4. The map of Europe we’ve drawn on the wall of the class room enables us to
see the origins of the families. Colored strings were placed from the original
towns or countries of the grand parents to the 4 towns
(Moreste, Nowa Deba, Carovigno, Hoyanger).
It appears that half of the French students’ families come from abroad :
Italy, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Russia, Turkey, North
Africa… France is clearly an immigration land.
On the contrary, Polish families are native of Poland which makes Poland
rather an emigration country. It is roughly the same for Norway and South
Italy even if these two countries have become lately countries of
immigration (from Africa especially).
This work was interesting because students became aware that Europe is a
continent where people moved a lot and the different countries are
connected to each other through migrations.
