTS: detailed text, songs and legends about bridges, photographs.

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