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The Velvet Revolution is undeniably bound to the ethos of active civil society, values of freedom and democracy, critical thinking, human rights, and the rule of law. The Velvet at Schools is a project aiming to bring an innovative approach to education about these values, modern history and current social challenges to fill the gap of the Czech educational system. It offers a comprehensive educational program comprising over 100 activities for teachers to order. On top of that, we encourage students to organize day-long festivals of freedom for their schoolmates. The goal is to ensure that students are not just passive recipients of the information.
The program offered in the Velvet at Schools 2.0 aims to not only fill the gap for the education of the future adult generation but also to bring students from different social circles together to overcome the division at the school-age in terms of social capital. The main innovation is the methodology created in cooperation with experts that will help approach non-grammar schools and will improve organizations'' long-term competencies. The Velvet at schools 2.0 emphasizes consistency - part of the project is a preparation of the year-round “Active Citizenship” based on the existing program. The AC covers recent history, issues of freedom and democracy, politics, and media literacy and takes place 5 times a year at 12 schools. This consistent form of education will motivate students to embrace topics of civil society and to become active citizens. 2.0 reaches out to non-grammar schools that do not regularly participate in civil society programs. This project runs in 2 cycles, organizes 24 festivals in cooperation with regional ambassadors and leads to 4 public events in each region organized collectively by 6 schools.