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PROGETTO “Palèa Jenèa - Footsteps in history”

The project "Palèa Jenèa - Footsteps in History", aimed at first and second level secondary schools in the metropolitan area of Reggio Calabria, aims to encourage and support the development of activities and initiatives in the field of history, culture, archaeology, customs and traditions of the municipality of Bova and the Grecanica area in general, with a particular focus on the knowledge and rediscovery of the Greek language, through support and in-depth didactic studies, in particular by providing

  • Modulated lessons/seminars to be held in the Institute's premises, through which in-depth studies will be offered on specific historical areas, generic or monographic themes, archaeological and/or historical-artistic themes related to the Bovesìa. All this will be supported by multimedia projections.

  • Conferences and/or didactic workshops for students and teachers in the premises of the Institute and/or the Greek Language Museum "G. Rohlfs".

  • One or more didactic excursions on the territory of the Municipality of Bova and guided visits to the Language Museum, with the aim of seeing and making direct use of the historical, archaeological and artistic finds, through which it is possible to reconstruct the history of the place in the best possible way and, at the same time, to allow the students to focus on it and to "touch with their own hands" the concrete historical development.

  • Realisation of a final product by the pupils involved. Themes and content of the work will be agreed in advance with the reference teachers. At the end of the course, the works, evaluated by a special commission, will be published in the press and through the official channels of the organisation and then awarded during a theme evening dedicated to local excellence.

Purpose

General objectives: to contribute to the education of new generations of citizens, through knowledge of the history of their own territory, in order to promote their personal development, with particular reference to understanding the importance of the heritage and works that are an essential part of civilisation, culture and identity, and to raise awareness of the need to preserve this same heritage in the context of everyday life. 

culture and identity, and to raise awareness of the need to preserve this heritage so that it does not become detached from the context of everyday life.

Specific objectives: to integrate, by means of an alternative learning system agreed with the educational institutions and individual teachers, the modularity of the disciplines expressly provided for in the annual curricular and/or extra-curricular programme, to achieve specific content objectives (e.g. for history, to identify the causes of events and occurrences and their immediate and future consequences...), specific formal objectives (e.g. to support teachers' activities for the development of learners' formal intellectual, affective and expressive skills).

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Human resources used

All lectures/seminars and related teaching activities are carried out by experts in the field, specialists and professionals with proven skills, under the supervision and coordination of university lecturers.

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Times

Anno scolastico 2023/2024

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Number of pupils

max 50

GENERAL TOPICS IN HISTORY:

1. Prehistory and Protohistory of Southern Italy

2. Calabria before the Greek colonisation

3. Greek colonisation and Magna Graecia

4. The Roman period (4a. Republican Rome; 4b. The Roman Empire)

5. Late Antiquity

6. The presence of Christianity in Calabria

7. From the 6th to the 11th century: The Byzantines

8. From the 11th to the 15th century: from the Norman presence to the Angevins

9. From the Aragonese to Charles V of Hapsburg

10. The 17th century in Calabria

11. The 18th century in Calabria

 

IN-DEPTH STUDIES AND MONOGRAPHS

1. Indigenous populations and relations with the colonisers in ancient times

2. Mythology

3. The cult of the dead in classical antiquity

4. The Riace bronzes from discovery to restoration and interpretative hypotheses

5. Sport in Antiquity

6. Navigation in Greek and Roman times

7. Trade and crafts in antiquity

8. Money Circulation

9. A special form of culture: the theatre

10. The Roman villa

11. The religious wars of the Byzantine period

12. Monasteries and their role as cultural centres

13. Castles and fortifications in the Norman, Angevin and Aragonese periods

14. Coastal defences from antiquity to modern times

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