Patrimoine y es-tu ?, France

After carrying out numerous projects of restoration and promotion of cultural heritage in danger, PSF decided to carry out a pedagogic project: Patrimoine y es-tu ? While raising awareness on the importance of conserving cultural heritage, this project led the kids through the construction of their personal and collective identity.

Patrimoine y es-tu ?

Les élèves, après avoir redécouvert l'histoire de leur famille, constituaient un musée commun qui regroupait l'ensemble des objets porteurs de leur mémoire. © PSF
L'élément patrimoine de Chris

Chris a choisi l'album philatélique de son grand-père. © PSF
L'élément patrimoine de Pierre

Après avoir redécouvert son histoire familiale, Pierre a décidé de devenir musicien (ici, posant fièrement avec l'accordéon de sa grand-mère). © PSF

The project

Through research, inquiry and comparison, Patrimoine y es-tu ? helped the students get in contact with their personal heritage, compare it with the heritage of others and understand the notion of collective memory while seeking to identify a cultural heritage common to all. At first, each student researched his or her family’s heritage. Then they investigated the cultural heritage of their town, and they finished by carrying out different activities that allowed them to compare their heritage with that of other children their age. .

Location	Duration	Beneficiaries
Hauts-de-Seine, France	1998-2002	Students and teachers of the elementary school classes that participated in the project.

Goals Achieved

• Raise awareness on the importance of preserving cultural heritage;
• reinforce the individual and collective identity of the students and the classes by carrying out activities that help bring them together;
• become aware of the richness represented by the cultural heritage of others.

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