Activity: Time Quest

Introduction: What is heritage?
Heritage is often defined as our legacy from the past, what we live with today and what we pass on to future generations to learn from, to marvel at and enjoy. There are cultural and natural places and objects that we value because they come from our ancestors, are beautiful, scientifically important and irreplaceable examples and sources of life and inspiration. They are our touchstones, our points of reference, our identity. This heritage often reflects the lives of our ancestors and often survives today only because of specific efforts to preserve it.

Cultural and natural heritage
The world includes both cultural and natural heritage. In your local region you may know of archaeological and rock-art sites, a church, another religious or sacred place or a historic city. We call this cultural heritage. You may live close to a forest or a magnificent coastal area. We call this natural heritage. This heritage is all immovable heritage (it cannot be easily moved). Heritage objects such as coins, botanical samples, paintings, statues, or archaeological artefacts are movable heritage (they can be easily moved from one place to another).
(Source: World Heritage in Young Hands; an educational resource kit for teachers, UNESCO 2002)

World Heritage
When we are talking about World Heritage we refer to all sites, buildings, monuments in the world that are important to us because of its specialty or history.
World Heritage has universal value. This means that it is important for everybody in this world to protect and preserve it. A few examples are the pyramids, temples and tombs in Egypt. They tell us a lot about the ancient Egyptians and the amazing buildings they made. They also tell us how intelligent those people were for making these beautiful pyramids with very primitive tools. But also a lot of other countries have suchlike monuments, buildings, sites etc. that are of great value to the world. If you want to know whether there is World Heritage in your country you can consult the World Heritage List. This list draws attention to the wealth and diversity of the Earth’s cultural and natural heritage.

Time Project 2002
Time 2002 focuses it activities on ‘Respecting Diversity’. This has strong links to the world heritage programme. It strives to stimulate young citizens to become aware of and respect their own heritage as well as the heritage from their peers around the world.

The best way to learn more about heritage sites is to experience them. Wouldn’t it be great to visit world heritage sites! See with your own eyes why it is so important that we protect and preserve natural and cultural heritage sites all over the world.
Time 2002 invites you and your teacher to visit heritage sites in your country. Experience and explore the history of your country!

But of course Time 2002 also offers you some online activities on world heritage.
We have developed 2 activities on cultural heritage:
1) World Heritage Photo Quest: an online quest, taking students on a tour along world heritage sites in different countries of the world.
2) Painting your culture: an online gallery of creative expressions from students, inviting students to show each other their culture in artistic expressions.

Go to "World Heritage Photo Quest" or "Painting your culture"

Lesson on UN/UNESCO ASP: World heritage

"World Heritage Photo Quest"
"Painting your culture"
	Introduction: What is heritage? Heritage is often defined as our legacy from the past, what we live with today and what we pass on to future generations to learn from, to marvel at and enjoy. There are cultural and natural places and objects that we value because they come from our ancestors, are beautiful, scientifically important and irreplaceable examples and sources of life and inspiration. They are our touchstones, our points of reference, our identity. This heritage often reflects the lives of our ancestors and often survives today only because of specific efforts to preserve it. Cultural and natural heritage The world includes both cultural and natural heritage. In your local region you may know of archaeological and rock-art sites, a church, another religious or sacred place or a historic city. We call this cultural heritage. You may live close to a forest or a magnificent coastal area. We call this natural heritage. This heritage is all immovable heritage (it cannot be easily moved). Heritage objects such as coins, botanical samples, paintings, statues, or archaeological artefacts are movable heritage (they can be easily moved from one place to another). (Source: World Heritage in Young Hands; an educational resource kit for teachers, UNESCO 2002) World Heritage When we are talking about World Heritage we refer to all sites, buildings, monuments in the world that are important to us because of its specialty or history. World Heritage has universal value. This means that it is important for everybody in this world to protect and preserve it. A few examples are the pyramids, temples and tombs in Egypt. They tell us a lot about the ancient Egyptians and the amazing buildings they made. They also tell us how intelligent those people were for making these beautiful pyramids with very primitive tools. But also a lot of other countries have suchlike monuments, buildings, sites etc. that are of great value to the world. If you want to know whether there is World Heritage in your country you can consult the World Heritage List. This list draws attention to the wealth and diversity of the Earth’s cultural and natural heritage. Time Project 2002 Time 2002 focuses it activities on ‘Respecting Diversity’. This has strong links to the world heritage programme. It strives to stimulate young citizens to become aware of and respect their own heritage as well as the heritage from their peers around the world. The best way to learn more about heritage sites is to experience them. Wouldn’t it be great to visit world heritage sites! See with your own eyes why it is so important that we protect and preserve natural and cultural heritage sites all over the world. Time 2002 invites you and your teacher to visit heritage sites in your country. Experience and explore the history of your country! But of course Time 2002 also offers you some online activities on world heritage. We have developed 2 activities on cultural heritage: 1) World Heritage Photo Quest: an online quest, taking students on a tour along world heritage sites in different countries of the world. 2) Painting your culture: an online gallery of creative expressions from students, inviting students to show each other their culture in artistic expressions. Go to "World Heritage Photo Quest" or "Painting your culture"