Greetings from....

• Global awareness
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Greetings from....

Architectural Postcards: Greetings from…..

Before the meeting, each student should create a virtual "postcard" showing a famous or unique piece of architecture from their country, city or hometown. The chosen building (or buildings) should not only represent their country or city but also have personal significance to the student.

On the postcard, the student will only write the phrase: "Greetings from…." without mentioning anything else about the building(s).

Students will mail their postcard to their exchange buddy before the meeting, if possible. 

During the teams meeting, each student will:

- Explain briefly what’s on their postcard: Describe the architecture in 2-3 minutes: What is it called? When was it built? Why is it significant etc.

Other topics during the meeting could be:

- How geography, climate, or culture influences architecture in their countries.

- How they feel architecture reflects the identity of a place or a country.

- Focus on stereotype ideas (fi Dutch people and their windmills !?) 

and prepare questions to verify these stereotype ideas.

- …………….

What's the name of this building?

1. Central Station Amsterdam
2. The "concertgebouw"
3. The Rijksmuseum
4. The "Beurs van Berlage"

What is this?

1. Rotterdam Central Station
2. Kubus home in Helmond
3. Library in Amsterdam
4. The Markthal in Rotterdam

What is this ?

This is.....

1. a Tiny house park in Tilburg
2. Madurodam in The Hague
3. Minitopia in Den Bosch
4. The set op utopia

City centre

Paleiskwartier

Maaspoort

Kruiskamp

Haverleij

What city is this?

1. Amsterdam
2. The Hague
3. Rotterdam
4. Utrecht

What city is this?

This is....

1. Rotterdam
2. Amsterdam
3. Haarlem
4. The Hague

 The central station of....

The central station of....

1. Zwolle
2. Eindhoven
3. Groningen
4. Rotterdam

This is....

This is ....

1. Groninger museum
2. Memo Amsterdam
3. Zuidas
4. eye filmmuseum Amsterdam

This is....

This is ....

1. Eindhoven city centre
2. World trade centre in Utrecht
3. Zuidas in Amsterdam
4. Arnhem city centre

This is....

This is...

This is....

1. De Hermitage Amsterdam
2. Stedelijk museum Zwolle
3. Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
4. Vrijthof Maastricht

This is....

This is....

1. Nijmegen
2. Alkmaar
3. Groningen
4. Utrecht

This is?

1. A Holland theme park in Tokyo
2. A part from Madurodam
3. A hotel in Zaanstad
4. The city centre of Almere

Where can you find this depot?

1. in Rotterdam
2. in Apeldoorn
3. in The Hague
4. in Breda

This is in?

1. Eindhoven
2. Delft
3. Groningen
4. Leiden

These famous windmills are in.....

1. Kinderdijk
2. The Betuwe
3. Zaandam
4. The keukenhof

Last question....This is in?

1. Utrecht
2. Helmond
3. Rotterdam
4. Den Haag

Architectural Postcards: Greetings from…..

Before the meeting, each student should create a virtual "postcard" showing a famous or unique piece of architecture from their country, city or hometown. The chosen building (or buildings) should not only represent their country or city but also have personal significance to the student.

On the postcard, the student will only write the phrase: "Greetings from…." without mentioning anything else about the building(s).

Students will mail their postcard to their exchange buddy before the meeting, if possible. 

During the teams meeting, each student will:

- Explain briefly what’s on their postcard: Describe the architecture in 2-3 minutes: What is it called? When was it built? Why is it significant etc.

Other topics during the meeting could be:

- How geography, climate, or culture influences architecture in their countries.

- How they feel architecture reflects the identity of a place or a country.

- Focus on stereotype ideas (fi Dutch people and their windmills !?) 

and prepare questions to verify these stereotype ideas.

- …………….